tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64345606489809632802024-03-14T05:36:11.569-04:00The Guinea Pig WritersSandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-54673485455487144762010-10-25T12:08:00.004-04:002010-10-25T12:38:41.221-04:00Anita Silvey's Children's Book Almanac<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqgo5braxahs4dCLMbUB_Kg3OWwO6s6SxFn3twK4B_pLinAr8bwIvS0Gu0OqICsCLMz9cKsDxMXt6aPpZdsz6EykQNoO9fXEaLurZUOBZXw3qn9q-AkaS4s_qbUeFIYeTILU-HXyX64w/s1600/bookaday_270.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqgo5braxahs4dCLMbUB_Kg3OWwO6s6SxFn3twK4B_pLinAr8bwIvS0Gu0OqICsCLMz9cKsDxMXt6aPpZdsz6EykQNoO9fXEaLurZUOBZXw3qn9q-AkaS4s_qbUeFIYeTILU-HXyX64w/s200/bookaday_270.png" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Just launched, a fabulous online daily almanac by the awesome Anita Silvey. Her essays about children's books are wonderful.<br />
<a href="http://childrensbookalmanac.com/" style="color: #0000cc; line-height: 1.22em;" target="_blank">http://childrensbookalmanac.com/</a><br />
<div style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em;">As you know, I'm doing some of the research and editing for the project, with Roaring Brook Press. An actual print edition of this almanac should be out next spring.</div><div style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em;">Please do pass this on to any teachers, librarians, and other folks you think might be interested in this free daily dose of great writing and reading recommendations regarding children's books!</div><div style="line-height: 1.22em;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></div>-aaeSandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-79390657123961477242010-10-01T11:04:00.003-04:002010-10-01T11:05:52.779-04:00Snooki Venn DiagramSorry, I normally don't take cheap shots like this, but I couldn't help myself on this one:<br />
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What a treasure trove of advice I've rediscovered! The first advice that comes to mind is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/arts/writers-writing-easy-adverbs-exclamation-points-especially-hooptedoodle.html">Elmore Leonard's essay</a> for the <i>NYTimes</i> series "Writers on Writing". A complete archive of that column can be found <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/specials/writers.html">here</a>. I believe writing advice is as personal as shopping advice: if it doesn't fit your style, you're not going to pay attention to it. I <i>want</i> my writing to be the spare, pointed, hooptedoodle-lacking writing Elmore Leonard is encouraging, and so I take his advice. (Blogging is different, this is more like chatting to strangers.) But his advice might not fit you, which is why you should read through that archive; I know I'm planning to.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTi7t0IwjaMysmBM1yIbjDro02hl56xmC9gJRXjxc7aSWIRGTLwaLlWpViLfXv7G3pfFf1R3YEtWmMXd02Kw2HWgFDrHf_YZ7PGLbdt95o8hZ_rNMT_WiOcVJ9xqlnCIrJjCe1l_q3-fQ/s1600/bird+by+bird.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVTi7t0IwjaMysmBM1yIbjDro02hl56xmC9gJRXjxc7aSWIRGTLwaLlWpViLfXv7G3pfFf1R3YEtWmMXd02Kw2HWgFDrHf_YZ7PGLbdt95o8hZ_rNMT_WiOcVJ9xqlnCIrJjCe1l_q3-fQ/s320/bird+by+bird.gif" /></a>I also take the advice of <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679435204"><b><i>Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life</i></b></a> by Anne Lamott, because even if I don't remember everything she says, that core concept is comforting - we all have to begin somewhere, and might as well take it bird (word) by bird (word). Though I read this before grad school, I believe it was suggested or required reading for a course or two, and so I enjoyed it again, along with Stephen King's <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780743455961"><b><i>On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft</i></b></a> and <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780156091800"><i><b>Aspects of the Novel</b></i></a> by E.M. Forster, books I'm not sure I would have picked up had it not been for classes Writing I & I. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinH1d0To7SdaqHIDE9dEUKDGCZ7QBVUaIZfTvxAM6IyqTV2YUgaraUBYCdZXL6afS6spjbc0LG_6_4f-D3_IESq7bLYJJ7DddCxhgIVIjhJjz_M7fOg4jNb1X5XCEghdtUdHkgHSKvhO3P/s1600/beginning+muddle+end.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinH1d0To7SdaqHIDE9dEUKDGCZ7QBVUaIZfTvxAM6IyqTV2YUgaraUBYCdZXL6afS6spjbc0LG_6_4f-D3_IESq7bLYJJ7DddCxhgIVIjhJjz_M7fOg4jNb1X5XCEghdtUdHkgHSKvhO3P/s1600/beginning+muddle+end.jpg" /></a>Some of my favorite books on writing are actually for children, most notably <a href="http://www.avi-writer.com/">Avi</a>'s <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780152055554"><i><b>A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End: The Right Way to Write Writing</b></i></a>, illustrated by Tricia Tusa. This book is a sequel to <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780152049683"><i><b>The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant)</b></i></a>, which, while not about writing, does make some clever commentary about the nature of books and fables. As extra prizes for the Odyssey Book Shop's annual children's writing contest last year, I had the pleasure of handing out both <i><b>A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End</b></i> and another book on writing for children, one about the more technical aspects, entitled <a href="http://www.spillinginkthebook.com/"><i><b>Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook</b></i></a> by Ellen Potter, Anne Mazer, and illustrated by Matt Phelan. Both present encouragement and advice for aspiring young writers.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTida4PtRdYJJQW_5Bd9Dudef7UJzpyu_64NRtqN_zbTkwFra9cSP3L5i-7cA5cKCjN68opm11ovJdZOYnwiappbckMtF5jaEcJdpHHSVWyRMK5czqgMQSq-ftJzmzGx0rjSHBbDpuzom/s1600/How+Fiction+Works.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWTida4PtRdYJJQW_5Bd9Dudef7UJzpyu_64NRtqN_zbTkwFra9cSP3L5i-7cA5cKCjN68opm11ovJdZOYnwiappbckMtF5jaEcJdpHHSVWyRMK5czqgMQSq-ftJzmzGx0rjSHBbDpuzom/s200/How+Fiction+Works.jpg" width="128" /></a>Just at the time I began writing this post, I discovered two more books about writing I need to look through. One, <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312428471"><i><b>How Fiction Works</b></i></a> by James Wood, has been compared to E.M. Forster's work mentioned above, but the second is the one I'm most interested in. <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393330885"><i><b>Off the Page: Writers Talk about Beginnings, Endings, and Everything in Between</b></i></a> is a compilation of authors' input marketed as a "literary tell-all". Edited by Carole Burns, with an introduction by Marie Arana, authors are quoted under section titles such as "Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before?: How Characters Come to Life", "All That Jazz: Playing with Language and Style to Suit the Story", and "Good Writers Borrow, Great Writers Steal: The Writers Whom Writers Love and Why". The list of authors includes Tobias Wolff, Colm Toibin, Art Spiegelman, Marisha Pessl, Tim Parks, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, Alice McDermott, Andrea Levy, Jhumpa Lahiri, Edward P. Jones, E. L. Doctorow, Michael Cunningham, A. S. Byatt, Russell Banks, and Paul Auster to name a few.<br />
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What books about writing inspire you?Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-67651473287092078862010-09-22T10:21:00.000-04:002010-09-22T10:21:37.277-04:00Nom de Plume......a.k.a. pen name a.k.a. pseudonym a.k.a. literary double a.k.a. alias.<br />
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Do not be concerned, I am not talking about this <a href="http://nomdeplumeonline.com/">Halloween costume supply shop</a>.<br />
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I'm talking about the custom of a person who was born with one name adopting another (or several other) names under which to publish their books. <br />
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This was, and still is, a common practice among writers for various reasons. At one time (think at least two hundred years ago), female authors often used male pen names, fearing no one would read their books if they knew the author was a woman. In more contemporary times, authors who are established in one genre and want to break into another genre, may use a pen name so readers don't make a judgment based on what they've previously written. <br />
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AbeBooks has written a <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/books/pseudonym-alias-author-dodgson/pen-names.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-100921-h00-pennamesB-_-01cta">great post</a> on their website, showcasing the books of many talented writers that wrote under a name different from their original. Of course they mention the classics like Mark Twain (actually Samuel Langhorne Clemens), and for me, Nora Roberts, who is also well-known for writing as J.D. Robb.<br />
