The news about Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb squelching Opera News is pretty juicy stuff. While I can sympathize with the man’s wincing at criticisms of his productions in his magazine, surely he must have known that there’s no way the new policy is going to do any favors for him or the Met. […]
Archives for May 2012
T. R. Burns Talks with Roger
May 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by RS: When I was a kid, on the last day of school, you’d clear out your desk and take all your stuff home. And the first thing that we would […]
Jean Craighead George
May 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
Author and naturalist Jean Craighead George, a pioneer in nature writing for children, died on May 15, 2012, in Mount Kisco, New York, at the age of ninety-two. She authored over one hundred fiction and nonfiction children’s books, including the classic wilderness adventure novels My Side of the Mountain (a 1960 Newbery Honor book) and […]
If Babies Ran The Horn Book, Part 3 of 4
May 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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Tragedy of the traveling pants—no spoilers
May 16, 2012 by 10 Comments
I recently started reading Ann Brashares’s Sisterhood Everlasting (Random House, 2011), a ten-years-later installment of the popular YA Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series (Sisterhood is shelved in the grown-up section at my library). The story picks up with the girls (women) pushing thirty, successful in life and love (for the most part) but wistful […]
The fun kind of summer reading
May 16, 2012 by 4 Comments
We’ve posted our selections, compiled by Katie Bircher, for summer reading–the fun kind, not for school. You can see my at-home mostly-unread piles above: some are as yet untouched and saved for true leisure (The End of the Wasp Season, by Denise Mina, a Scottish crime writer I love) and some half-read and unlikely to […]
Review of Animal Masquerade
May 15, 2012 by 1 Comment
Animal Masquerade by Marianne Dubuc; trans. from the French by Yvette Ghione; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Kids Can 120 pp. 3/12 978-1-55453-782-2 $16.95 For kids who never tire of driving one joke into the ground, this is the perfect book — and for their adults, there are enough surprises to make that one […]
Beach towel reads
May 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? Our annual summer reading list is full of our favorites from the last year—perfect for the long Memorial Day weekend coming up. (Road trip? We’ve got audiobook recommendations too!) What books are you saving for your poolside lounging this summer? Let us know […]
Summer Reading Recommendations 2012
May 15, 2012 by 11 Comments
Need suggestions for beach reading or books to bring to summer camp? We’ve hand-picked some new favorites, all published within the last year, that are ideal for the season. Download a free PDF version of the list, perfect for sharing with teachers, parents, and of course, kids. Picture books (Fiction and Nonfiction) Suggested grade level […]
