Jules and Eisha have a wonderful interview with Grace Lin, one of my fellow Blue Rose Girls, at 7-Imp. You won’t want to miss seeing some of Grace’s beautiful artwork…and her self-portrait!
Susan has news about the Ezra Jack Keats Book Awards and the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards at Chicken Spaghetti.
Robin at A Fondness for Reading has a very touching post about her father who passed away thirteen years ago. In her post Footprints on the Sands of Time, she explains her father’s “Family History” project.
Vivian has this week’s Poetry Friday roundup at HipWriterMama. Note: A number of us bloggers posted poems for and about mothers especially for Mother’s Day.
Tricia challenges us to take a Geography Quiz at The Miss Rumphius Effect.
In her post The Film Is Up! , MotherReader has a link to the most recent film that was directed and edited by her husband and produced by MR. The film’s screenplay was written by author and blogger Robin Brande. Congratulations to this trio of talented individuals!
Check out the Children’s Literacy Round-Up: May 7 at Jen Robinson’s Book Page for some interesting reading.
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By: Elaine Magliaro,
on 5/12/2007
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By: Elaine Magliaro,
on 5/5/2007
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Kelly has the Poetry Friday roundup this week at Big A, little a.
Kelly has also compiled a terrific list of Early Readers with recommendations from a multitude of kidlit bloggers. Thanks for putting all these titles together for us in pdf format, Kelly. It’s a great resource!
Elizabeth Bird, better known to us bloggers as the Fab Fuse, wrote an article that appears in the May/June issue of The Horn Book Magazine. The article, Blogging the Kidlitospehere, can also be read here at the Horn Book website.
Jules and Eisha have an interview with fellow Blue Rose Girl Linda Wingerter—artist, skater, puppeteer, and fire spinner—at 7-Imp.
I challenged Michele of Scholar’s Blog to write an ode in praise of Doctor Who. Nearly made her ill, I did. She threatened to expel vocal vibrations at an extremely high decibel level. But she did write a prose ode for us in her Why I Love “Doctor Who” post. You may want to check it out.
At Cynsations, Cynthia Leitich Smith has a CEO Interview with Tracy Grand about JacketFlap.com.
By: Elaine Magliaro,
on 4/29/2007
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Yesterday I was out and about with Grace Lin at the Newburyport Literary Festival in Massachusetts. Grace was doing two presentations…so during her first reading and drawing session at a Montessori school, I sat in on the presentations of two other children’s illustrators: Ed Emberley and Wade Zahares. I first met Ed Emberley at a Robert’s Snow event in Newburyport a couple of years ago…and I met Wade Zahares at In Celebration of Children’s Literature at the University of Southern Maine two summers ago.
Ed was great with the young children who clustered around him as he signed books. He chatted with them, made funny noises as he drew pictures for them, and listened intently to their questions and requests.
It was good to see some of the original sketches and illustrations for Wade’s new book, LUCKY JAKE, which got a starred review from Booklist: “This solid story is taken to a whole new level by Zahares's amazing artwork. Using pastels in deep and heavy hues, solid shapes, and unusual perspectives, he provides images that roll breathtakingly across the pages. . . . Some of the scenes show the hard work of frontier life, but they are shrouded in colors that give the effort an almost mystic edge. An intriguing mix of old-fashioned storytelling and cutting-edge art.” I purchased one of Wade’s limited edition prints of a snowman—which I’ve had my eye on for some time.
An Illustration from LUCKY JAKE
Grace & Wade
Finally, I sat in on Grace’s THE YEAR OF THE DOG reading at Nichols Hall. Grace read from her book and then showed children and adults alike how to draw a likeness of the dog she illustrated in her book.
Who should I spot in Nichols Hall but one of my oldest and dearest friends Lynne Laffie. Lynne and I attended elementary school, high school, and college together!
MAKING THE BLOG ROUNDS
If you haven’t already read the latest issue of The Edge of the Forest, now is the time. There’s an Interview with Grace Lin by Pam Coughlan (MotherReader). Also of interest is the Cybils article, which was written by Kelly Herold of Big A, little a; Allie of Bildungsroman; and Anne Boles Levy of Book Buds.
Susan Thomsen has an announcement about the 14th Carnival of Children’s Literature that she will host at Chicken Spaghetti.
Tricia at The Miss Rumphius Effect explains why she blogs in her post Why I Blog.
Pam Coughlan announces the Second Annual 48 Hour Book Challenge at MotherReader.
Cloudscome hosts the Poetry Friday roundup at A Wrung Sponge.
And, finally, you may want to check out Jules and Eisha’s interview with Blue Rose Girl Meghan McCarthy at 7-Imp.
See you on Monday with my final poem for National Poetry Month. Whew! One more poem to go…I hope I make it!!!
By: Elaine Magliaro,
on 4/21/2007
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The 13th Carnival of Children’s Literature has been posted at Jen Robinson’s Book Page. Jen’s done a fine job of organizing the links to a wealth of great blog articles. Thanks, Jen!
Kelly has the Poetry Friday roundup this week, ‘Cause Stephen Colbert Told Me So, at Big A, little a. (I hope you all got to see the Metaphor-Off aka Meta-Free-Phor-All with Sean Penn and former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky on The Colbert Report this week. Too, too funny!!!)
At 7-Imp, Jules and Eisha have an interview with Barbara Kerley, nonfiction author extraordinaire. There’ s another interview with my sister Blue Rose Girl Anna Alter.
At Blue Rose Girls, I suggest you check out Libby Koponen’s post Thoughts on Reviewers.
Thanks for all these links. Happy Mother's Day!
Thanks for noticing my literacy round-up! Last week was a very good week for articles. Thanks for the other interesting links, too!
Thanks for the link!