2018 School Spending Survey Report
>The breadth of children's literature
>It's a wide world, all right.
Harriet Dancing, by Ruth Symes and Caroline Jayne Church. "A hedgehog's feelings are hurt when the dancing butterflies won't let her join in."
Giant Meatball, by Robert Weinstock. "A reckless, oblivious jumbo-sized meatball bounds into a small town, unintentionally terrorizing its residents."
Really--between those two, what more could you need?
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>My patron who's writing a book about a hot dog will be disappointed that the meatball one has beaten her to press. But still, she did tell me, "I could care less about the book. It's all about the marketing rights," so maybe she won't be that upset after all.Posted : Jul 08, 2008 12:53
Anonymous
>Is it possible that Melissa and Alex were being sarcastic in their responses to those two plot lines? Or is this typical chi-lit talk? Maybe I've missed the point of this professional humor?Posted : Jul 08, 2008 02:22
Anonymous
>Shrewd comment by Jane Yolen. She should be an editor!Posted : Jul 08, 2008 01:21
janeyolen
>A small red hen can't get the other animals to cook with her.A bannock/pancake/gingerbread man tempts a number of humans and animals, and in the end gets et.
So what's new?
Jane Yolen
Posted : Jul 07, 2008 08:18
Alex Flinn
>Exactly! I was trying to envision a happier ending for this story, but then I thought, "Well, it's a meatball. It would be downright wasteful not to eat it." ;)Posted : Jul 07, 2008 05:09