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Battle Commander, April 3, 2010 | 2010, Peanut Gallery
Here’s what we’ve come across this week: Kara Schaff Dean caught up with the Battle here, considers the finalists here and also reflects on how the Battle brings new readers to the contenders. “As the 2010 edition draws to a close, I look forward to the opportunity to pass on the results with the same […]
Battle Commander, March 27, 2010 | 2010, Peanut Gallery
Julie Larios got in a tad late for last week, but she’s paying attention! Peter Sieruta thinks that next year “Fuse #8 and the BOB folks should join forces and run competitions to select the top Newbery title of all time.” He suggests some intriguing matches and a lot of the competitors would be Undeads….hmmm…. […]
Battle Commander, March 20, 2010 | Peanut Gallery
So here’s what we’ve come across this week. Let us know if we’ve overlooked your post and we’ll be sure to add it on. (We will announce the t-shirt winners tomorrow.) Laura championed Fire fiercely here and here, Her thoughts about that match and others from this week are here, here, and here. Last year’s […]
Battle Commander, March 12, 2010 | Peanut Gallery
Here’s what we’ve come across this week. Be sure to let us know if we’ve overlooked your post and we’ll be sure to add it on. (And check out our giveaway over on the sidebar. Starting next Friday, fifteen of you who post about the Battle will receive specially designed t-shirts. So start working on […]
Battle Commander, March 5, 2010 | Peanut Gallery
As a reminder, this is our weekly round-up of Battle posts. If we have overlooked yours, please let us know and we’ll add it in. This is awesome — Eric Carpenter is running a Battle of the Books bracket contest! Laura’s geeked up as she champions her favorite. Sarah Wones Tomp highlights our contest in […]
Commentator, February 18, 2012 | 2012, Peanut Gallery
These Peanut Gallery posts are where we highlight responses to the latest BoB activity. And so here are some recent ones related to this year’s contest that we came across. If we missed yours, let us know in the comments and we’ll add them in here. Paula over at Pink Me will be following along […]
Battle Commander, March 28, 2014 | 2014, Round 3
JUDGE – ROBIN LAFEVERS P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia Amistad/HarperCollins The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata Atheneum Books for Young Readers I was so excited to be invited to be a judge in School Library Journal’s Battle of the Books! If there is one thing I know how to do, it is […]
Commentator, April 3, 2012 | 2012, General
As many of BoB followers pointed out, SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books site is not only thought provoking and fun to read, it is also a total joy to look at: all because we have the ingenious and whimsical Match graphics and other icons. Who has created all these images? You asked, and we answer here: Mark […]
Commentator, March 12, 2012 | 2012
…and all is quiet. We just wrapped up the voting in the Undead Poll and after consecutive years when it wasn’t even close–you’ll remember THE FROG SCIENTIST and A CONSPIRACY OF KINGS had huge insurmountable leads–we are happy to report that it was a very competitive field with no fewer than five books in serious […]
Commentator, March 1, 2012 | 2012, What BoB Means To Me
I was delighted to meet Roxanne and Monica and Jonathan at ALA Midwinter Meeting, when I went to view a Notable Books’ committee meeting. I’ve long been so pleased about the way I’ve made real life friends via my own website, and how delightful it is to learn that I can also make friends from […]
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