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I remember how shocking it was for me to find out Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb were the same person. (Okay, shocking may have been an overstatement, but I was surprised.) Do you remember any "big reveals" in your life?<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuixAgwE9H04e4LNakgLSf4cMftiQ1ngRU84M40690PPeXdLSQI-7h7twyL1Tpri4wDibkrmoVT-3Jqu6L3uoPAHcsDkhbzW5xBOhXXxtB5Lh5pbRnkAjecXcM0DyCnED3DSSnK1QptZPL/s1600/Disreputable+history.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuixAgwE9H04e4LNakgLSf4cMftiQ1ngRU84M40690PPeXdLSQI-7h7twyL1Tpri4wDibkrmoVT-3Jqu6L3uoPAHcsDkhbzW5xBOhXXxtB5Lh5pbRnkAjecXcM0DyCnED3DSSnK1QptZPL/s200/Disreputable+history.jpg" width="130" /></a>Some of the authors who immediately come to mind (who use pen names) are children's book authors like <a href="http://www.rllafevers.com/books.html">R.L. LaFevers</a> (real first name - Robin) and <a href="http://www.emilylockhart.com/">E. Lockhart</a> (the E stands for Emily, but her real last name is <a href="http://www.emilyjenkins.com/">Jenkins</a>). I don't know why R.L. LaFevers writes under that name, but E. Lockhart writes on her website: <strong> </strong><br />
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<strong>"What does E stand for? What’s your real name? And why do you go by E?</strong><br />
E. stands for Emily, and I use it on my teen books because I write other kinds of books using my whole, legal name. My dad calls me E., and I always liked it."<br />
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As we new writers look into getting published, I think it's a legitimate question to ask ourselves - do we want to write under our own legal names or not? If you decide you do, but can't decide on a name, this handy dandy <a href="http://www.poemofquotes.com/tools/pen-name.php">Pen Name Generator website</a> will create one for you.<br />
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Mine is apparently <b>Cindy Capleton</b>. What's yours?Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-1933949996184515702010-09-01T11:32:00.000-04:002010-09-01T11:32:17.281-04:00Welcome to September!Hi All.....<br />
I just sent a blog invite to Nancy, and as soon as she answers the invite we will all be Guinea Pig bloggers!<br />
time to make a plan for a weekly? monthly? meet up at the hangout in Hadley. What do you think?<br />
SSandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-41900683285209172112010-07-25T18:45:00.005-04:002010-07-25T19:46:57.846-04:00Lane Smith & Molly LeachThe world of picture book design is a mysterious and wonderful place. I recently found a video about the dynamic duo of picture book creation, husband and wife team - Molly Leach and Lane Smith. Complimenting nicely the Horn Book Magazine article, <a href="http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/1998/mar98_scieszka_leach.asp">Design Matters</a>, this video lets the viewer in a little further on the design process of picture books. Bonus: You also get to see snippets of their lovely home offices.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_NO3x6dOFCQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_NO3x6dOFCQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Makes me really wish I had snapped up a copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Happy Hocky Family</span> before it went out of print.<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2010/07/25/video-sunday-14/">Fuse #8</a> for the video link.<br /><br />Also, on a sidenote for any Lane Smith fans, check out his blog, <a href="http://curiouspages.blogspot.com/">Curious Pages</a>. It's tagline states: "recommended inappropriate books for kids TM" and has hilarious commentary on classic children's books. I unearthed a copy of Elizabite by H.A. Rey in a used bookstore and was cracking up reading it, thinking "How could I have made it this far in life without seeing this book?" I am so happy to know, <a href="http://curiouspages.blogspot.com/2010/04/elizabite.html">I am not alone</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-86797210473438264492010-07-11T12:43:00.008-04:002010-07-11T14:24:34.260-04:00What Anne Carroll Moore Always Wanted?I grew up in a small town with a <a href="http://www.petershamlibrary.net/">small library</a>. It was dark and crowded, full of shelf upon shelf of old books with one-color cloth covers, names embossed in gold and worn off so you had to read the title page if you wanted to know what you'd found. The pages were thin, usually spotted brown in places, and they smelled musty and delicious. To me, each one was a forgotten treasure: I discovered E. Nesbit, Edward Eager, Elizabeth Enright, and L. M. Boston on those shelves, and for years believed that I was the only one who had read the secrets of the Psammead and the Natterjack, Gone-Away Lake and Green Knowe.<br /><br />Every spring, this library has a fundraising book sale. Every available surface is covered with old donated books and signs that read "Fill a bag for $1!" My mother went this year around the time of my graduation from Simmons with an MFA in Writing for Children and looked for children's books that might be of interest to me. She found one, complete with its own sign:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1bujpqRPfT8J1rVNfTSGsetSZolsRLvwon2QMS3_yTsR2Tj20e64YKDRselYKFyKCHaSZUAEw7jU0uyvW6YUmsSGBIlqG5pLpn0zDI-N8vqNqmOIR6SmMwo5f912XaBSjMhieAJIHG1D/s1600/IMG_1550.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1bujpqRPfT8J1rVNfTSGsetSZolsRLvwon2QMS3_yTsR2Tj20e64YKDRselYKFyKCHaSZUAEw7jU0uyvW6YUmsSGBIlqG5pLpn0zDI-N8vqNqmOIR6SmMwo5f912XaBSjMhieAJIHG1D/s320/IMG_1550.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492715356070979554" border="0" /></a>She put the book in her closet to give to me as a graduation gift, and lost it until yesterday when she cleaned out the closet.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjiHq8tkiZ3anh-XGOiJ5_GUxTpz8MnI_eMAJbZgaqNKocwQ5mVP5txbdGb38adz9ALBjjzApPwTcwS5yU5LJLw_UFn1aO33pcA5l1nr9JsmJfQywptoiibY4Y9Z0xkg9fm5w6cUIS8Ip/s1600/IMG_1554.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjiHq8tkiZ3anh-XGOiJ5_GUxTpz8MnI_eMAJbZgaqNKocwQ5mVP5txbdGb38adz9ALBjjzApPwTcwS5yU5LJLw_UFn1aO33pcA5l1nr9JsmJfQywptoiibY4Y9Z0xkg9fm5w6cUIS8Ip/s320/IMG_1554.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492714390162204962" border="0" /></a>The dust jacket is missing, the binding is beginning to unbind, and the front matter has turned the color of a nicely-toasted marshmallow, but it's absolutely beautiful. I delighted in reading the original first line on one of the original first pages: "When Mrs. Frederick C. Little's second son was born, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse." Two days after the book was released, Harold Ross, founder of <span style="font-style: italic;">The New Yorker</span>, read that line and told White he had made "one serious mistake." Jill Lepore recounts their conversation in her article <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lepore">"The Lion and the Mouse: The battle that reshaped children's literature."</a> Apparently, Ross shouted at White, "You said [Stuart] was born. God damn it, White, you should have had him adopted!" White heeded his boss and in later editions changed Stuart's first appearance from "born" to "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stuart-Little-E-B-White/dp/0064400565#reader_0064400565">arrived</a>."<br /><br />Lepore's article is worth a read for more than just that anecdote. It spares no detail of the drama surrounding <span style="font-style: italic;">Stuart Little</span>, Anne Carroll Moore, Ursula Nordstrom, and E.B. and Katherine White in the 1930s and 40s. E.B. White had written an article in 1938 that called writing for children "easy work," and Anne Carroll Moore, then Superintendent of the Department of Work with Children at the New York Public Library, replied with "I wish to goodness you would do a real children's book yourself." By the time White's first manuscript was ready to submit to legendary Harper children's editor Nordstrom in 1945, Moore had been retired for four years. In typical <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9bpflQ-7T1_doB9OWgMRpLY3yloq-9VeoTj-p-PcD9nkCyDsA0Q8oRlXmt38gVjXsbvFZC9CgpqNbQH-WAJBehuqDQt5jMb6htWZ7Ay-SsCZT5giN_Qv1jfePRI9dzi_cL9HIXTxDVXz/s1600/IMG_1551.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9bpflQ-7T1_doB9OWgMRpLY3yloq-9VeoTj-p-PcD9nkCyDsA0Q8oRlXmt38gVjXsbvFZC9CgpqNbQH-WAJBehuqDQt5jMb6htWZ7Ay-SsCZT5giN_Qv1jfePRI9dzi_cL9HIXTxDVXz/s320/IMG_1551.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492714955044355058" border="0" /></a>Moore-ish fashion, though, she felt that it was more her book than anyone else's and insisted on seeing a copy before its release. Nordstrom begrudgingly sent a galley...and Moore utterly despised it. She hated it so much she sent a fourteen-page letter to the Whites, had a closed-door meeting with Nordstrom about pulling it from the Harper list, and ordered Frances Clarke Sayers, her successor at the NYPL, not to buy the book for the library. (Sayers did buy a copy, but she kept it hidden under her desk.)<br /><br />Despite Moore's best intentions, <span style="font-style: italic;">Stuart Little</span> had a first print run of 50,000 copies, sold 100,000 copies in just three months, and has now sold over four million copies. After all of her work to keep it out of libraries and schools, Anne Carroll Moore is probably rolling in her grave to think that someone took a copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">Stuart Little</span> out of a dump, brought it inside a library, and got it into the hands of a third-grade teacher. But now, just like Stuart at the end of his book, he is finally "headed in the right direction."<br /><br />--EmilyEmily Lenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07399949007317403184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-76752523765848260182010-05-14T09:11:00.002-04:002010-05-14T09:11:26.152-04:00Repost: The "Good Guys" of YA LiteratureThis is a "repost", similar to a "retweet" on Twitter (follow me <a href="http://twitter.com/rebf">@rebf</a>). <a href="http://emilysreadingroom.blogspot.com/">Emily's Reading Room</a> had an <a href="http://emilysreadingroom.blogspot.com/2010/05/good-guys-of-ya-literature.html">inspiring post</a> recognizing the "good guys" of young adult fiction, as opposed to those moody, smoldering, dangerous "bad boys" everyone seems to fall for.<br />
