30 April 2007

International Grimm Award—Who Knew?

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This morning, via the Child_Lit listserv , I read for the first time about the International Grimm Award for Research into Children's Li...
29 April 2007

Getting the Details Right

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Yesterday I attended a signing by Jacqueline Davies for her new middle-grade novel, The Lemonade War . Some other writing-group friends and ...
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27 April 2007

Prick'd Out for Women's Pleasure

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After yesterday's grumbling , I might as well observe Poetry Friday with William Shakespeare's sonnet 20: A woman’s face with Nature...
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26 April 2007

Bardolatry

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One of National Public Radio ’s talk shows today had a discussion on Shakespeare in daily life, inviting people to share their favorite quot...
25 April 2007

When My Name Was Ohkwa'ri

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I read Joseph Bruchac ’s Children of the Longhouse as part of a research project on Iroquois history. Bruchac is Abenaki (among other natio...
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24 April 2007

London Scientist Finds Kryptonite?

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According to this BBC report , a mineral found in a Serbian mine has been identified as "matching [the] unique chemistry" of krypt...
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22 April 2007

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut

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The Exploratorium shares this interesting version of a classic fairy tale as part of a lesson by language professor Howard L. Chace on how...
21 April 2007

Bunches of Carnegie and Greenaway Medals

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Last month I wrote: “In 1993, the Booker organization in the UK designated a special award for the best Booker Prize-winner of the previous ...
20 April 2007

Whatever a Spider Can

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Coinciding with a cover story on the new Entertainment Weekly and much other publicity for the upcoming third movie, Marvel broke silence t...
19 April 2007

Misha's Straight Talk for PW

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I enjoyed this Publishers Weekly interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov about his new picture book, Because . Why? Because he resolutely disav...