Politics in Practice
October 31, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Happy Halloween, all you clever critters! This past Saturday New York’s resident weather gods decided we had it too easy this autumnal season. Fall leaves? Cooling breezes off the ocean? Cider!?! Hogwash! So they doused us in a snowfall the likes of which you might be more accustomed to in, oh I dunno, WINTER OR […]
October 30, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Yep. A good old-fashioned bit of library/musical theater parody. Joyce Valenza got some students to explain curation things Broadway style. They do a good job. I was trying to think up other Fiddler-inspired MLIS songs but it’s tough. 20 points if you can come up with another. I like to say that writing a really […]
October 29, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Dragon Castle By Joseph Bruchac Dial Books (an imprint of Penguin) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-8037-33767-3 Ages 10-14 On shelves now. “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the […]
October 28, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Because if ever a guy deserved his own press release, this guy does. Angus Killick will be joining Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group as Vice President and Associate Publisher. He will report directly to Jon Yaged, President of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group (MCPG). In this newly-created position, Angus will coordinate publishing programs across MCPG’s portfolio of […]
October 27, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Because when it comes to downright silly blog titles, I am one with the universe. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Maurice Sendak was heard to say that of all his books over the years his favorite, without a doubt, is Outside Over There. Funny. I would have pegged him as a Higglety Pigglety […]
October 26, 2011 by Betsy Bird
What Animals Really Like By Fiona Robinson Abrams Books for Young Readers $15.95 ISBN: 978-0-8109-8976-4 Ages 4-8 On shelves now. I’m sitting in a room with other children’s librarians. Together, we are attempting to determine what the best children’s books of a given year are. It’s late in the publishing season and we haven’t a […]
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October 25, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Sharp-eyed spotters in the children’s book realm caught site of an interesting little something in the Kidlitosphere this week: An honest-to-gosh manifesto. Not a manifesto of a nefarious nature, mind, but one that begins with the conversation starter, “We are tired of hearing the picture book is in trouble, and tired of pretending it is […]
October 24, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans By Kadir Nelson Balzer and Bray (an imprint of Harper Collins) $19.99 ISBN: 978-0-06-173074-0 Ages 9-12 On shelves now Humans tend to be a highly visual species. When folks tell you not to judge a book by its cover, that’s an optimistic sentiment rather than […]
October 23, 2011 by Betsy Bird
Halloween is on the horizon so Monica Edinger (of Educating Alice n’ such) whipped together a handy dandy little list of recommended spooky 2011 books for the season. These videos take a bloody long time to make but dude, they are so worth it in the end. Now I should remind you that soon soon […]
October 21, 2011 by Betsy Bird
The Children’s Center at 42nd Street is pleased to announce our next literary salon on Saturday, November 12th at 2:00 p.m. Military Offspring: A Whole New Genre Join authors Rosanne Parry (Heart of a Shepherd, Second Fiddle), Sara Lewis Holmes (Operation Yes), and Susan Morgan Williams (Bull Rider) talk about children in military families and […]
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