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By: Maryann Yin,
on 8/11/2015
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By: Betsy Bird,
on 8/10/2014
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By: Kevin Eck,
on 2/27/2013
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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 5/5/2012
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Tomorrow, my father, husband, and I will drive an hour or so from here to return to the homes of my childhood. The first house, in Ashbourne Hills, which I remember for perhaps two or three scenes—a bike, a sandbox, a cul-de-sac. The second house, in Woodbine, that took me through my twelfth year. It's a belated birthday outing. A going home.
In thinking about that today, I recalled this short essay, which first appeared in Big Shoes, an anthology collected by that Emmy-winning weatherman, Al Roker, on dads and fatherhood. So here's to my father, then, and here's to childhood.
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 8/11/2015
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By: Betsy Bird,
on 8/10/2014
Blog: A Fuse #8 Production (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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There was a time when I worked in the main branch of NYPL with the big old stone lions out front. No longer. These days I work at BookOps, a dual entity that encompasses both NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library. And in my workplace there is a great and grand and massively impressive sorting machine. It’s very Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-esque. I give tours of it all the time. It sorts and assigns all the holds and returns of the system, so you know it’s gotta be cool. Now, thanks to drone technology, you get to see not just where I work (visually stunning this part of Long Island City is not) but the kickin’ sorting machine as well. Feast your eyes!!
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Speaking of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I kinda like it when Al Roker gets pissed off. Makes for better TV watching. And besides, the man has a point.
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Thanks to Travis Jonker for the heads up!
In 1996 a bunch of Monty Python guys made The Wind in the Willows. It gets better. Steve Coogan was Mole. Stephen Fry was The Judge. This is not to be confused with a very similar looking version starring Matt James in 2006, of course. Still I’m quite shocked I hadn’t seen it until now. Fortunately there is such a thing as YouTube. Here’s part one:
Thanks to Tom Angleberger for the link.
I sort of adore kids. Allie Bruce at Bank Street was kind enough to show a bunch of them rewriting Battle Bunny / The Birthday Bunny (a book born to be taken and adapted) in their own unique visions.
They do love their poop.
Man. It’s a bummer when someone popular online has your name. It’s even more of a bummer when they’ve rabid fan bases. Meghan McCarthy created a short film to separate her from the other Meghan McCarthys. Can you blame her?
For the record, the only Betsy Birds I know of out there are an Arizona artist and a Muppet. The day I beat that Muppet in Google search results was a happy one indeed.
And for our final off-topic video. This one’s almost on-topic Remember the film Hook? With its Peter Pan link? And the character of Rufio? Well I can’t say this any better than i09 did, so I’ll just quote them verbatim: “Baby Rufio Cosplay Validates The Entire Concept Of Procreation”.
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By: Kevin Eck,
on 2/27/2013
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Al Roker, weather guy for NBC’s “Today” Show, can sum up the secret to his success in a sentence, “Don’t be a jerk!” Roker has his own show “Wake Up with Al” on The Weather Channel, owns his own production company “Al Roker Entertainment,” has co-authored three mystery novels, written a couple of cookbooks, and a has penned a couple of New York Times Bestsellers.
So how did America’s favorite weather guy go from being a flannel shirt and overall wearing college student to media kingpin? Al said his first big break came from being in the right place at the right time when someone said the wrong thing at the wrong time.
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By: Beth Kephart ,
on 5/5/2012
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In thinking about that today, I recalled this short essay, which first appeared in Big Shoes, an anthology collected by that Emmy-winning weatherman, Al Roker, on dads and fatherhood. So here's to my father, then, and here's to childhood.
