When it comes to bad PowerPoint presentations, most people love to blame the tool or software. However, it’s interesting that many other people can use the same tool and achieve completely different results. You might be able to rack up the different outcomes to a person’s experience and expertise, but I believe all ‘PowerPoint evil’ […]
If you’ve noticed the toys, jewelry, and other non-book items being sold by Scholastic in its elementary and middle school book club flyers, you’re not alone. A Boston-based advocacy group says the children’s publisher is abusing its position by peddling everything from games to makeup to classroom kids. A review by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free […]
Despite the fact that Neil Gaiman has tons of fans and dozens of awards under his belt, winning the Newbery on January 26 threw him for a loop. School Library Journal spoke to the 48-year-old graphic novelist and sci-fi/fantasy writer about nailing the highest honor in children’s literature, Coraline hitting the big screen, and his […]
"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will really be happy are those who have sought and found how to serve."--Albert Schweitzer
If Stone Arch didn't create such interesting titles, that group of boys might have put down the 4 books I had (2 Batman and 2 Superman titles) and gone to their next class. Instead those boys were so ... more » » »
Despite predictions of a down year in other sectors of the economy, publishers and editors of children's comics and graphic novels at New York Comic-on were optimistic that their category is poised for growth. Properties aimed at readers 13 years old and under were prominent both on the floor and in the panels and […]
A Good Woman by Danielle Steel Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington, the only daughter of a wealthy New York banker, weathers a life of unexpected catastrophe with superhuman patience in Steel's solid latest. After her father and brother die in the sinking of the Titanic, Annabelle and her mother go into mourning, and Annabelle marries the kindly […]
by L. King Perez Silvy's twelfth birthday is coming up and she wants to invite Mabelee, who’s African American, to the party. However, Silvy's mother and grandmother object. "Mabelee has her own friends," they tell her, and even though Silvy and Mabelee were best friends when they were little, that time has passed. Mabelee has […]
So while School Library Journal courts controversy by saying that children didn't like several recent Newbery winners, they don't feel compelled to provide any actual evidence to back up the claim. Also, to use an example I've used many times before, adults often say that "their teens" do not like or get Octavian Nothing. The […]
Blair Lent, who illustrated many books for children over his long career, died on January 27 at the age of 79. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1973, for The Funny Little Woman, and also won three Caldecott Honors. Lent was perhaps best known for his illustrations for Tikki Tikki Tembo, a Chinese folktale retold […]