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Some of Emily's top favorites included Gilbert Blythe from L.M. Montgomery's <i>Anne of Green Gables</i>, Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen's <i>Pride & Prejudice</i>, Laurie from Louisa May Alcott's <i>Little Women</i>, and Peeta from Suzanne Collins's <i>The Hunger Games</i>.<br />
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Obviously this made me question who my own top "good guys" of YA lit are, and these are a few names I came up with:<br />
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2. Bookish Mac over fast and lose Charlie in Louisa May Alcott's <i>Eight Cousins</i> and <i>A Rose in Bloom</i> finally wins Rose's much-deserved love. And yes, I have a soft spot, in part, due to his bookish nature.<br />
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3. T. C. Keller from <i>My Most Excellent Year</i> by Steve Kruger. He loves baseball, has a great relationship with his dad, recites a standing address at the high school talent show to impress the girl, and he's cute to boot.<br />
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4. Poor Arthur Dent in <i>A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i> by Douglas Adams. He didn't know what hit him when his planet was blown up, and he's dragged back and forth between one end of the universe to the other. What a relief when he finds a love interest. He deserves it after being such a good sport.<br />
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Who are your favorite good guys?<br />
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-Rebecca<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com/">here</a> to view this post, and others, on my personal blog.Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-70101113408739043822010-05-13T15:14:00.000-04:002010-05-13T15:14:24.770-04:00"The Old Country" by Mordicai Gerstein<a href="http://www.mordicaigerstein.com/img/books/oldcountry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Book Jacket" border="0" height="366" src="http://www.mordicaigerstein.com/img/books/oldcountry.jpg" width="237" /></a>I just finished this fable, fairy tale, 20th c history, and loved the language, and Gerstein's ability to weave so many worlds. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Middle grade, but adults would love it too. I think the picture book, called A BOOK that he created in 2009, has a bit of this flavor too.....<br />
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<div align="left"><strong>The Old Country</strong><br />
Mordicai Gerstein<br />
Roaring Brook Press<br />
Grades 4 - 12</div>Starred review in April 18, 2005 issue of Publishers Weekly<br />
*Gerstein (The Man Who Walked Between the Towers) skillfully shapes a story by turns disturbing and comforting. His hybrid of fantasy and fable explores such themes as human nature, war, magic and music.<br />
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The tale within a tale opens as Gisella visits her great granddaughter, gives her a present and shares a story of her childhood in The Old Country, where, she says, "I was a little girl and where I was a fox." Gisella builds on this note of intrigue , as she describes her wise great-aunt warning her that in the woods "things may not be what they seem.<br />
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Things change; now it's this, then it's that. Look closely, be careful, and never look too long into the eyes of a fox." Indeed, danger befalls the young Gisella when her brother is drafted into the army, and it's up to her to kill the fox who's been stealing the family chickens. Deep in the woods, strange things occur--talking animals and "small people."<br />
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The girl finds herself gazing intently into the fox's eyes, and the two mysteriously exchange bodies. Meanwhile, war breaks out ("Air that had been full of springtime now had a new odor, bitter and jagged. It was the smell of pain, and it was everywhere"), sending Gisella on a labyrinthine journey with a forest sprite as her guide.<br />
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Gerstein brilliantly ties the war's escalations with the dwindling of magic, and caps off this vividly descriptive narrative with an unexpected ending.<br />
Ages 11-14. (May)Sandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-88367458298955579572010-05-11T23:24:00.001-04:002010-05-11T23:25:06.376-04:00Way to GO! GUINEA PIGS!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugt0Af0hH8LaoNtp2piLl6uDsBEaFEpbOM0LI_Ehj0c18hIF86Ma6a1R-Wo0IyznTnHHsXxU07HjUhgQZngYy2U7VXxnI6lPHHIFNsvlJRW4uwoRimGefrwv7Q3e3ensJmD6k0GvQww8/s1600/costello+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugt0Af0hH8LaoNtp2piLl6uDsBEaFEpbOM0LI_Ehj0c18hIF86Ma6a1R-Wo0IyznTnHHsXxU07HjUhgQZngYy2U7VXxnI6lPHHIFNsvlJRW4uwoRimGefrwv7Q3e3ensJmD6k0GvQww8/s400/costello+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Sandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-58211040509186125702010-04-24T09:09:00.000-04:002010-04-24T09:09:00.377-04:00Book Review: White Cat by Holly Black & AUTHOR EVENT<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Odyssey Bookshop welcomes </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Holly Black & Cassandra Clare </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>in a duo-author event on </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>May 11th at 7 p.m.!</b></span></div><br />
<b>Holly Black's New Release!<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kNogDCUEzd8SD4YwlrvHwtZVfeLOMQEtKaSlNTSrugMR5Qh-RuhCkccV9J_4YGlwOJU_pMo9homOHJ4GHuG5nV9CQ2kQOKJ7BYMZnKF6ranJ-1-LbT7JTU6W4K5iDWj_jxNrN5Ek/s1600/white+cat" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kNogDCUEzd8SD4YwlrvHwtZVfeLOMQEtKaSlNTSrugMR5Qh-RuhCkccV9J_4YGlwOJU_pMo9homOHJ4GHuG5nV9CQ2kQOKJ7BYMZnKF6ranJ-1-LbT7JTU6W4K5iDWj_jxNrN5Ek/s320/white+cat" /></a><b><span style="font-style: italic;">White Cat</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">The Curse Workers #01</span>)</b><br />
by Holly Black<br />
9781416963967, $17.99, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pub. Date: May 2010</span><br />
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Introducing the beginning of a new Holly Black series! So dark, so complicated, so witty - so wonderful.<br />
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How to explain this book to without giving a page-by-page detailed explanation? Okay, let's begin with setting. The time is now, or sometime mirroring now, with the cars, phones, technology, etc. that we have. The difference is the existence of curse work. Some people have the ability to work curses, magic, by touching other people with their bare hands. There are different types of curse work - memory curses, emotion curses, and transmutation curses. Curse working has been outlawed and everyone wears gloves to avoid touching each other with bare hands.<br />
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Enter Cassel Sharpe. He was born into a family of curse workers, and though he's an excellent con artist, he's not actually a curse worker. That doesn't mean there isn't something a little magical going on. Cassel keeps dreaming of a white cat, and waking up <i>not</i> in his boarding school dormitory bed. His dreams tend to center around one event he'd like to forget: the night he killed the girl he loved, Lila Zacharov. She was the daughter of the powerful head of the Zacharov crime family. The only reason Cassel is still alive is that his older brothers, all powerful curse workers, covered up for him.<br />
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While this all sounds strange in its own right, the part that's more bizarre is that Lila's curse magic was an ability to turn into other animals, and a white cat was her favorite. How is Lila controlling Cassel's dreams if she's supposedly dead? As the complex plot unfolds, Cassel begins to realize he can't trust anyone or anything - not his own family, and worst of all, not even his own memory. Someone has been curse working <i>him</i>. Now if only he could figure out who and why...<br />
