Book of the Week
THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY
Today’s post comes from our resident author visit expert, Tony. See his terrific previous posts, about his local bookstore, planning an author visit #1, and planning an author visit #2. THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. Recently I heard that a new library had opened in my town. This came as a bit of a shock to me. [...]
NEW VOICES, OPENING THE BOOK WITH… ANNE NESBET
As part of our New Voices Winter ’12 campaign, today we’re putting debut author of THE CABINET OF EARTHS, Anne Nesbet, through our very thorough, highly scientific, kid-tested mother-approved interview. Modeled after our Turning the Page series, we’re calling these Opening the Book, as we’re so pleased to be part of each author’s wonderful publishing [...]
NEW VOICES, A WORD FROM THE EDITOR: THE CABINET OF EARTHS
We’re thrilled to introduce the first in our New Voices series, THE CABINET OF EARTHS, by Anne Nesbet. A delightfully original middle grade mystery, this fantasy set during an American family’s year abroad in Paris has just a slight hint of tantalizing spookiness. Twelve-year-old Maya takes on worries beyond her scope: is her mother’s cancer [...]
BABY’S FIRST BOOKS
In the spirit of gift-giving (tis the season!), let’s talk about that happy occasion that can happen any time: new babies! Not surprisingly, we think books are among the best baby gifts out there, and we love helping new parents build their home libraries. We’ve compiled a few of our favorites: The Nutshell Library, by [...]
MORRIS FINALIST: THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS
What a wonderful Friday treat: YALSA announced the 2012 William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalists, and we’re beyond thrilled to share that Rae Carson’s THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS was one of the five chosen! Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she has never done anything [...]
NCTE/ALAN 2011 RECAP
We returned from NCTE straight into that pre-holiday whirlwind, but now that we’ve had a little time to reflect, wow, what a terrific time we had in Chicago! Despite the chilly and windy Chicago outdoors and an exhibit hall that used to be (not so long ago, we imagine?) an underground parking garage, we and [...]
FANCY NANCY APP-TACULAR
Have you finished your holiday shopping? Around here, we had grand ambitions this week of grabbing stocking stuffers and the like during our lunch break… ha! A bit too ambitious for the week after Thanksgiving. But here’s something truly easy to pick up from one of our most beloved characters: the brand new Fancy Nancy [...]
