Quick Hits: Booklights, An Upcoming Must-Read Book, and Jon Scieszka
December 14, 2009
I'd like to share a couple of tidbits with you all this morning:
First up, I have a new post at Booklights today. It's the fifth entry in my Tips for Growing Bookworms series. This week's tip is about taking children to libraries and bookstores. Timely for the holiday season, but a good practice year-round. I hope that you'll check it out.
Next, many congratulations to Betsy Bird from A Fuse #8 Production, Jules Danielson from Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast and Peter D. Sieruta from Collecting Children's Books on their new book contract. You can find their write-ups here, here, and here. This must-read title, due out from Candlewick in September of 2012, is tentatively titled Wild Things! : The True, Untold Stories Behind the Most Beloved Children’s Books and Their Creators. Very cool!
Third, Meghan Newton from Goodman Media shared a link with me today that I had somehow missed. It's an article by Jon Scieszka from the Huffington Post, musing on the close of his tenure as National Ambassador of Children's Literature. It's classic Scieszka - breezy and fun, but full of concrete tips for helping reluctant readers. This is must-read stuff.
And:
- SeriesPalooza kicks off at GalleySmith today.
- Today's Nonfiction Monday is at In Need of Chocolate (one of my favorite blog names).
- Colleen Mondor muses on who will step up to the plate in light of Kirkus Reviews closing.
- Mary Hershey has an excellent Introvert's Holiday Wish List at Shrinking Violet Promotions.
- Darla D shares a well-thought-out review policy at Books & Other Thoughts.
- Lee Wind highlights a new blog dedicated to picture books for children about having a gay parent, family member, or friend.
- Kate Coombs shares her top middle grade fiction picks from the past 100 years. Many of my favorites are there.
Wishing you all a wonderful week!