Compiling the tidbits, news, reviews, and oh-so shiny points of interest regarding anything and everything kidlit related. You can email Elizabeth at fusenumber8@gmail.com. en-us http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html?nid=3713 Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use March 21, 2010 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/450050245.html?nid=3713 It makes my life so much easier when there is zero question of what video to begin Video Sunday with. And author Sarah Miller is a door... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/570053257.html?nid=3713 Last week I posted a link to the t-shirt shown the right here. Several of my readers expressed an interest in it, but there was a catch on the site... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1900053390.html?nid=3713 Ladies and gentlemen this marks the end of the first week of the Battle of the Kids' Books. The tournament where some of the best books of a ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1550053355.html?nid=3713 #17 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (1990) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2) (#3)(#3)(#4)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#5)(#6)(#6)(#7) (#8)(#8)(#9)(#10)(#10)(#10... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1510053351.html?nid=3713 #18 Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#1)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#3)(#4)(#4) (#5)(#5)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#8) (#9)(#9)(#9)(#9)(#10) - 154... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1250053325.html?nid=3713 That's it. I can't take it anymore. I'm joining USBBY or IBBY ASAP. I can't stand that there are worldwide conversations about children's litera... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1040053304.html?nid=3713 Here's the deal. We're nearing the end of this poll, but something yet remains. The top ten winners. And as with last year's Top ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/560053256.html?nid=3713 Emma Dryden is renowned as one of the finest children's editors out there. Heck, she did it for a good twenty-five years, after all. Now she ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1060053306.html?nid=3713 #19 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964) (#1)(#1)(#2)(#2)(#2)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#4)(#5) (#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#6)(#7)(#7)(#7)(#8) (#8)(... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1010053301.html?nid=3713 I confess to you that I'm rather thrilled about this current exhibit at the Jewish Museum. Though I didn't grow up a Curious George fan, I ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/790053279.html?nid=3713 Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same By Grace Lin Little Brown & Company $14.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-02452-5 Ages 5-8 On shelves July 1, 2010... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/780053278.html?nid=3713 And now that we've hit the Top 20 on the Children's Novels list we're dropping down to a mere one a day. Just to delay the suspense, you understand... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/550053255.html?nid=3713 In a given season I tend to write up a lot of librarian previews. These are events where publishers gather the local librarians (read local as &quo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/80053208.html?nid=3713 Think of it this way. If there have been books on this list up until this point that you do not like or don't think should have ranked as h... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1190053119.html?nid=3713 I guess I always had the vague notion that designing books essentially came down to the 100 Scope Notes method of creating your own debut YA cover ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1820053182.html?nid=3713 I love the smaller publishers of children's materials and Lee & Low is one of the best. Great news in this latest press release then: Lee... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1810052781.html?nid=3713 Whatcha doing this Thursday? Want to watch Libba Bray sing her head off with a band called Tiger Beat. Aw, c'mon. You know you want to.&nb... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/990052899.html?nid=3713 A pig as editor. I don't mind saying that it was my friend Dan who wrote the fabulous Wilbur as literary critique piece in Slate this week called (... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1610053161.html?nid=3713 Once the Top 20 list starts to countdown (and it will be one book per day, folks) I will start soliciting you guys for your guesses as to who might... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/730053073.html?nid=3713 Mornin' folks. Here's a little sumthin' sumthin' for all you blog readers out there. Check it. Library-Loving Blog Challenge A group o... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1160053116.html?nid=3713 #35 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (2000) (#1)(#1)(#1)(#3)(#3)(#3)(#3)(# 4)(#4)(#4)(#4)(#5)(#6)(#7)(#7)(#8) - 112 points T... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1210053121.html?nid=3713 Shake, Rattle & Turn That Noise Down! How Elvis Shook Up Music, Me, and Mom By Mark Alan Stamaty Alfred A. Knopf (an imprint of Random House ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/640053064.html?nid=3713 As you will see, this was an interview conducted in conjunction (as opposed to conjucted in condunction) with The Oregonian piece Northwest Writers... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/200052220.html?nid=3713 Too early, you say? Why it is NEVER too early to predict things! I love it! I'm enthralled by it! I spend much too much time predicting the unp... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/280053028.html?nid=3713 THE SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS AND HONOREES OF THE 2010 GOLDEN KITE AWARDS The 2010 Gol...