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>We had a call this morning from a publisher who is thinking about supplying reviewers with f&gs of picture books in digital form and wanted to know if Horn Book could work with that/those.I demurred. Electronic galleys for fiction, maybe. Although my Kindle gathers dust (too hard to hold; I...
Review of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Where the Mountain Meets the Moonby Grace Lin; illus. by the author282 pp. Little 6/09 isbn 978-0-316-11427-1 $16.99(Intermediate)Minli lives with her father, a storyteller and dreamer, and her disapproving mother in a poor village in the shadow of Fruitless Mountain. An encounter with a goldfish peddler prompts Minli to seek...
>From Cape Cod to Christmas
>My mini-break at the Cape was lovely for all kinds of reasons, most notably the best ice cream I've had in a long time, at Four Seas in Centerville. I tried the chocolate, peppermint, peach and butter crunch--all sublime. Closes September 13th for the winter so hurry on down. Richard...
>Served by a window with an ocean view
>Heading out tomorrow to spend a few days at the Cape Cod Writers Center talking about children's book publishing. I'll be giving a keynote speech and moderating a mega-panel with Debbie Kovacs, Alison Morris, Nancy Werlin, Mary Lee Donovan and Martin Sandler. My main goal, though, is to meet Mitali...
>New Notes, Back to School edition
>The August issue of Notes from the Horn Book is now out and about....
>I'll Be Seeing You . . .
>Last Friday we had a very entertaining time of proofreading the Guide, aided by candy and fave tunes from the 80s provided by Miss Touch-Me Pod, whose little speaker recalls the halcyon days of AM transistor radios. There was an ongoing war, too, over the merits of The Time Traveler's...
>September/October Stars
>The following books will receive starred reviews in the September/October issue of the Horn Book Magazine:All the World written by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee (Beach Lane/Simon).Fire by Kristin Cashore (Dial).The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge (Bowen/HarperCollins).Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters written by...
>In the footsteps of giants
>I'm going to New York next week to help select the new National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and I'm taking names. Here are the criteria:Author or illustrator of fiction or nonfiction booksU.S. citizen, living in the U.S.Excellent and facile communicatorDynamic and engaging personalityKnown ability to relate to children; communicates...
>Is It a Crime?
>Drinks for anyone but Elizabeth who can identify the musical quoted in the title.The Simmons program Crime and Misdemeanors is ending this morning with closing remarks from M.T. Anderson, and my responsibilities--save paper-grading--will be through. I've been twittering away from the back of the room, but it's difficult to convey...
>ALA aftermath
>At a birthday party in the Catskills this past Saturday night, not only did the conversation--among civilians, no less--turn to the pleasures of The Graveyard Book, the waitress chimed in as well: "that book is so awesome." So I was proud to be able to brag about my interview with...
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