News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, a new Pew survey finds (Pew Research Center) Check the article out; there are more detailed graphs… Read more »
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News The Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, Printz, Alex, and other children’s and YA book award winners for 2016 were announced Monday. The Newbery went… Read more »
With holiday gift-giving approaching, I thought this might be a good time to revisit some children’s classics. What does it take for a book to become a classic? First, it needs to stand the test of time: to be read and enjoyed decades or even centuries after it was written. To be… Read more »
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose Heyward Illustrator: Marjorie Flack Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on 1939 Genres: Children’s Books, Picture Books Pages: 48 Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection With twenty-one baby bunnies to look after, mother bunny Cottontail abandons her dream of becoming an… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Books from My Childhood or Teens That I Would Love to Revisit. I have always been a re-reader. Even as a child, I read so fast and so much that… Read more »
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Series: Upon a Marigold #1 Published by Harcourt Inc. on 2004-06-01 Genres: Fairy Tales, MG Books Format: Hardcover Source: the library Add to Goodreads Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave… Read more »
Happy Birthday to author-illustrator Jan Brett! Her beautifully illustrated books have been favorites of ours since well before our daughter was born – though it was Robin’s birth that gave me the excuse to start buying them. Brett was born on Dec. 1., 1949, making her 65 today. . …. Read more »
Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George Series: Castle Glower #2 Published by Bloomsbury USA Children’s on 5/07/13 Genres: Children’s Books, Fantasy, MG Books Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, Princess of the Midnight Ball A castle that is constantly rearranging itself,… Read more »
Cakes have gone way beyond the simple round, two-layer frosted cake we all associate with birthdays. These days, cake-making has become an art, and cake-makers vie to create the most beautiful or astounding cakes. A fair number of them are inspired by books. There are children’s book cakes: Alice in… Read more »
The Princesses I Know on December 6th 2013 Pages: 24 Purchase: Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads In this beautifully illustrated book, Ayla Mae Wild draws upon her own experiences leading wilderness trips, and creates a series of memorable princesses who overcome obstacles, fears and injury as they interact with… Read more »
