About Alison
Longtime children's book buyer, sometime editor, former blogger (www.publishersweekly.com/shelftalker). Enthusiasm galore. Ideas by the boatload. Laughs loudly (even at self). Asks questions. Pays attention. Reads voraciously. Oozes enthusiasm. Insists on honesty. Eschews boredom. Adores wit. Abhors whining.
Alison's Blog: ShelfTalker - Recent Posts
| 4/30/2010 | It's the Little Things A quick post for a spring Friday. Picture a bouncing, running, thrilled-to-be-in-a-bookstore little boy, no more than three and a half, entering the store for the first time. He spies the... Read the rest of this post |
| 4/29/2010 | Spring with Salamanders: Paired Presentations Neither school vacation nor unexpected snowfall kept kids away from learning about salamanders with author Sarah Lamstein and naturalist Larry Clarfeld on Wednesday afternoon.When Sarah told... Read the rest of this post |
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Profile Comments
Comment by John (J.D.) Smith on 7/15/2008 at 4:40 PM:
Good afternoon.
I hope this finds you well. Since you blog, I thought you might like to know that Dani Jones, the illustrator of my picture book The Best Mariachi in the World/El Mejor Mariachi del Mundo has recently launched her own blog on both the book and her process in developing the... more
I hope this finds you well. Since you blog, I thought you might like to know that Dani Jones, the illustrator of my picture book The Best Mariachi in the World/El Mejor Mariachi del Mundo has recently launched her own blog on both the book and her process in developing the... more
Comment by Deb Lund on 7/3/2008 at 12:44 PM:
You are always a joy. Thanks for your passion and for all the ways your antics trickle down to kids and those who work with them.
Monster kisses & Dinohugs,
Deb
You are always a joy. Thanks for your passion and for all the ways your antics trickle down to kids and those who work with them.
Monster kisses & Dinohugs,
Deb
Comment by Stacey Kannenberg on 6/20/2008 at 11:27 AM:
I looking forward to connecting!
Smiles - Stacey
920-994-9906
I looking forward to connecting!
Smiles - Stacey
920-994-9906
Comment by Alison Morris on 5/30/2008 at 11:07 PM:
A quick note to any of you who previously saw on this page a list of board books and assorted other titles that were written by "Alison Morris" and attributed to me here,
I did NOT write those books! There is an Alison Morris writing children's books (out of the U. K., I think) who spells... more
I did NOT write those books! There is an Alison Morris writing children's books (out of the U. K., I think) who spells... more
Comment by Dianne de Las Casas on 2/4/2008 at 6:59 PM:
Thanks for being my first friend on Jacket Flap. :) Happy Mardi Gras from New Orleans!
Warmly,
Dianne de Las Casas
Thanks for being my first friend on Jacket Flap. :) Happy Mardi Gras from New Orleans!
Warmly,
Dianne de Las Casas
Comment by Jo Knowles on 1/11/2008 at 6:22 AM:
Hi Alison!
Thanks for the invite! Hope our paths cross again soon...
:)
Jo
Hi Alison!
Thanks for the invite! Hope our paths cross again soon...
:)
Jo
Hi Alison-Thanks for addins us. We hope you enjoyed reading about-The Endless String-Our best to you Tom and Tess