Here’s what’s great about today: I found out from Educating Alice that dwarves in Sweden have been hiding inside of suitcases in order to steal from tourists. Eoin Colfer’s referenced as a . . . what? An authority on fictional criminal dwarves? The hey?
Also, I discovered that there is such a thing in the world [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Vaguely Kitlit-Oriented, ah, Stuff
Posted in Mish-Mash, tagged Eoin Colfer, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Gummi Bear, Recipes from Heck, thievin' dwarves on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Video Sunday: Potter a’ Plenty
Posted in classic kidlit, tagged The Potter Project, video sunday on January 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
. . . and by “Potter” I am of course referring to Beatrix, not . . . you know.
I thought it would be nice to dig up some Potter-themed videos to kick off the Potter Project (more books coming soon, I mean it!). Here’s an interesting little segment about the Royal Opera House [...]
The Potter Project: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, or, Stay Away From the Man Who Ate Your Father
Posted in classic kidlit, tagged Beatrix Potter, classic children's literature, picture books, The Potter Project, The Tale of Peter Rabbit on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Peter gave himself up for lost, and shed big tears; but his sobs were overheard by some friendly sparrows, who flew to him in great excitement, and implored him to exert himself.
Here’s why I love this book: it uses the word “implored.” Also “dreadfully,” “fortnight,” and “chamomile.” There are a lot of abominable [...]
The Potter Project
Posted in classic kidlit, tagged Beatrix Potter, classic children's literature, picture books on January 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I grew up in the kind of household where I was given a cross-stitch sampler to do when I was nine years old. Where antique washboards and darning tools were artfully displayed on the wall. Where rotary fabric cutters were considered a newfangled contraption for lazy seamstresses. A house where the old-fashioned [...]
They Coulda Been Contendahs
Posted in book awards, tagged Caldecott Medal, conteporary fiction, Coretta Scott King Award, Coulda shoulda woulda, Newbery Medal, Printz on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I promised you the books I wish had gotten some attention from the ALA Youth Media Awards, didn’t I? Bob’s yer uncle, I did! Here they are, in no particular order, other than the order in which they occured to me:
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
It ain’t American, so therefore disqualified from the Caldecott [...]
Video Sunday: Get Yer Hot, Tasty Winners!
Posted in book awards, tagged Caldecott, newbery, Siebert, video sunday on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oyez, oyez, oyez! Congrats again to the ALA Youth Media Award Winners! (Ugh, there’s got to be a better way to refer to these awards . . . ) Here are a collection of videos to salute you!
First off, I found fabulous montage based on Peter Sis’s The Wall. It intersperses images from the book [...]
Book Award Chime-In
Posted in book awards, tagged Caldecott Winners, Everything Under the Sun, Newbery winners on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
YES!
WOOP! WOOP! WOOP!
(I churn my fist in the air, Arsenio Hall-style)
WOO HOOOOOO!
BOO-YAH!
. . . Yes, that would have been the general scene here at my house on Monday. Can I tell you — I just loved it when I found out that the Newbery and Caldecott committees had actually been receiving my ESP messages [...]
Video Sunday: ALA Youth Media Awards A-Plenty
Posted in contemporary fiction, video sunday, tagged Caldecott Winners, Newbery winners, video sunday on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, I’m not dead. I’ve been out of town for the past month. Why? The husband has been interviewing for a medical residency. (You know, like on Scrubs.) But enough of the lame excuses. Tonight is the night!
THE night!
The kidlit versions of the Oscars, only nobody gets bags of [...]
