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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...
View ArticleFanciful 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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleWelcome 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!
View ArticleTop 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...
View ArticlePledging
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,...
View ArticleAmong 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,...
View ArticleWell-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...
View ArticleWerner Herzog reads “Curious George”
Self-explanatory. “An alien trinket of unimaginable cultural significance” (via Nutty, Dry, and a hint of Vanilla)
View ArticleYAY!
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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