Typically in a Steve Sheinkin “Walking and Talking” piece you get to see Steve having a conversation with another author or artist en route somewhere. Now we’re in a world where we’re still able to walk, but not with one another. With that in mind, the latest “Walking and Talking” piece is of two artists together but separate. Candy Fleming joins Steve today from Oxford to discuss her latest (amazing) work of history The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh.
Review of the Day: Honeybee by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
February 7, 2020 by
Great writing for kids, when you encounter it, reminds you that there is always a new way to look at this old, familiar world of ours. If you buy only one bee book for the rest of your life, make it this one.
Video Sunday: Butterfly in the sky / I can go twice as high (thanks in large part to physics)…
November 5, 2017 by
Happy news, neighborinos! Today I bring unto you a video from BookFest, a yearly celebration of children’s literature hosted (these days) by Bank Street College of Education. Kidlit TV recorded almost the entire thing live and then put it on air. This year I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion with funny folks […]
Review of the Day: Presenting Buffalo Bill by Candace Fleming
September 12, 2016 by
Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West By Candace Fleming A Neal Porter Book, Roaring Book Press (a division of Macmillan) $19.99 ISBN: 9781596437630 Ages 9-12 On shelves September 20th I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how we present history to our kids. Specifically I was thinking about picture book biographies […]
The PreGame/PostGame ALA Youth Media Awards Videos and Some Vids From the Winners As Well
February 2, 2015 by
Hi ho, folks! And what an exciting morning we had today. Lori Prince and I had a blast in the SLJ office predicting winners and then discovering how wrong (or occasionally right) we were. Here’s the PreGame Show, in case you missed it live. Note how Lori successfully predicts a Newbery combo that was far […]
Video Sunday: Sneaky Peeks Edition, Part 2
October 5, 2014 by
You know, it’s been a while since I showed you some of the fan-freakin’-tastic Wild Things videos we’ve been playing on the old Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature website. I know some of you haven’t gone over to it lately so I’ll make it easy for you. Here’s a quickie synopsis of […]
Review of the Day: Amelia Lost by Candace Fleming
February 3, 2011 by
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart By Candace Fleming Schwartz & Wade (an imprint of Random House) $18.99 ISBN: 978-0-375-84198-9 Ages 10 and up On shelves February 8, 2011 When I was growing up my schoolroom classes would routinely learn about the great unsolved mysteries of the world. How they made Stonehenge. […]
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