I got myself up at 7:45 to watch the ALA Youth Media Awards webcast. (Why do they do this so early, again?) I lost video at the announcement of the Printz winner, but fortunately I could still hear all of it. Congratulations to the middle grade & YA winners! (Here’s the [...]
When You Reach Me wins the Newbery! Squeeee!
January 18th, 2010 · No Comments
Savvy, by Ingrid Law
May 8th, 2009 · 5 Comments
I wrote a whole long thoughtful review of Savvy a couple of days ago and thought it had posted happily — only to notice today that it actually crashed my whole blog and then got eaten by WordPress. Rar!
I’m too cranky to re-write the whole thing or to be “fair and balanced,” so [...]
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Graphic beauties: The Arrival and The Invention of Hugo Cabret
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
The Arrival, Shaun Tan: I almost never say this, but you must all go find this book and “read” it now. (Is it reading if there are no words? Parse it? Consume it? Anyway…) My friend Alison of the Wellesley Booksmith showed this off at a teachers-and-librarians event last [...]
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