Seems like more and more children’s books are being turned into movies these days. When I was a kid the pickings were relatively slim. If I had to name all the films I watched based on children’s literature that were released when I was between the ages of 0-12, I could name you that awful [...]
I am indebted to Jenny Schwartzberg for bringing to my attention the fact that the BBC’s extensive archives are offering up recordings of some of the great British Novelists of the past. These are both television and radio programs and they are intoxicating. You can hear the very voice of Virginia Woolf herself. And on [...]
So I finally sat myself down and watched the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie the other day. I felt properly prepared to do so. I had read the review by Claire E. Gross over at Horn Book. I had read The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary. I was pumped. I was ready. So my husband [...]
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