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Our Salley Mavor swoon-fest continues: check out her blog post about how she created the stunning cover for the January/February 2012 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. Salley's also offering a poster giveaway--get over there and get in on the action!...
If you’re looking for a great holiday app download to keep kids (or adults) occupied and happy this holiday season, look no further.The now-classic animated holiday TV special (1965) A Charlie Brown Christmas is available in a new format. Loud Crow Interactive has released a delightful iPad app (November 2011)...
I still recall fondly the female protagonists of teen “chick lit” and coming-of-age stories I read in high school. On a given day I might feel as tormented by love and teenage awkwardness as Mia Thermopolis (Meg Cabot’s The Princess Diaries) or lonely and isolated like Melinda Sordino (Laurie Halse...
Copies of the January 2012 issue of The Horn Book Magazine were just delivered to the office, and Salley Mavor's cover art (a preliminary image of which you can see here) is absolutely breathtaking to behold. Until you can actually feast your eyes on your own copies, we've posted Salley...
Here's a glimpse at what came out of a FedEx box I found on my desk this morning: nine pages of watercolor from Susan Meddaugh, plus nine more in black and white with word balloon text. Such a good way to start the week!Susan (or rather Martha) has written an...
Author Neil Gaiman was recently featured in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "The Book Job." Above and beyond the awesomeness of Neil Gaiman, the episode is worth watching (even if you're not a big Simpsons fan) for its smart commentary on children's book publishing....
The Grammy Awards may have "tuned out" children's audiobooks this year, but we've been listening!Need a great gift for a bookworm? Traveling for the holidays? See our updated audiobook list, offering listening suggestions for a wide range of ages....
One of our printers sent me a package today and it turned out to be much nicer than the usual bribe — er, holiday gift. I'm used to getting something generic and relatively useless, but this printer (Fry Communications) knows the way to our hearts: food!In the box (and now...
Lisa Loeb (and her iconic, adorable cat-eye glasses) burst into popular consciousness in 1994 with the smash single “Stay (I Missed You).” She apparently didn’t fall off the face of the earth since then: Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs (Sterling, January) will have children...
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