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Guess who?: Mystery bonus

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Cool-dude A we know very well. As for People B: embarrassingly, we’ve lost track of who they are! Please help us out. Anyone? Anyone? This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!

Guess who?: Communing with nature

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Guess these tree-huggers.

Sleepy Mole’s Moving Day app review

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Sleepy Mole and his teddy bear need a new place to rest because construction workers have intruded upon their burrow, making it too bright and too noisy to sleep. And so begins the choose-your-own-adventure storybook app Sleepy Mole’s Moving Day (Ginger Whale, 2011). On his quest to secure a quiet abode, Sleepy Mole encounters an [...]

Guess who?: Beards

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Fabulous Facial Hair! This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!

Guess who?: Great guys

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Who are these handsome author and illustrator gents? What about this father-son pair? This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!

Guess who?: Great ladies

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Can you guess these lovely author and illustrator ladies? Here’s a hint: “Lady C” was a Horn Book Magazine cover model in 2010. This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!

April children’s lit events

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Spring has (finally) sprung! Along with April showers, the Boston area can expect lots of children’s literature events this month. Origami Yoda series author Tom Angleberger will lead origami activities from his latest book, Art2-D2′s Guide to Folding and Doodling, at several nearby locations this week: Wednesday, April 3rd, at 3:00 p.m., Brookline Public Library’s [...]

April Magazine preview

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Get a sneak peek at the April 2013 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Guess who?: Author’s best friend

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Today’s “guess who?” author and illustrator pictures also feature their furry friends. Can you guess the human subjects of these photos? This gentleman’s canine companion doesn’t appear in the photo below, but you can see him (in all his glory) with his dog here. This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator [...]

Guess who?

Arthur Geisert

A tweet from little sis SLJ drew our attention to this site, in which several photos of famous authors appear in their teenage years. (Overheard: “Awww, tiny Neil Gaiman!” …Okay, I was the one who said that.) Lolly has a huge collage of old author and illustrator publicity photos in her office, so we thought [...]