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Throw in a dysfunctional family, a girlfriend who just dumped him, the beginnings of actual friends for the first time in his life, and you've got one heck of a teenage life to get through.<br />
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-Rebecca<br />
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See this review on my <a href="http://www.rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com/">personal blog</a>. <br />
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<b>Cassandra Clare's Trilogy, <i>Mortal Instruments</i>!</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZElPZ2lf799b-ga1RVnCNkY7i1F3G-eYin4lFEXkLApHSOHeoIb9CMQSwQwyx8dRkx5i1TGFr7qc4kQKkDsL6tQxGbd42CcJWpxClryfiCzWrh5ES9dF5MKHKLLVMra7jxGUaSkvknE/s1600/city+of+glass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZElPZ2lf799b-ga1RVnCNkY7i1F3G-eYin4lFEXkLApHSOHeoIb9CMQSwQwyx8dRkx5i1TGFr7qc4kQKkDsL6tQxGbd42CcJWpxClryfiCzWrh5ES9dF5MKHKLLVMra7jxGUaSkvknE/s320/city+of+glass.jpg" /></a><b><i>City of Bones</i></b><br />
9781416955078, Simon & Schuster, $9.99<b><i> </i></b><br />
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<b><i>City of Ashes</i></b><br />
9781416972242, Simon & Schuster, $9.99<br />
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<b><i>City of Glass</i> </b> <br />
9781416914303, Simon & Schuster, $17.99Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-15067682550312863052010-04-20T15:47:00.000-04:002010-04-20T15:47:00.411-04:00Book Review: Serena by Ron Rash<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49vHJpOT_Blc-k5ywoph4HnibRrXgbeIL0gyeWEBWLdnrJvkpIiol8k9IC_kSti5r34Aag3-yqrcO5_H48SdiVMOzTiyRme7j7cZ9qoURMNSIYwe2MStWLiodlt6Jv9uv7o7u5OL-/s1600/Serena.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49vHJpOT_Blc-k5ywoph4HnibRrXgbeIL0gyeWEBWLdnrJvkpIiol8k9IC_kSti5r34Aag3-yqrcO5_H48SdiVMOzTiyRme7j7cZ9qoURMNSIYwe2MStWLiodlt6Jv9uv7o7u5OL-/s320/Serena.gif" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span>This was a post I intended to publish over a year ago. Now in paperback, I'm finally going to post my review of Ron Rash's <i><b>Serena</b></i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hardcover: 9780061470851, HarperCollins, $24.95</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paperback: 9780061470844, HarperCollins, $14.99</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b>Serena</b></i> blew my mind a bit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You wouldn't think upon first picking up a book about a timber empire in North Carolina during the years leading up to the Great Depression that it would be a gripping read for anyone other than a history buff. Yet the cast of characters and the stark reality of Ron Rash's writing creates a compelling and bone-chilling story.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The absolute lack of morality and concern for anyone other than herself makes Serena a heinous individual. You want to hate her, but her intelligence and self-possession make her fascinating. In a harsh land, building a harsh timber empire, Serena is a beautiful, feminine, immovable steel rod who has a blow as heavy as one of the trees felled by her timber crews. Recently married to owner George Pemberton, Serena is as obsessed with power and the unplumbed Brazilian forests, as George is with her. Together they form an nearly unstoppable team of knowledge, money, and Serena's ruthlessness. If someone stands in their way, they will be taken down - whether by a swift knife across the throat, a hunting "accident", or Serena's right-hand man who always gets his prey.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">An unnerving subplot involves George Pemberton's illegitimate child, mothered by a local mountain girl, conceived prior to George's marriage to Serena, but birthed afterward. Distracted by her ambitions in other directions, Serena does not focus on the mother and child until later in the book. Then, for reasons of her own, Serena turns her obsession toward them - and it is time for them to die.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Much like the trees now clogging the riverways, Serena will cut down everything in her path: Teddy Roosevelt's plan for a national forest, a local sheriff who is the only man with backbone enough to stand up to her, and the mother and child who retain a claim on the man and the empire that must be solely hers. Serena doesn't share; she takes, eliminates, and possesses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A frighteningly compelling read, you won't want to put it down until you find out how, why, and who is the next to die. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">-Rebecca</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Read this review and others on my <a href="http://www.rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com/">personal blog</a>.</span></span>Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-54241179069672588082010-04-17T15:14:00.000-04:002010-04-17T15:14:00.760-04:00David Foster Wallace VocabularyThanks to <span class="status-body"><span class="status-content"><span class="entry-content">@<a class="tweet-url username" href="http://twitter.com/kentmeusemarian" rel="nofollow">kentmeusemarian</a></span></span></span> for today's post! (Follow me on Twitter: @rebf)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cLnD788OzRkHboLaggSlXDLMS0ab0RlyZVZDStAUa0jt0zH7gpD0RrhFTdwS9jH91HaNQ0986FDDYblbXm225QQaj4mKeAQP1t2hklr4pido7uteJA3dyC-Qr3uQW0Df5Wl9_uUw/s1600/Infinite+Jest.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cLnD788OzRkHboLaggSlXDLMS0ab0RlyZVZDStAUa0jt0zH7gpD0RrhFTdwS9jH91HaNQ0986FDDYblbXm225QQaj4mKeAQP1t2hklr4pido7uteJA3dyC-Qr3uQW0Df5Wl9_uUw/s320/Infinite+Jest.gif" /></a><a href="http://www.davidfosterwallace.com/">David Foster Wallace</a> was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer, whose most famous work, <b><i>Infinite Jest</i></b>, was included in <i>Time</i> magazine's <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1951793,00.html">All-Time 100 Greatest Novels</a> list.<br />
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Hardcover: 9780316920049, Little, Brown & Co., $35<br />
Paperback: 9780316066525, Little, Brown & Co., $17.99<br />
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In his work, he had much occasion to check out his favorite <i>American Heritage Dictionary</i>, and while he was there, circled a multitude of words. Though <a href="http://www.slate.com/?id=2250784">this article</a> doesn't really go into detail about <i>why</i> DFW circled all these words<b>,</b> this is, apparently, a complete list of the words he did circle.<br />
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Were they his favorites? His most-used? Words he could never remember the definitions for? Words he most-loved to use at dinner parties? Was he studying up for an adult spelling bee? We may never know, but you should check them out.<br />
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-Rebecca<br />
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Check out this post on my <a href="http://www.rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com/">personal blog</a>.Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-22674226296210017102010-04-16T13:14:00.002-04:002010-04-17T07:41:24.625-04:00Pioneer Valley Children's Book Exhibit<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/04/pioneer-valley-childrens-book-exhibit.html"></a> </h3><div class="post-header"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL_JePxKOgiIPcDDG3-g0j-vspQyiWeqo8ZaBeI6ZTm-R-YpfPajGgCzsg5fQ4hB-CNTngZRH4loBv5x21raLFIOp5x2aIc41fJ5HJ3okG3IaMwKVfb7SNzGXHqBnEY1sD1ZnN9MG/s1600/perfect+wizard.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL_JePxKOgiIPcDDG3-g0j-vspQyiWeqo8ZaBeI6ZTm-R-YpfPajGgCzsg5fQ4hB-CNTngZRH4loBv5x21raLFIOp5x2aIc41fJ5HJ3okG3IaMwKVfb7SNzGXHqBnEY1sD1ZnN9MG/s320/perfect+wizard.gif" /></a>For those folks living in, around, near, or feel like traveling to the Pioneer Valley in Western Mass (an area consisting of towns such as Amherst, Northampton, & South Hadley), a traveling area picturebook exhibit is making its final stop.<br />
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<a href="http://web.mac.com/erin.daly/iWeb/Exhibit/Welcome%20.html"><b>The Making of a Picture Book: The Marriage of Text and Art</b></a> is an exhibit curated by Mount Holyoke College Professor and author, <a href="http://www.corinnedemas.com/index.htm">Corinne Demas</a>. The exhibit focuses on these four picturebooks:<br />
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written by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Dennis Nolan<br />
9780525469551, Dutton Books (Penguin), $16.99<br />
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<i><b>The Littlest Matryoskha</b></i><br />
by Corinne Demas, illustrated by Kathryn Brown<br />
