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Here’s an old post I never published….still amusing, though. Liz is reading this Robert Cormier classic for school. Her synopsis? This guy survives the Holocaust then rebuilds his village in small wood carvings. But a real nasty dude wants to destroy it. Then there’s this kid who broke...

for one of these quilts… http://www.quiltplay.com/Galleries/Book%20Quilts/bookquilts.html

.l. Konigsburg has been a favorite author of mine ever since I was a kid and stumbled upon From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler, so it was natural that I pick up her newest, especially since it has such a cool title. Sorry to say, though, that I was a tad [...]

I don’t like to just link to somebody else’s post, but this one is just too brilliant to pass by. David Seah, who usually blogs about things like technology and productivity, has written a lovely insightful post based on one of my favorite children’s books, Half Magic. Four Classes...

by R.L. LaFevers. When this little gem came across my desk, it looked like the dark offspring of Lemony Snicket and Edward Gorey. I admit, I was intrigued. When I read the book jacket, I was hooked. An eleven year old girl with the run of London’s Museum of Legends and Antiquities who routinely...

I got the new Children’s Book Council newsletter in the mail today and settled down to read it over lunch. The article by Jean Gralley, Digital Picture Books: Breaking the Paper Habit caught my attention and got me thinking. Gralley presents a very persuasive argument for the develop of digital...

I haven’t finished the whole book, but I did, like Adrienne, read the end first. I won’t spoil it for anyone who hasn’t finished yet, but may I just say… Rock on, Mrs. Weasley, rock on! Updated 7/30/07 I finished the book this weekend and I have to say it was simply magnificent...