As a Pittsburgher, Groundhog Day is something of a Big Deal — admittedly, not a tremendously big deal — something on a scale between President’s Day and a Steelers Super Bowl win. We’re the closest major city to Punxutawney, the home of Groundhog Phil, who is the designated rodent for predicting the weather via [...]
Posts Tagged ‘picture books’
Baker’s “Dozen”: IT’S GROUNDHOG DAY!
Posted in baker's dozen, tagged baker's dozen, booklist, Groundhog Day, picture books on February 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Forgotten Bookshelf: Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like
Posted in The Forgotten Bookshelf, tagged forgotten bookshelf, jay williams, picture books on October 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
by Jay Williams, illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Four Winds Press, 1976.
There are no unsung heroes like the authors of picture books. Yeah, yeah, I know that there have been efforts in recent years to honor the work of people who can do the much-harder-than-it-looks 32-page story , but let’s face it: in our [...]
Fall Festival Recap
Posted in contemporary fiction, fall festival, tagged picture books, fall festival, brian pinkney, sharon flake, katherine ayers, contemporary fiction on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Once a year, a conglomerate of children’s literacy-type people (librarians, teachers, museum workers, etc.) from the Pittsburgh area put together a lovely one-day conference featuring a bevy of children’s authors and illustrators. This year’s get-together featured Sharon Flake, Brian Pinkney, and Katherine Ayers. Not bad, eh? I took notes throughout the day’s [...]
The Forgotten Bookshelf Archive
Posted in The Forgotten Bookshelf, tagged archive, classic literature, fiction, folklore, forgotten bookshelf, non-fiction, picture books, poetry on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Whoo. In the course of schlepping all of my junk from The Evil Blogger to The Somewhat Less Evil WordPress, I’ve decided to make a handy-dandy archive of what has always been this blog’s most popular feature: The Forgotten Bookshelf. Here you’ll find picture books, fiction, poetry, folklore, and even the (very) occasional [...]
