If you’ve noticed the headlines in your literary news sources then you may have heard that publishers have been placing additional restrictions on libraries and the e-materials they circulate. But what are these changes and what do they mean? A breakdown of the state of things.
Breaking Down the Changes to E-Content in Your Local Libraries: What You Need to Know
Metareading in Picturebooks: A Dissertation by Melanie McGilloway

The Twitter has its uses, you have to admit. The other day I was looped into a conversation there with a seemingly simple question: What are the picture books that favorably portray children reading ebooks? This question turns out to be a lot more difficult to ascertain than you might think. Over the years we’ve […]
We Need Diverse eBooks Too, Y’know
Fusenews: Red-bearded ghosts welcome!

I begin today with news that is only tangentially children’s literature related. My excuse is that it makes me so happy I can hardly breathe. For Christmas I got the soundtrack of the musical Matilda, and I’ve been cooing over the brilliant lyrics and music ever since. Tim Minchin was the man behind said lyrics […]
Fusenews: Pretty pictures
Fusenews: Juice proof
Fusenews: Of Facts and Factotums
Fusenews: Chubby little cubby all stuffed with RAGE!!!!

On Saturday, August 7th at 2:00 p.m. I will be moderating a talk with Stephen Roxburgh of namelos and Jennifer Perry, the Assistant Vice President & Editorial Director of the Book Publishing Group at Sesame Workshop, about ebooks, digital literature, and the current children’s literary industry. As preparation, this article from Publishers Weekly called The […]
Video Sunday: Sloth and MLIS Degrees

Okay dokey! So! First off, for half a second there I thought I couldn’t embed videos. Fortunately this morning I found myself a little workaround. I can now embed almost every video, with some exceptions. Huzzah! Now. Librarians doing Lady Gaga. My first thought off the top of my head is that they’re doing a […]
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