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 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use November 9, 2009 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/220050422.html?nid=3713 I and I, Bob Marley By Tony Medina Illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson Lee & Low Books $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-60060-257-3 Ages 8-11 On shelve... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/860050286.html?nid=3713 It seems a touch unfair that any one person should have as much talent in her bones as Yuyi Morales. This year she illustrated Tony Joh... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1330050333.html?nid=3713 An FYI for those of you who happen to be in town and would like to see Mr. Westerfeld do his thing. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1940050394.html?nid=3713 I started working at the Central Children's Room at the Donnell Branch of NYPL around four years ago. While working there I often spoke wit... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/550050255.html?nid=3713 Working with Pooh Bear is lovely. He is polite and refined. A little honey in his pot and that is all that he requires. Really... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/170050217.html?nid=3713 Y'all like free books and I like debut authors. Two great tastes that taste great together then. Take note fellow librarians: The ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1360050136.html?nid=3713 It's all about self-published authors and flowers this year. I will endeavor to explain. Eventually. Yes, it's that time once again.... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1190050319.html?nid=3713 Wild Things By Clay Carmichael Front Street (an imprint of Boyd Mills Press) $18.95 ISBN: 978-1-59078-627-7 Ages 10-14 On shelves now I ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/820050282.html?nid=3713 Which is to say, I've a whole mess o' stuff to do so let's just look at some photos for fun, rather than writing up (oh say) a review or a preview ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/470050247.html?nid=3713 This month, should you spy a copy of School Library Journal, you will notice that on the cover are five bloggers. One of those bloggers is myself.... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1350050135.html?nid=3713 After reading Pimp My Novel's post about The Next Big Thing, I think I know what novel I want to write next for NaNoWriMo is. Picture T... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/550050055.html?nid=3713 Folks, it is November. That means that the tides of NaNoWriMo are upon us. In respect of this blessed event (which I'm toying wit... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1850050185.html?nid=3713 I'd not heard of the Bunch website until recently, but due to the sheer number of cool children's literary links they include, you can bet I'll be ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1720036372.html?nid=3713 I posted this once before, but it just gets better with every viewing. Thanks to Jennifer Schultz for the link. Yes! It's that ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/30050203.html?nid=3713 Mother Poems By Hope Anita Smith Henry Holt and Company $16.95 ISBN: 978-0-8050-8231-9 Ages 8-12 On shelves now On shelves... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1110050111.html?nid=3713 We've a simply magnificent gathering here at the library in November, and it's all about The Cybils. Join if you can! The Children&rsq... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1680050168.html?nid=3713 Well! Yesterday was exciting. Any more excitement and I think I'll drop dead of exhaustion. Today, let's switch gears and be comparatively boring. ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1210050121.html?nid=3713 Where does your average everyday consumer go to find reviews of children's book? I would love to say they go to their local library and check out... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/430050043.html?nid=3713 I was a good little pookie and went out and saw Where the Wild Things Are the other day just as I was supposed to. These days my brain ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/650050065.html?nid=3713 Big Wolf and Little Wolf By Nadine Brun-Cosme Illustrated by Olivier Tallec Enchanted Lion Books $16.95 ISBN: 978-1-59270-084-4 Ages 4-8 O... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/150049815.html?nid=3713 A: It's interesting that Sterling is the publisher that gets great book trailer experts like Dan Santat and (now I see) Adam McCauley to ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1190049919.html?nid=3713 First off, I'd like to offer a big time thank you to Eric Wight of the Frankie Pickle books for coming in and speaking to my bookgroup and a cou... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1430049943.html?nid=3713 We find ourselves in a restaurant that bears the name The Red Cat. The weather outside is awful. Gushing torrents of freezing rain and gale force ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1460049946.html?nid=3713 Matt (resident husband) said the other day that Google suggestion boxes should be the newest form of poetry out there. And I agree, that this... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1710049971.html?nid=3713 Children's librarians have a sneaky tendency to become children's authors. Tis the natural way of things. There comes a point when th...