9780786801534, HarperCollins, $15.99<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpGYuCCfh-XSzfVTBZJH3nxVWlGAQr6lS5CcSm1t7bXd5wOZJOwDQ5ZJgaeqQglDZ2M7isNqDJhrEqY_OIbamFLTkVJXNgtw8iTCovrs2XxCME2v4zgIPVZsfFEIA32Rm12XWpsai/s1600/once+i+ate+a+pie.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpGYuCCfh-XSzfVTBZJH3nxVWlGAQr6lS5CcSm1t7bXd5wOZJOwDQ5ZJgaeqQglDZ2M7isNqDJhrEqY_OIbamFLTkVJXNgtw8iTCovrs2XxCME2v4zgIPVZsfFEIA32Rm12XWpsai/s320/once+i+ate+a+pie.gif" /></a><i><b>Once I Ate a Pie</b></i><br />
co-written by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest, illustrated by Katy Schneider<br />
9780060735319, HarperCollins, $17.99<br />
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<i><b>Ten Times Better</b></i><br />
by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Leonard Baskin<br />
9780761450702, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, $17.95<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBMyU-pcezcdYSV6-MZMF7-ePOxfWcOP7eX-3rnQzHqkay1XmKxPpm1HyPpp8Bc_r9lSmePDlvvvSv2RWcpv-6E_ZFquqHrabk_8yXNa3-tpxou02wLYokyhqdKE8u1p1YDEM91h_/s1600/Ten+Times+Better.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBMyU-pcezcdYSV6-MZMF7-ePOxfWcOP7eX-3rnQzHqkay1XmKxPpm1HyPpp8Bc_r9lSmePDlvvvSv2RWcpv-6E_ZFquqHrabk_8yXNa3-tpxou02wLYokyhqdKE8u1p1YDEM91h_/s320/Ten+Times+Better.gif" /></a>The exhibit has toured around the Pioneer Valley, most recently at <a href="http://www.mtholyoke.edu/">Mount Holyoke College</a>, and now is installed in its final exhibit space at the <a href="http://www.forbeslibrary.org/">Forbes Library</a> in Northampton (20 West Street, Northampton, MA - 413.587.1011). The exhibit will be up through the end of May. Stop by and check it out!<br />
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-Rebecca <br />
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See this post on my <a href="http://rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com/">personal blog</a>.Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-69988766570431106602010-04-15T11:14:00.000-04:002010-04-15T11:14:07.905-04:00Today in the Boston Globe<div class="section section356" id="content"><div id="Col3"><div id="Col3LR"><div id="Col2"><div class="img329h3above"><h3><a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/04/15/word_of_mouth_helped_propel_mass_novelist_to_pulitzer/">From unpublished to Pulitzer</a></h3><div class="imgCapCred"><a class="imageLink" href="http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/04/15/word_of_mouth_helped_propel_mass_novelist_to_pulitzer/"><img alt="Paul Harding" border="0" height="190" src="http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Graphic/2010/04/15/writers__1271342256_9468-1.jpg" title="Paul Harding" width="329" /></a> <span class="attr">(Anthony Pidgeon/Redferns)</span><div class="cf"></div></div><div class="tt"> <span>Personal interactions between publishers, booksellers, and reviewers launched Mass. writer Paul Harding’s book, “Tinkers,’’ the old-fashioned way. </span> <span class="attr">(Boston Globe)</span></div><div class="tt"><br />
</div><div class="tt">The author’s unlikely success story is rooted in a series of personal interactions between publishers, booksellers, and reviewers that launched a book the old-fashioned way. There were no media campaigns, Twitter feeds, or 30-city tours. Instead, the success of “Tinkers’’ can be linked to a handful of people who were so moved by the richly lyrical story of an old man facing his final days that they had to tell others about it.</div></div></div></div></div></div>Sandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-49062240201581139372010-04-09T11:20:00.001-04:002010-04-09T11:20:03.851-04:00Now here's a DEDICATED book designer!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 32px; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://jessicahische.com/"><img alt="Jessica Hische" src="http://jessicahische.com/images/hische_header.png?1265383879" /></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Shopping in Marrakech</span><br />
<div id="sub_realm"><div class="detail">Designed with Louise Fili while working at <a href="http://louisefili.com/">Louise Fili Ltd.</a> // Client: The Little Bookroom // This fun guidebook was especially fun to design. I developed the lettering first in illustrator and spent three days embroidering the cover for this book (the original now hangs on my wall). The interior is also decorated with bead and embroidery ornamentation where possible to make for a very rich design reflective of the wares you might purchase in Marrakech.<br />
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</div></div>Sandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-16693428382878634262010-04-08T14:45:00.000-04:002010-04-08T14:45:02.232-04:00from "Jacket Knack" on Design Terms<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<h2 class="date-header" style="color: #940f04; font: normal normal normal 86%/normal Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.5em; text-transform: uppercase;"><span>MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010</span></h2><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer"><div class="post hentry" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 1.5em;"><a href="" name="6076969504439653858"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #cc6600; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/2010/03/10-book-design-terms-explained.html" style="color: #cc6600; display: block; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">10 Book Design Terms Explained!</a></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_utKPnlbI/AAAAAAAAAgA/BAPlO0Wbc3A/s1600/printing.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453840133380347314" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_utKPnlbI/AAAAAAAAAgA/BAPlO0Wbc3A/s200/printing.gif" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 146px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 200px;" /></a>For beginners, from a beginner, here are ten terms to know about book creation. (Would be most grateful if the better-informed will correct or clarify in the comments! <span style="font-style: italic;">--Carol</span>)<br />
<ol><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blind, blind stamped or stamped in the blind:</span> "This refers to stamping or impressions on the cover of a book that have not been filled in with color or gilt." <a href="http://www.tappinbookmine.com/glosdefn.htm" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_zEVVjTqI/AAAAAAAAAgo/15RJHIzRLbY/s1600/blindstamp2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="A blind stamp" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453844929541525154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_zEVVjTqI/AAAAAAAAAgo/15RJHIzRLbY/s200/blindstamp2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 107px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 161px;" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cast-Coated Paper:</span> Coated paper with a high-gloss reflective finish. <a href="http://www.thepapermill.com/castcoated.html" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_u8JNwODI/AAAAAAAAAgY/T3NFwDpYQF0/s1600/CastCoated.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Cast-coated paper" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453840390802126898" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_u8JNwODI/AAAAAAAAAgY/T3NFwDpYQF0/s200/CastCoated.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 132px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 151px;" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Foil:</span> "A metallic or pigmented coating on plastic sheets or rolls used in foil stamping and foil embossing." <a href="http://www.thomsonshore.com/support_guidelines/glossary/general_printing_terms" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_u73_k27I/AAAAAAAAAgQ/pxID3IiA7Qw/s1600/Foil.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Foil" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453840386179259314" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_u73_k27I/AAAAAAAAAgQ/pxID3IiA7Qw/s200/Foil.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 98px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 147px;" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Headbands:</span> "Most commonly, the bands of thread which extend beyond the top and bottom edges of the text block at either end of the spine." <a href="http://www.bookologist.com/cab/abu/y203/m06/bk0006/s03" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_3A6wu0WI/AAAAAAAAAgw/aiQVxBhHqxk/s1600/headband.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="A headband" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453849268914671970" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_3A6wu0WI/AAAAAAAAAgw/aiQVxBhHqxk/s200/headband.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 99px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 155px;" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Levant:</span> "Elegant and highly polished morocco goatskin leather with a grain-pattern surface." <a href="http://www.alibris.com/glossary/glossary-book" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_u7myATJI/AAAAAAAAAgI/iv7yq2mqd48/s1600/Levant.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Levant" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453840381558934674" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_u7myATJI/AAAAAAAAAgI/iv7yq2mqd48/s200/Levant.