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Good Comics for Kids
by J. Caleb Mozzocco
February 26, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Last week, I was a guest blogger at YALSA’s The Hub. My post: One Book, Many Lists. Here’s the opening of that post: “I’m fascinated by list crossover. The ones I usually look for are the ones that are on both the YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults (“both good quality literature and appealing reading for […]
February 25, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Some changes are afoot at the YALSA website, particularly, who can access certain information and how. It looks like it’s a work in progress. At the moment, if you go to the YALSA website, and click on the menu item Book Awards and Booklists, instead of getting any information about the awards and lists, there […]
February 24, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Frankenstein chapter by chapter reading, continued. Confused? Read my introduction post; chapters I to III; chapters IV to VII; chapters I to IV. Chapter V Wait, there is something new! Someone new! A pretty woman is visiting! An Arabian named Safie! This was totally not in the movies! Or if it was I don’t remember! For […]
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February 23, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
A few different finalist lists have been announced! Edgar Awards The Edgar Awards are presented by the Mystery Writers of America. The 2012 Edgar Award Nominees for Young Adult: Shelter by Harlan Coben (Penguin Young Readers Group – G.P. Putnam’s Sons) The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (Penguin Young Readers Group – G.P. Putnam’s […]
February 22, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
Once Upon A Time. ABC, Sundays at 8 EST. The Plot: Fairy tales are real; Fairy Tale Land is real. An evil curse attacked the land and the people, and they all now live in Storybrooke, Maine, unaware of their “real” lives. One person, young Henry — born in our world — is aware of […]
February 21, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
This year, I’m on the committee for the YALSA selection list, Fabulous Films for Young Adults (“Fab Films”). What is Fab Films about? “Each year, the Fabulous Films for Young Adults committee selects a list of films around a theme that will appeal to young adults in a variety of library settings. Titles will be selected […]
February 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Burns
The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe. Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group. 2012. Review from ARC from publisher. The Plot: It begins with a cough. A sneeze. An itch. A fever. Then, strange behaviour. Finally, death. Of course, when it begins, when the first handful of people get sick on the island, sixteen […]
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