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Yippee!

I’ve been recently added to the blogroll over at KidLitosphere!  I’m shocked and honored to be among incredible company (Fuse #8! Seve Imp! Collecting Children’s Books! Oz and Ends! Shelf Elf! Finding...

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Fanciful Mr. Fox

One truth about children’s and YA literature is that it’s often enjoyed as much by adults as much as by young readers. Grown-ups love the whimsy, earnestness, and humor that kids love as well. But...

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I cluod hvae tlod you taht

A friend, who was a neuroscience major, just shared a NYTimes piece with me. “Look!” she said, “It’s your thesis plus my thesis!” The article, by Benedict Carey, discusses a new study published in...

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Welcome to 2010

Here we go, New Year’s Resolution. Hold me to it folks. Guilt trip me shamelessly when I post infrequently. I can’t do it without you!

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Top 50 Sci-Fi Fantasy Books (as told by TR)

I promised a return, but have thus far not delivered. So here, for your edification and debating pleasure, is This Recording‘s list of the “100 Greatest Sci-Fi or Fantasy Novels of All Time”. Carnavale...

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Pledging

See that swanky new kid-reading-a-book image to your right? Some organization, which I confess to knowing nothing about, is encouraging people to put down iPhones and pick up real,...

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Among Art Deco Gnomes

My top 10 favorite things list definitely includes Sweden, Art Deco, and Fairytales*, so I am shocked to find that I’ve never seen Bland tomtar och Troll, or Among Gnomes and Trolls. This book is,...

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Well-defined

Have you guys seen the blog My First Dictionary? When I was about eight, I begged my parents to buy me a set of children’s encyclopedias at a garage sale. They were falling apart, and I don’t remember...

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Werner Herzog reads “Curious George”

Self-explanatory. “An alien trinket of unimaginable cultural significance” (via Nutty, Dry, and a hint of Vanilla)

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YAY!

This has a very tenuous connection with KidsLit (it concerns a Newbery Winner, at least), but a very strong connection to my heart, so I had to share: Neil Gaiman will write an episode of Dr. Who...

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