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 80px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 80px;" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Slab Serif:</span> "A certain class of font whose<a href="http://www.designtalkboard.com/glossary/fonts/s-glossary.php" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">serifs</a> look like slabs (e.g.: flat lines or blocks) and not hooks." <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.identifont.com/samples/adobe/Rockwell.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.identifont.com/show%3FUV&h=288&w=432&sz=13&tbnid=KRoQxrAY0slaDM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtypeface%2Brockwell%2Bimage&usg=__8BFlloNZ0enJzfnj6DiURb359nE=&ei=sPCvS9X-CYaKlweygL2QAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&ved=0CAgQ9QEwAA" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">Rockwell</a> uses slab serifs. <a href="http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Font-HOWTO/glossary.html" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sparkle:</span> "A typographic property associated with many classical, readable typefaces that is related to their typographic contrast." The typeface <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.identifont.com/samples/adobe/Bodoni.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.identifont.com/show%3FGL&h=288&w=432&sz=14&tbnid=FhoH7GeJ87SEyM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtypeface%2Bbodoni%2Bimage&usg=__hDILStYM1Q_EERlJai90gTo0V_o=&ei=B_GvS4v_EYWglAfF0aWQAQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=2&ct=image&ved=0CA4Q9QEwAQ" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">Bodoni</a> is said to sparkle. <a href="http://www.typenow.net/glossary.htm" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Spot varnish:</span> "Varnish used to hilight [sic] a specific part of the printed sheet." <a href="http://www.thomsonshore.com/support_guidelines/glossary/general_printing_terms" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_zEOnhfAI/AAAAAAAAAgg/XFVDyhIa37M/s1600/high-uv-spot-varnish.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Spot varnish" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453844927737854978" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_zEOnhfAI/AAAAAAAAAgg/XFVDyhIa37M/s200/high-uv-spot-varnish.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 66px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thermography:</span> "Method of printing using colorless resin powder that takes on the color of underlying ink. Also called raised printing." Printers can even make the raised part metallic, pearlescent, or <span style="color: #993399; font-family: 'courier new';">glittery!</span> <a href="http://www.printindustry.com/Glossary.aspx" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_ushoUWfI/AAAAAAAAAf4/vFLGpIUaut4/s1600/thermography_img_02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Thermographic Glitter!" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453840122478090738" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_ushoUWfI/AAAAAAAAAf4/vFLGpIUaut4/s200/thermography_img_02.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 92px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 123px;" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_usen7tGI/AAAAAAAAAfw/QY8A7UH4XYc/s1600/Thermography_2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Thermography/Raised printing" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453840121671169122" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jK5InVRFWOE/S6_usen7tGI/AAAAAAAAAfw/QY8A7UH4XYc/s200/Thermography_2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 125px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; width: 90px;" /></a></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;">UV coated paper:</span>"Liquid laminate bonded and cured with ultraviolet light. Environmentally friendly. Comes in gloss or matte finish." <a href="http://www.thomsonshore.com/support_guidelines/glossary/general_printing_terms" style="color: #215670; text-decoration: none;">(source)</a> This is used to protect the paper. UV coating can apparently provide the glossiest finish of all available coating methods.</li>
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I am horrible at Scrabble. No, really, considering how much I read, what I attend grad school for, and the scores I received on my SATs and GREs, you'd really think my apparently impressive vocabulary would hold me in good steed when it comes to a word-based game such as Scrabble. Not so, my friends. Though it's taken me many years to admit to this, I've finally made my peace with the fact. Now on the rare occasions I play, I resign myself to the knowledge that even the 9-year-old I'm playing against will probably beat me.<br />
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Why am I telling you this? So you won't think the following rant comes from a die hard Scrabble lover who just can't imagine imposing upon the sanctity of the game rules.<br />
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Now, back to why a Scrabble rule change is horrifying. Basically, Matel is saying that the current "younger generation" they're trying to reach is too dumb to play Scrabble, so they're making the rules easier. Oh, you can pretty it up by likening it to an updated version of <a href="http://www.hasbro.com/trivialpursuit/">Trivial Pursuit</a> that has references to pop culture from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001795/">J.T.T.</a> (Jonathan Taylor Thomas to those who don't get that reference) to <a href="http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/home">Beyonce</a>, but we all know the original Trivial Pursuit is the best, the hardest, and has the most equal playing field, and so is the now-old version of Scrabble.<br />
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Also, both articles I could find on this tragedy - <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8604625.stm">one from the BBC</a> and <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/04/06/2010-04-06_rules_change_for_scrabble_proper_names_allowed_in_new_united_kingdom_version.html">one from the NY Daily News</a> - neglected to mention that in the globalized communities we find ourselves in, ALMOST ANYTHING can be argued as a proper name. There are names from languages other than English that <i>do</i> use silent Qs, Ps, Xs, Ys, and Zs (probably)! Even as I realize these new rules will probably make the chances of me actually winning a game all the more greater, I still can't endorse a change as apparently ill-conceived and not thoroughly thought out as this one.<br />
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Last, but not least, if you haven't already figured out that you can change the rules <i>on your own</i> when you play Scrabble with someone to include proper nouns, and thus enjoy the already existing game of Scrabble, then you really <i>are</i> too dumb to play and probably shouldn't bother in the first place.<br />
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-RebeccaBroche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-71843488630897732752010-04-05T12:05:00.000-04:002010-04-05T12:05:21.429-04:00MoCCA Festival<img alt="MoCCA Fest 2010 Poster" border="0" height="640" src="http://www.moccany.org/sites/default/files/images/mocca2010Poster-WEB.jpg" width="492" /><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><strong> <span style="font-size: small;">Saturday & Sunday April 10 & 11, 2010<br />
68th Regiment Armory<br />
68 Lexington Avenue<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48LGbIy6Sj75BRFt6iMsPi0BTtO5pd54yK4eEErFeZ-lp6-3ZqdS4G6ZeTNug2wvSJllbThT_7s5qy_sTgIxfysF7J6DuwP_rtZveOBQbyBrnEJADsAbEJJ6EIGGtsquMDhARFJ8_/s1600/andersen+thumbelina+4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48LGbIy6Sj75BRFt6iMsPi0BTtO5pd54yK4eEErFeZ-lp6-3ZqdS4G6ZeTNug2wvSJllbThT_7s5qy_sTgIxfysF7J6DuwP_rtZveOBQbyBrnEJADsAbEJJ6EIGGtsquMDhARFJ8_/s200/andersen+thumbelina+4.gif" width="200" /></a>Andersen was a Danish writer and paper-cut artist who not only recorded tales from the oral storytelling tradition (in the style of the Brothers Grimm), but who also wrote his own creations. His fairy tales were published in Europe beginning in the 1830s, but it wasn't until the 1860s that Americans first got a look at them (in an American English edition - maybe they'd seen them before elsewhere, people did travel back then, you know).