By: Kara Schaff Dean,
on 8/16/2011
This summer saw the release of Dodsworth in Rome, the fourth volume in the easy reader series about Dodsworth and his accidental companion, Duck. It's an amusing book in a series which consistently entertains and has the capacity to continue for many volumes yet as the pair bumbles their way across the globe. The journey actually started, sans Duck, in a junk yard, where the underachieving
By: Betsy Bird,
on 4/9/2011
You know what? Skip everything I’ve ever suggested about visiting the Bologna Book Fair. Airflights take a lot of time. Your sleeping schedule gets off. And then there’s all that walking. Phew! It’s enough to exhaust you just thinking about it. No no, far better to just watch this little video created by Bart Moeyaert. It’s the fair in 90 seconds. You’re in. You’re out. Slap your hands together and you’re done! Couldn’t be easier.
In other news, my library is doing this:
First off, I love that it makes my workplace, the building where I earn my daily bread, look like something out of a movie (and not just the set like in The Adjustment Bureau and Arthur, both in theaters now). So cheers there. Second, this is a game inspired by our upcoming Centennial celebration. You can see the website for the game here, if you’d like to join in. You have to fill out an application by April 21st, though. There’s nothing specifically keeping employees like myself from participating, but I suspect that since my body these days conks out effectively at 10:30 each night, I am in no position to add my own expertise.
When you are a child of the 70s or 80s you may have a unique gift. Thanks to television shows like Sesame Street, it’s entirely possible that your brain is filled with small animated shorts and clips that will burst into fiery remembrance when seen. Take, as today’s example, the news that Maurice Sendak has a new picture book coming out soon. Called Bumble Ardy, the book was originally a short on Sesame Street. Now, if you had stopped me on the street and asked me if I had ever seen said short I would have given a sharp bark of a laugh. Me, forget a Maurice Sendak bit of animation? Not hardly! Then I started watching this and the memories . . . oh the memories . . .
Those memories just keep on coming back. Probably the only time you’ll hear Jim Henson’s voice (as Bumble at the end) voice a Sendak character too. Thanks to Mr. Schu for the link.
More of this please. More, I say. MORE!!!
Big time thanks to 0 Comments on Video Sunday: Too bad his duck is so crazy as of 1/1/1900
By: Kara Schaff Dean,
on 11/11/2009
Dodsworth in London by Tim Egan My rating: 2 of 5 stars I had high hopes for this book because (1) I love Dodsworth and (2) London is one of my favorite places in the world. I think Dodsworth needs to lose the duck and return to the ideals of the Pink Refrigerator--introspection, creative expression, and self-discovery. View all my reviews >>
By: Kara Schaff Dean,
on 8/14/2009
.....after opening his magic pink refrigerator, and visiting New York and Paris, Dodsworth arrives in London in November. I have just this to say--please come to Boston!
I adore Dodsworth, too! Like you, I hope these books continue for a long time.
I've never heard of these books! They sound fabulous! Just to clarify, Tim Egan of Dodsworth is not the same Timothy Egan who wrote the adult NF title, THE BIG BURN?
Hi Tanya,<br /><br />They are indeed two different Tim Egans. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!