There are photographs. My father, slim and auburn-haired, just sitting. My father (somewhat sheepish, almost proud) gone fishing. My father holding my only child’s hand as they study some unknown miracle on the driveway. My father asleep in that house near the beach, after a morning of sun and counting dolphins. My father in photographs is being good at doing little. But in life my father is something else again: He is good at doing much and seeking no one’s praises for it.We have the same body clock, my father and I. The same urge to rise in the hour before dawn, when the mind can hold a steady thought and nothing seems impossible. When I was a child, I would wake to the sound of my father’s rising, wait for the smell of his toasted muffins and melted butter, listen for the snap of his briefcase (such a sound that was, such a pronouncement), then watch through the window as he drove away, his car’s headlights singeing the darkness.He wore good suits, well-ironed shirts, the ties my mother bought for him. He was the only one out on the streets at that hour, save perhaps for furry things. He didn’t come back home until the world went dark again — the knot of his tie still up near his throat; the cuffs of his sleeves still buttoned, in place; his briefcase heavy with whatever he’d brought home to do that night, while we were sleeping. If our mother was always his best friend and confidante, his truest trusted advisor, we three kids knew little of the problems that our father encountered or solved, little of the play and pull of politics in his glassy office building. My father was an engineer who became a manager who eventually sat behind a desk on a corporation’s upper floors. An oil man before he went into steel. An innovator of one sort or another. But what he did all day I don’t think we kids ever really knew, for when he was home, he was our father, and he did not act like someone else.Hey Dad, how was work?It was fine. How was school?I still don’t get the math. It’s hard.Bring your book, and we will do it.I don’t remember my father boasting7 Comments on My Father's Rising, last added: 5/6/2012Display Comments Add a Comment
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The National Education Association (NEA) has teamed up with the NEA Foundation to host “The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse Charity Auction.”
The proceeds derived from the Internet auction will benefit the NEA Foundation’s “Art Inspires Learning, Learning Inspires Art” initiative. This project funds arts education grants for teachers. Follow this link to check out the artwork.
Here’s more from the release: “This initiative was inspired by Eric Carle‘s picture book The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, which celebrates imagination and artistic freedom. Each donated piece of art will feature that artist’s interpretation of a horse and celebrates imagination and the many and varied ways that each artist sees the world around him/her. The auction will include three waves of art: Group 1 will take place October 17th-27th. Group 2 will take place October 31st-November 10th. Group 3 will take place November 14th-24th.”
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What are the best book clubs for kids?
A Reddit user posed this great question this week: “My son is only 5 months old but we still read to him frequently. I would like to start getting a book collection going for him as he grows. Books like as Dr. Seuss and such. Does anyone know of any affordable book programs for children that I could get signed up for?”
This GalleyCat editor started collecting some book club suggestions and resources for kids. We’ve embedded a link to Al Roker‘s book club above–add your ideas in the comments section.
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Add a CommentBy: Brian Minter, on 4/26/2011
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Two of our favorite children’s book authors (two of everyone’s favorite children’s book authors, really), Rick Riordan and James Patterson, will be appearing, together for the first time, at Lincoln Center in New York City next month. The two authors will read from their latest titles (including exclusive first looks) and answer questions from their fans.
For those of us not able to make it to NYC, the event will be streamed live online, where fans will be able to ask the authors questions as well.
Al Roker, a longtime literacy advocate and co-host of the Today show, will moderate the evening.
We’d be excited about this anyway, but it’s extra special for us because the evening’s hosts, our friends at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Disney Publishing Worldwide, are donating 100% of the proceeds to First Book. So everyone who attends will not only get to see two of their favorite authors up-close and personal, they’ll have the opportunity to help First Book get books into the hands of kids from low-income neighborhoods.
If you’re in the NYC area (or are willing to make the trip), tickets for the event go on sale this Saturday, April 30, for just $5. You can learn more here.
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Just in case you needed any more reasons to be convinced why books are great gifts, our friends at the Association of American Publishers have asked some of the most popular and prolific authors to share their reasons why books make great gifts. Enjoy the video below and check out the videos featuring even more authors on YouTube.
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First Book is proud to announce that select meteorologists across the country from Boston to Los Angeles participated in The Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Challenge issued by Today meteorologist Al Roker.
The challenge, in celebration of today’s release of the animated movie CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, generated more than 20,000 assorted new books to First Book organizations serving children in need. NBC-affiliate meteorologists had the opportunity to deliver new books and lead a special story time with the children.
First Book would like to thank Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and television stations across the country for their generosity and commitment to spreading the joy of reading.
And be sure to check out this video of highlighting books provided to kids in Phoenix as part of the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Challenge (video opens in Windows Media Player).
Add a CommentBy: Chad W. Beckerman, on 1/16/2009
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There’s a Betsy Bird in John Crowley’s Little, Big. Her son is Robin.