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUEZ8nikyZWj97Xctb7hObh2WOBt_TEAH35zUzrol1cdbmBxNWKnfVf8eUioQgx_YV_hiXx-GWb77wY75f6lyITgMXHIEk9VrAib175v0gkBZElO3gUyLARqUw9uMIyEo8s83aNcT/s1600/Riverside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUEZ8nikyZWj97Xctb7hObh2WOBt_TEAH35zUzrol1cdbmBxNWKnfVf8eUioQgx_YV_hiXx-GWb77wY75f6lyITgMXHIEk9VrAib175v0gkBZElO3gUyLARqUw9uMIyEo8s83aNcT/s200/Riverside.jpg" width="136" /></a>A man named Horace E. Scudder worked for an early version of the publishing house we now know as <a href="http://www.hmhco.com/">Houghton Mifflin Harcourt</a>, known then as Hurd & Houghton. At that time in children's publishing, children's magazines were becoming a big deal, with many publishers vying for the position of top-circulating, best-illustrated, most-engaging-stories-by-most-famous-authors children's magazine producer. The <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BXMAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=riverside+magazine+for+young+people&source=bl&ots=2NN7bve_qz&sig=Y3TnMwRd3lWfO1okqIJ1r8_0tFI&hl=en&ei=u-W1S5KVD4HGlQfkl7C2Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false"><i>Riverside Magazine for Young People</i></a> was first published by Hurd & Houghton in December 1866. Scudder had a close relationship with Andersen and was able to not only publish 17 of Andersen's fairy tales in <i>The Riverside Magazine</i> beginning in 1868, but Scudder also negotiated on behalf of Hurd & Houghton to publish the only authorized American edition of Andersen's stories (thank you to Leonard Marcus's <b><i>Minders of Make-Believe</i></b> for this information). Scudder was constantly encouraging Andersen to make the trip across the pond and visit the States, but sadly that never happened.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_eeIlK-srsPoZpF0qDsGJ1U8hXukfnyL1TNOSNRr1ywWj_ygqLnD8udeYyXhVhc7ZWvJ7Vr9irxZutv4eN9K-wu8yi9MZT_B0WN2aIKE2Xh1VS1kyT_grTtnqv6tOrv7QdiYCJ8T/s1600/thumbeline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho_eeIlK-srsPoZpF0qDsGJ1U8hXukfnyL1TNOSNRr1ywWj_ygqLnD8udeYyXhVhc7ZWvJ7Vr9irxZutv4eN9K-wu8yi9MZT_B0WN2aIKE2Xh1VS1kyT_grTtnqv6tOrv7QdiYCJ8T/s200/thumbeline.jpg" width="200" /></a>Andersen's tales have been made into movies - cartoon and live-action, plays, and ballets. They also continue to be collected in anthologies and illustrated as individual stories. Just last month in March 2010, <a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/">Chronicle Books</a> published a version of <b><i>Thumbelina</i></b>, illustrated by <a href="http://www.sylvia-long.com/">Sylvia Long</a> (9780811855228, $17.99). One of my favorite versions of this story was illustrated by <a href="http://www.childscapes.com/bookpages/zwerger.html">Lisbeth Zwerger</a>, published under the title <b><i>Thumbeline</i></b> (9780735822368, $6.95, NorthSouth). There is even a graphic novel version (9781434217417, $4.95, Capstone Press), and a re-imagined full-length middle grade novel with silhouette illustrations by <a href="http://barbaraensor.com/blog/">Barbara Ensor</a> (9780375839603, $12.99, Random House).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYJgBm2-En5JR3tuvJ4tWyGuFgxiBpQ4t-_nnOrj-JxJH12mxaYAaOjurvaOK_YglsedGwArpqUPU5-TWY6w0W955lfKPvxIv8ddFZ7eWfgv6KmL66x31tWSSyvFpe6lzRMhskgj0/s1600/papercut+andersen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYJgBm2-En5JR3tuvJ4tWyGuFgxiBpQ4t-_nnOrj-JxJH12mxaYAaOjurvaOK_YglsedGwArpqUPU5-TWY6w0W955lfKPvxIv8ddFZ7eWfgv6KmL66x31tWSSyvFpe6lzRMhskgj0/s200/papercut+andersen.jpg" width="181" /></a>Of the hundreds of anthologies of Andersen's work, Lisbeth Zwerger has illustrated a beautiful edition in her signature dreamy watercolor style (9780698400351, $21.99, Penguin). W.W. Norton (a publishing house) has released an annotated collected works (9780393060812, $35), while Calla Editions, an imprint of Dover Publications, has published an immense, bound in a cloth binding with gold embossed lettering, gift edition (9781606600009, $40). Lastly, don't miss a collection of his paper cuttings - artwork that looks like reverse silhouettes, compiled by Beth Wagner Brust for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (9780618311095, $9.95).<br />
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However you prefer your Andersen, illustrated or performed, take some time today or this weekend to read a few of his treasured tales. I'd start with <a href="http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/littlemermaid/tarrantmermaid1.html"><i>The Little Mermaid</i></a> (if you're reading with older children or for yourself). This isn't a washed-out Disney version. It's the real classic. As it should be.</div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"> - Rebecca</div><div class="post-body entry-content"></div><div class="post-body
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The book is scheduled for an April 2011 release.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; padding-right: 7px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 14px;"><b><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Barbara-Poelle-profile.html" style="color: #333333;">Barbara Poelle</a></b> from the Irene Goodman Literary Agency sold the book to Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers senior editor <b><a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/Alexandra-Cooper-profile.html" style="color: #333333;">Alexandra Cooper</a></b>.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; padding-right: 7px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-size: small; line-height: 14px;">DeStefano (pictured) has her own <a href="http://laurendestefano.com/about.php" style="color: #333333;">blog and bio here</a>. The young author had this statement: "There's so much debate when it comes to genetics--what's natural, what's fair, and when science begins to cross the line ... 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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><i style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Design Your Life</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, by Ellen and Julia Lupton, is a series of irreverent snapshots about design and everyday life. </span><i style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Design Your Life</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> casts a sharp eye on everything from roller bags, bras, porches, and stuffed animals to parenting, piles, and potted plants. The book is illustrated throughout with original paintings of objects both ordinary and odd.</span></span><br />
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Having never been a 3rd or 4th grade boy, my opinion comes from having a father, an older brother, and many boy customers, all of whom I observe and talk with about books. The general trend runs toward sports, "funny" books, and action/adventure. I'm also throwing some part-graphic novel titles on here, just for fun.</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXEBfCcEsA_ZHlQXg8DLJVn468XgOu4k1EMifhkP75i8nfMNYnxX2LwkCjNG08zP5MCCLnS0oAkN_vHBqEweamhpe76OzBLTu9RJ9s_4vqQozi60vINNaNep8s3O52LqMMPOv2jgi/s1600-h/dan+gutman.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXEBfCcEsA_ZHlQXg8DLJVn468XgOu4k1EMifhkP75i8nfMNYnxX2LwkCjNG08zP5MCCLnS0oAkN_vHBqEweamhpe76OzBLTu9RJ9s_4vqQozi60vINNaNep8s3O52LqMMPOv2jgi/s200/dan+gutman.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450101863159986658" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The original series I recommended at the teacher's request was the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dan Gutman</span> series, </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Baseball Card Adventures</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>(HarperCollins). These stories featured a boy who upon touching a baseball card, would be transported back in time to meet, say, Mickey Mantle or Shoeless Joe.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Continuing on the sports theme, I would also recommend a series by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Loren Long</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Phil Bildner</span>, originally known as </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Barnstormers</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>when it was a hardcover-only series, now known as </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQyDi1pdj2nwJWf7RF03gDodqy3FTpljejVlW_P7n829sN4FzTuGT1x3u-9-34V1K97krsMtY7YmG4hQH8T4sNwbtxRRls_jUZ3rrtig3-UvIyD_BpOUnWqaBfv5AkTlmXDIHOZX2/s1600-h/sluggers.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaQyDi1pdj2nwJWf7RF03gDodqy3FTpljejVlW_P7n829sN4FzTuGT1x3u-9-34V1K97krsMtY7YmG4hQH8T4sNwbtxRRls_jUZ3rrtig3-UvIyD_BpOUnWqaBfv5AkTlmXDIHOZX2/s200/sluggers.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450102482894764258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Sluggers</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in hardcover/paperback (Simon & Schuster). This has a similar feel to the Dan Gutman series, in that it combines baseball and magic, but aren't high-fantasy (no goblins, trolls, etc.). There are six in the series so far. My favorite aspect of this series is that a lot of baseball terminology and slang are used right in the prose, and then defined in the margins of the page. You get to read a great baseball adventure story </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> learn baseball vocab - what could be better than that?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One last sports series, that's not baseball specific is the </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Comeback Kids</i> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> series by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mike Lupica</span> (Penguin). Each book features a boy playing a different sport; so, for instance, one plays basketball, one football, one baseball, etc.