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Where We've Been
CLN illustrator Mike Wohnoutka was honored for his illustrations in Jack's House by the Society of Illustrator's Original Art Show in New York on October 16th. At left are the architects of Jack's House, Karen Magnuson Beil (author), Mary Cash
(editor, Holiday House) and Mike Wohnoutka (illustrator). Mike said, "To see my artwork on the same walls as some of my favorite illustrators like David Shannon, Loren Long, Adam Rex, Shel Silverstein, just to name a few, was such an honor."
(posted 17 November 2008)
Read more of Where We've Been ... |
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Judy Blundell |
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2008 National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Judy Blundell has written works-for-hire for many years and many publishers. Scholastic Press published the first book with Ms. Blundell credied as the author, What I Saw and How I Lied. It's a book about a teenager who's ensnared in a web of lies when she falls for a soldier who served with her stepfather in World War II. Read more ... (posted 20 November 2008) |
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Derek Anderson |
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Find Great Stories in Cheerios Boxes
Derek Anderson's book Romeo and Lou Blast Off is one of five titles included in this fall's Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories program, in partnership with Simon & Schuster. Through the First Book program and specially marked boxes of Cheerios, more than 5 million books will be given away, including 3 million printed in both English and Spanish. From now until January 2009, a free "child-sized" copy of Romeo and Lou Blast Off will be included in more than a million specially marked boxes of Cheerios. Read more ... (posted 18 Nov 2008) |
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John Coy |
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John Coy on Separation of Church and State
Take some time to read the interesting article and comments springing up around John Coy's latest novel, Box Out. There's an article in the blog on the Americans United for Separation of Church and State website.
We have such a good cross-representation among our members of librarians, teachers, authors, and readers that the CLN Bulletin Board is a good place to respectfully discuss these issues ... click on "Chatting on the Porch." (posted 10 Oct 08) |
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Anita Silvey |
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Anita Silvey on Newbery Awards
Have you read the article that the children's lit community is buzzing about? Not surprisingly, we've had e-mail from a number of teachers and librarians who applaud Anita for "saying what needs to be said," "having the courage to bring this up," and "having a widely respected person treat this topic in a fair and unbiased way." What do you think? Members, weigh in on the CLN Bulletin Board.... Click on "Chatting on the Porch." (posted 10 Oct 08) |
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December birthdays |
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“Time and again [Lucy Sprague Mitchell] exhorted them to trust, not disparage, their imaginative instincts, for, as she assured a group of teacher trainees one day, "All that glitters is not guilt!" |
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—Leonard S. Marcus, Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon (Beacon Press) |
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