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>Some readers of this blog (thank you, J.D. and Susan Lempke) kindly passed along a mention of Read Roger in a review of children's lit blogs that appeared in The Star Online, "connecting Malaysians around the world." I intend to get blog t-shirts made up with the money quote: "not...
>Or would that be March, stars!, anticipating a newly disciplined red carpet at the Oscars this year. (Forgive me, the fever is just breaking.)Anyway, the books whose reviews will be starred in the March/April issue of the Horn Book are (in the order they will come in the book review...
>Hey all, home with a cold here but had a bit I wanted to say re the Harriet Ziefert scandal. When I was walking around the ALA exhibits in San Antonio, I saw Harriet at the Blue Apple/Handprint booth, where she pointed out A Snake Is Totally Tail to me...
>. . . oh, the hell with confidentiality.Unfortunately, the lady is ineligible, having not published citable work in the last twenty-five years (this rule got Robert McCloskey in trouble, too). But think of what Harper Lee has done for children's literature in this country--and, ahem, pursuant to our last discussion,...
>After railing against young adult literature's tendency to find and fill with itself whatever gap there might be in teenaged reading, my conscience requires that I give you the link to this year's Alex Awards, ALA's top ten adult books for young adults. I'm happy they chose Ishiguro's Never Let...
>I really wish I had more fun stuff to report. It was great see the Wilder committee work with dispatch and amity; great to see so many old friends; great to make some new friends, too. The food was fine; best of all was a post-press conference breakfast at a...
>. . . in the morning for ALA. Still saving my pennies for a laptop (Power Book or Mac Book Pro? please weigh in) so nothin' from me until Tuesday. I'm assured that Newbery/Caldecott/etc. news will be on our website bright and early--the press conference will be at 9:00 AM...
>. . .could get me to post here a prediction for the Newbery or Caldecott (as requested in a comment on the previous post). I'm never right; my more pressing concern is always that we have reviewed the medal-winners or have spelled out in the Guide just why they were...
>As we try to find ways to make our reviews fly around the world ever more quickly, quickly, we are going to be, in some cases, publishing them first in electronic form, with print to follow. If you are a subscriber you can take a look at our first flight:...
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