<br /><br />On to non-sports recommendations:</span><br /><br /><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Doctor Proctor's Fart Pow</i><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">der</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jo Nesbo</span>, illustrated by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mike Lowery</span> (9781416979722, $14.99, Simon & Schuster). The word "fart" is in the title. Need I say more?</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6FzRgEox4lfaOtC763w41DsAfKDZAwE0FjhlAvcZxqZ_eJFjB_3TIh112bUWTahTelF1RKYBF8y-2R8FlQWGXzphc8KLU-TrjT_DkgI_4-AeBv336E5bMZ70cTGpIt3Vt8prodmn/s1600-h/indian+in+the+cupboard.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6FzRgEox4lfaOtC763w41DsAfKDZAwE0FjhlAvcZxqZ_eJFjB_3TIh112bUWTahTelF1RKYBF8y-2R8FlQWGXzphc8KLU-TrjT_DkgI_4-AeBv336E5bMZ70cTGpIt3Vt8prodmn/s200/indian+in+the+cupboard.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450102708954402834" border="0" /></a><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">The Indian in the Cupboard</i> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (series) by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lynne Reid Banks</span> (Random House). An oldie but a goodie, though being sensitive to the portrayal of Native Americans in literature, I have to say this series is typically lacking in its cultural sensitivity and accurate tribal-specific information. That said, I read this series as a kid and it's what, in part, influenced me in becoming a Native American studies major in college. So, you never know.<br /><br />Never underestimate the power of the </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Choose Your Own Adventure</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> novel, mostly written by <span style="font-weight: bold;">R.A. Montgomery</span>, though other writers fill in the series (Chooseco). These don't need to be read in order. They have started publishing some </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CYOA</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">s at the beginning chapter book level for 1st and 2nd graders, too.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Jon Scieszka recommendation section of this post:</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKs_HUshQnSMRtZBuKUmIwheai-Wx8ABHdGlKykVVVqNdxxBlyllvaT60UEjHCmIZ5c-ouI6j1LItiKDVacqcpFKVU3HAbqy2FpBSfRa89iC9N1uzIKgJQx5zOsHDgIQF_HLkIAkdb/s1600-h/knucklehead.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKs_HUshQnSMRtZBuKUmIwheai-Wx8ABHdGlKykVVVqNdxxBlyllvaT60UEjHCmIZ5c-ouI6j1LItiKDVacqcpFKVU3HAbqy2FpBSfRa89iC9N1uzIKgJQx5zOsHDgIQF_HLkIAkdb/s200/knucklehead.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450102934246461058" border="0" /></a><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Knucklehead</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jon Scieszka</span> (9780670011384, $12.99, Penguin). The subtitle is </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Scieszka</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. These tales feature the outlandish (mostly true) events that occur when you grow up as one of six brothers. Pictures of Jon Scieszka and his family are sprinkled throughout the book. Some parents have been sensitive to the cover - it was designed specifically that way to reflect the covers of comic books that Scieszka read as a child that age, not as a political statement of today.</span> <i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></i><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8Yzo5HFjGeZZ_QVxRSGuXJ7fJ4__eFfh9_hyphenhyphenMVxNor5PV6wQ75IoayI4I1cpkPKo6pfcOTlA_iz8D2g9VXMQ12hNzVYnu7LIzszFl7KCR-OWuHm08QJC7LLhX0t5tHGIZLXbhLtR/s1600-h/noisy+outlaws+unfriendly+blobs.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8Yzo5HFjGeZZ_QVxRSGuXJ7fJ4__eFfh9_hyphenhyphenMVxNor5PV6wQ75IoayI4I1cpkPKo6pfcOTlA_iz8D2g9VXMQ12hNzVYnu7LIzszFl7KCR-OWuHm08QJC7LLhX0t5tHGIZLXbhLtR/s200/noisy+outlaws+unfriendly+blobs.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450103284186760770" border="0" /></a><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly</span></i><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Blobs, and Some Other Things...</span><br />(...that aren't as scary, maybe, depending on how you feel about lost lands, stray cellphones, creatures form the sky, parents who disappear in Peru, a man named Lars Farf, and one other story we couldn't quite finish, so maybe you could help us out)</i><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nick Hornby, Neil Gaiman, Jon Scieszka, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jonathan Safran Foer</span>, etc. (9780385737470, $12.99, Random House). Besides winning best title of the decade, this book is a great introduction to some fantastic authors. Basically these are all short stories, a few pages long, mostly sci-fi or fantasy-related. A good introduction to this genre and these writers for kids at the Middle Grade reading level.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A similar book for those reading at the higher end of Middle Grade, say 10-14 years old, try </span><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Guys Write for Guys Read</i> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, edited by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jon Scieszka</span> (9780670011445, $11.99, Penguin). This is the same type of book where all the stories are a few pages long, only not only sci-fi/fantasy-based tales. In this compilation, all the contributing writers are guys, writing for a guy audience.<br /><br />Part graphic novel, part regular novel recommendations:</span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm-KyWBo8I2rQqDokhT9SDTAXaLC0a9fEkYEnA5DHCJmfdpRaBGgus3Z-DagJZxOqUczdQ0TsRwFCOTp1d_9eaOt6AqiJdcrrQCeluIiMlmaFSCy8t28ta1fBOetGqVt_ellAeCa4/s1600-h/frankie+pickle.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 135px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjm-KyWBo8I2rQqDokhT9SDTAXaLC0a9fEkYEnA5DHCJmfdpRaBGgus3Z-DagJZxOqUczdQ0TsRwFCOTp1d_9eaOt6AqiJdcrrQCeluIiMlmaFSCy8t28ta1fBOetGqVt_ellAeCa4/s200/frankie+pickle.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450103578981011554" border="0" /></a><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom</i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> & </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (series starring Frankie Pickle) by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Eric Wight</span> (Simon & Schuster). This series is a little easier reading level for those reluctant readers, more of a 2nd to 3rd grade level. The "every day" scenes are in prose; it's when Frankie's imagination takes over that the graphic novel element comes to life.</span> <i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></i><br /><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dragonbreath</span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (series) by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ursula Vernon</span> (Penguin). A relatively new series starring a little dragon as the main character, but in the role of a boy; also featuring a foreign exchange student (a salamander) and ninja frogs.</span> <i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></i><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi5HOIc7m0LmUQ4SpgxXAuZQnmrOygWf7AfVR7PZM83YXqtAGeS06N0NnRrVSTdJ41WGIcs7jq19CT-t94fsqlTUtgr-lVxCWtwEziwYMoyg5AHga4hb5iqfQE7OV4TKWBsZ6JOxI/s1600-h/fog+mound.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi5HOIc7m0LmUQ4SpgxXAuZQnmrOygWf7AfVR7PZM83YXqtAGeS06N0NnRrVSTdJ41WGIcs7jq19CT-t94fsqlTUtgr-lVxCWtwEziwYMoyg5AHga4hb5iqfQE7OV4TKWBsZ6JOxI/s200/fog+mound.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450103796619827154" border="0" /></a><i style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Fog Mound</span></i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (trilogy) by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Susan Schade and Jon Buller</span> (Simon & Schuster). Recommended by my Simon & Schuster book rep, this series is about a chipmunk named Thelonious who is given the chance to find out if the old stories are true - if people rather than animals once ruled the Earth, and if they did, what happened to the humans?<br /><br />Now that you've heard my two cents, does the peanut gallery have any favorites they'd like to add?<br /><br />-Rebecca<br /><br />Also posted on my personal blog <a href="http://rebf-afterthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-recommendations-for-3rd-4th-grade.html">here</a>.<br /></span>Broche Fabianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00563147734546319147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6434560648980963280.post-3909089023854311692010-03-18T07:01:00.000-04:002010-03-18T07:01:30.737-04:00the future of publishing by DK<object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Weq_sHxghcg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Weq_sHxghcg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object>Sandy Littellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173765676502188652noreply@blogger.com0