Comments on: 2011: The Year of the Raven http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/ A School Library Journal Blog Thu, 23 May 2013 12:57:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Tanya http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-272378 Tanya Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:51:55 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-272378 MORTLOCK, the first in a trilogy by a British writer named Jon Mayhew , that uses ravens in a super creepy way and employs some Dickensian uses of their names for the characters. There is even a servant girl named Arabella and she is in fact named after Joan Aiken's character from ARABEL'S RAVEN. MORTLOCK, the first in a trilogy by a British writer named Jon Mayhew , that uses ravens in a super creepy way and employs some Dickensian uses of their names for the characters. There is even a servant girl named Arabella and she is in fact named after Joan Aiken’s character from ARABEL’S RAVEN.

]]> By: Colby Sharp http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-269390 Colby Sharp Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:15:38 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-269390 I was wondering about Raven thing when I started reading Peter Nimble right after Breadcrumbs. I was wondering about Raven thing when I started reading Peter Nimble right after Breadcrumbs.

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]]> By: Elizabeth Bird http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-252725 Elizabeth Bird Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:05:20 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-252725 Hi, Teresa! Someone tweeted me about your book so on the list it goes. Looks fascinating too. You had me at "various underworlds". Hi, Teresa! Someone tweeted me about your book so on the list it goes. Looks fascinating too. You had me at “various underworlds”.

]]> By: Teresa Flavin http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-252697 Teresa Flavin Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:23:27 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-252697 Wow, I'm delighted to be part of a weirdo trend! My MG novel, The Blackhope Enigma, is published in the USA by Candlewick next week and the cover has a great raven on it. I chose ravens because they are 'psychopomps' - guides of souls to the underworld in mythology. My book is about children questing through various underworlds below a 16th century painting and the enigmatic painter who made it: 'Il Corvo'. Wow, I’m delighted to be part of a weirdo trend! My MG novel, The Blackhope Enigma, is published in the USA by Candlewick next week and the cover has a great raven on it. I chose ravens because they are ‘psychopomps’ – guides of souls to the underworld in mythology. My book is about children questing through various underworlds below a 16th century painting and the enigmatic painter who made it: ‘Il Corvo’.

]]> By: Karen Gray Ruelle http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-252342 Karen Gray Ruelle Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:14:19 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-252342 I'm so glad you focused on ravens for this post. Wish I could think of more examples of them in kids' lit, but alas, all that comes to mind is Konrad Lorenz and Bernd Heinrich. They're such amazing birds--very smart and funny and sociable, just like their smaller cousins, crows. Of course, they're also tricksters and evil and all that, according to legend. There's an enormous raven living in the Sharon Audubon Wildlife Refuge. We visited Manitou last month and he "talked" to us for ages, and kept calling us back every time we tried to leave. There's even a guy whose job it is to come and play with Manitou every week, just to make sure the poor bird doesn't die of loneliness. Anyway, so much for ravens. Incidentally, I just finished reading The Cheshire Cheese Cat--wonderful book! I’m so glad you focused on ravens for this post. Wish I could think of more examples of them in kids’ lit, but alas, all that comes to mind is Konrad Lorenz and Bernd Heinrich. They’re such amazing birds–very smart and funny and sociable, just like their smaller cousins, crows. Of course, they’re also tricksters and evil and all that, according to legend. There’s an enormous raven living in the Sharon Audubon Wildlife Refuge. We visited Manitou last month and he “talked” to us for ages, and kept calling us back every time we tried to leave. There’s even a guy whose job it is to come and play with Manitou every week, just to make sure the poor bird doesn’t die of loneliness. Anyway, so much for ravens.

Incidentally, I just finished reading The Cheshire Cheese Cat–wonderful book!

]]> By: Elizabeth Bird http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-250173 Elizabeth Bird Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:32:29 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-250173 Gah! Slip o' the fingers. Good catch. Gah! Slip o’ the fingers. Good catch.

]]> By: Misty http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-250159 Misty Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:10:57 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-250159 The raven in Juniper Berry isn't Juniper. Juniper Berry is the name of the female main character. The raven is named Neptune, I believe. :) The raven in Juniper Berry isn’t Juniper. Juniper Berry is the name of the female main character. The raven is named Neptune, I believe.
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]]> By: GraceAnne_LadyHawk http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-250149 GraceAnne_LadyHawk Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:48:16 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-250149 George R.R. Martin's endless and absorbing epic,<em> Song of Ice and Fire</em> which I have made a study of reading (on paper, on Kindle, on iPad) uses ravens as messengers, like carrier pigeons or like owls in Harry Potter. Clearly, somewhere in the metaverse, the raven has come into its own as symbol, image, and actor. George R.R. Martin’s endless and absorbing epic, Song of Ice and Fire which I have made a study of reading (on paper, on Kindle, on iPad) uses ravens as messengers, like carrier pigeons or like owls in Harry Potter. Clearly, somewhere in the metaverse, the raven has come into its own as symbol, image, and actor.

]]> By: Elizabeth Bird http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2011/07/27/2011-the-year-of-the-raven/#comment-249677 Elizabeth Bird Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:34:54 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=8979#comment-249677 Wow! Didn't know the Crowfield Curse sequel was due out. That's awesome. And a "storytelling" of ravens is indeed far too perfect. I'm just sad I didn't use it in this post. If yata-garasu hasn't made a children's literary appearance then it's high time he did. Three legged ravens = fantastic. Wow! Didn’t know the Crowfield Curse sequel was due out. That’s awesome. And a “storytelling” of ravens is indeed far too perfect. I’m just sad I didn’t use it in this post. If yata-garasu hasn’t made a children’s literary appearance then it’s high time he did. Three legged ravens = fantastic.

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