Good Comics for Kids
March 30, 2012 by Betsy Bird
I got an email from Ms. Laurina Cashin the other day and it struck my fancy. “I hope you already know about El día de los niños, el dia de los libros/Children’s Day, Book Day, called Día, the family literacy initiative founded by Pat Mora and now housed at the Association of Library Service to […]
March 29, 2012 by Betsy Bird
No picture available (the one on the left here is from a rather fabulous video) but word on the street has it that there’s to be a Hunger Games Barbie doll. So there’s the expected outcry, of course, but I’m thinking this one through. First off, Barbies are the number one most tortured dolls in […]
March 28, 2012 by Betsy Bird
My Dad Is Big and Strong, But…: A Bedtime Story By Coralie Saudo Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo Translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick Enchanted Lion Books $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-59270-122-3 Ages 4-8 On shelves April 17, 2012 Few picture book titles come with qualifications. More often than not they are statements of strong purpose. I Can […]
March 27, 2012 by Betsy Bird
So I’m tooling around in my library’s shelves containing ancient children’s books of yore yesterday, which happens to be a lot of fun. Nothing puts the current world of publishing in perspective quite like waltzing through decades and decades worth of out-of-print gems. At one point I was going through the autographed book section when […]
March 25, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Aw yeah. I’m breaking out the big guns today. Cute kids trying to raise library funds. The catchy song and good cause don’t hurt much either. Seems a little town called Shutesbury has been having a difficult time raising funds for a new library. Their old one is, as you can see “wicked small”. So […]
March 24, 2012 by Betsy Bird
I swear that every time my computer goes on the fritz I feel like I’m walking underwater for days on end while it’s in the shop. I can’t do email effectively, I can’t update Goodreads, I can’t do anything without feeling like it’s all fake until that little laptop is returned to my knees where […]
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March 23, 2012 by Betsy Bird
It Jes’ Happened By Don Tate Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie Lee & Low Books ISBN: 978-1-60060-260-3 Ages 5-9 On shelves April 1st Teaching kids about outsider art feels like a no-brainer to me. Which is to say, why doesn’t it happen more often? Perhaps there’s a feeling that educating kids on the self-taught is […]
March 21, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Last week I was invited to take part in pretty fascinating project run for the kids of New York City. Just around the corner from my library is a fine little establishment going by the name of The Morgan Library. Maybe not so “little” actually. The library is more like a museum, showing art and […]
March 20, 2012 by Betsy Bird
My laptop is on the fritz this week (typing yesterday’s review on an iPad2 = no fun) so it is fortunate that I’ve such a bold and beautiful press release to show you instead. Behold! CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF VOTING FOR THE 2012 CHILDREN’S CHOICE BOOK AWARDS Let the Voting Begin! NEW […]
March 19, 2012 by Betsy Bird
The False Prince By Jennifer A. Nielsen Scholastic $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-28413-4 Ages 10 and up. On shelves April 1st Notes Jotted Down While Reading This Book: Note #1: “Really fantastic first page. Authors take note.” Note #2: “I’m only four pages in and already I like what I see.” Let it be known that as […]
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