When we last left our hero . . . So! Bologna Book Fair. Let’s talk a bit about that. If you arrive and are a mere ordinary librarian like myself, you will instantly be overwhelmed. This is good. It slows you down enough that you simply have to pull out your map, which also happens [...]
We regret to inform you that due to the overwhelming experience of witnessing the full assault of children’s literature advocates from all around the globe, Betsy Bird’s head exploded at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 28th, 2011. We are sorry for any inconvenience this might incur. She will be missed. Well . . . [...]
So what do we know about Florence? Not much, as it happens. Turns out, it’s a nice enough town and has a singular advantage over Rome from at least one touristy point of view: No dudes in faux gladiator regalia hounding you for pictures. Like Rome, however, the town contains dozens of street vendors selling [...]
Travel is not inherently exciting unless the person doing the traveling undergoes some kind of a massive disaster en route. Therefore it is with mixed feelings that I report that I arrived in Rome without any particularly massive calamities. Such a pity, since I think this report would benefit highly if, say, my plane had [...]
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award More candidates than ever for the world’s largest prize for children’s and young adult literature Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – Mar 17, 2011 08:15 CET – To be awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is such a tremendous experience, says the Belgian illustrator Kitty Crowther, the 2010 recipient. On March 29th [...]
Matt and I are continuing to prep for our upcoming trip to Bologna. So far I have been advised by my readers to eat a lot of gelato (done and done!) and to wear comfortable shoes. I think I can promise that . . . I think. Currently I’m having the heels on my favorite [...]
Ice By Arthur Geisert Enchanted Lion Books $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-59270-098-1 For ages 5 and up On shelves now Me and Arthur Geisert, Arthur Geisert and I . . . I wouldn’t say we’ve ever connected, exactly. Over the years I’ve had a hard time getting a grasp on his particular brand of picture book creation. [...]
This Friday I’ll be packing up my things and my pregnant belly to parts unknown. And, of course, by “parts unknown” I mean “The Bologna Book Fair”. Each year the greatest book fair in the world of children’s books is held in Bologna, Italy. I’m going to do several things while there. A: Figure out [...]
If you were to rearrange the letters in “Anthony Horowitz” you could potentially come up with the phrase “A Thin Woozy Thorn.” Just sayin’. I must confess that if I were to set up someone to speak with Anthony Horowitz whilst he stayed in New York City on his vacation, I don’t know that I’d [...]
Well . . . not entirely off-topic. Don’t know how I missed this adaptation of the Harry Potter books into A Very Potter Musical, but I did. It’s been around for a couple of years, and apparently the fellow playing Harry is now on GLEE (or so I’ve been told). I ended up watching way [...]
The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon By Carla Killough McClafferty Carolrhoda Books (a division of Lerner) $20.95 ISBN: 978-0-7613-5608-0 Ages 10 and up On shelves April 1st Forensic anthropology meets the guy on the one dollar bill. That’s one way of putting it anyway. Walk into many a classroom and tell [...]
First off, I was a bit amazed that there’s a whole Today Show webpage dedicated solely to the marriage of that English royal guy to that girl with the brown hair (yes, I know their names, but invoking them seems a dangerous game). Then I was even more amazed to see that a children’s book [...]
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