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December 31, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Henry and the Incredibly Incorrigible, Inconveniently Intelligent Smart Human By Lynn Messina Tater Tot Books $7.99 ISBN: 978-0984901845 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. Every year I swear to myself that I’ll review at least one self-published book written for kids. And every year I manage to do it, but only after sifting through countless manuscripts. […]
December 31, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School By Kim Baker Illustrated by Tim Probert Roaring Brook Press (a division of Macmillan) $15.99 ISBN: 978-1-59643-765-4 Ages 9-12 On shelves now When I was in college I took a course in journalism to fulfill an English credit. I had no real desire to […]
December 31, 2012 by Betsy Bird
It’s a Tiger! By David LaRochelle Illustrated by Jeremy Tankard Chronicle Books $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-8118-6925-6 Ages 4-8 On shelves now There is an art to reading a picture book but I’ve not encountered many schools that actually teach that skill. Librarians will learn it in their graduate courses, of course, but what about parents and […]
December 30, 2012 by Betsy Bird
I’ve blogged about this fellow before, but it’s been a while. There’s a young actor in L.A. by the name of Hunter Davis who has a penchant for doing a dead on Ian McKellen imitation. He’ll post videos of his antics from time to time, and with the release of the new Hobbit movie you […]
December 29, 2012 by Betsy Bird
The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom By Christopher Healy Walden Pond Press (an imprint of Harper Collins) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-06-211743-4 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. Since when did fairytales become the realm of the girly? I blame Disney. Back in the days of Grimm your average everyday fairytale might contain princesses and pretty gowns […]
December 29, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane’s Musical Journey By Gary Golio Illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez Clarion Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-547-23994-1 Ages 6 and up On shelves now Is there any complicated hero with a past so full of darkness that their life cannot be recounted to children? This is the conundrum […]
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December 28, 2012 by Betsy Bird
The holidays put me out of commission for a little while but back we are and back we shall stay! As you can see, the new site is quite fancy dancy. Note the following cool features. First off, I have a logo. A fuse within a number sign logo at that. Somehow they managed to […]
December 19, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Good News! Ye Olde Blog is getting an upgrade. We’re talking fancy new server, hoity-toity design, the works, baby! Bad News! I might be down until that upgrade happens. And . . . um . . . that might be until . . . uh . . . the end of the year. *cough* Good […]
December 19, 2012 by Betsy Bird
Since I’ve so many little publisher previews to try and get done before Spring has sprung, I’ve decided to concentrate on the slightly smaller folks. The big six (soon to be five) have some great stuff too and I’ll be sure to try and talk ’em up, but for now let’s look at some folks […]
December 18, 2012 by Betsy Bird
In a weird way, Twitter sort of made my Fusenews posts this side of obsolete. If you want cool things to see online it’s often just a case of knowing whom to follow. And yet I love my little Fusenews. Pressed as I am for time today, let’s pretend that these are little tweets: Pinterest […]
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