Five Questions for Julie Roach

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Cambridge Public Library youth services manager (and Horn Book reviewer) Julie Roach will be discussing library services for preschool children at our Fostering Lifelong Learners event (free; you should come) at CPL on April 25th. I asked her to share some of her thoughts on serving this (very) particular audience. (I think her answer to [...]

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 [...]

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The beau mec who brings Elizabeth her croissant each morning.

In international news, French President François Hollande announced today that in gratitude for our loan of Elizabeth Law to La Ville-Lumière, he is sending some of his country’s most esteemed illustrateurs to New York City for a series of public pourparlers avec some of our own. Here’s the full lineup and schedule.

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!

The winner!

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The winner of our first, and most likely last, Judging the BoB Judges (if this features DOES come back we need a snappier name) contest is Martine Leavitt. For her enthusiasm, her no-dithering policy, and her frankness about her own reading tastes: “[Endangered] has a happy ending, too. Was it too happy? Not for me. [...]

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 [...]

Perkins v. Patterson v. Cottrell Boyce

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Our third round is a three way, comprising BoB’s two-semifinal rounds (Lynne Rae Perkins judging Bomb and The Fault in Our Stars; James Patterson doing the same for No Crystal Stair and Splendors and Glooms)  and the Big Kahuna round (Frank Cottrell Boyce judging The Fault in Our Stars, No Crystal Stair and the resurrected [...]