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Philippa Stratton

I was delighted to learn from Franki at A Year of Reading that is to receive the NCTE Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts Award.  I was very fortunate in the early days of Stenhouse Publishers (which Philippa founded) to work closely with her as she acqured and edited my professional book, Far Away and Long Ago: Young Historians in the Classroom. (At the time she was the only editor at Stenhouse, something that has changed quite a bit as they have grown....

Coming Soon: Lynn Rae Perkins' As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth

I have to be honest and say that this ARC was sitting around for a while before I finally picked it up. Frankly, the idea of reading yet another teen road trip of the male sort left me cold. As much as I'd enjoyed Going Bovine and An Abundance of Katherines I felt like I'd had enough young-males-on-road-trips to last me for a while. So the ARC sat around until a day when I was bored and decided to give it a try.

And then I could not put it down.  Yes it is a road trip, but nothing like...

Zizou Corder's Halo

I was a fan of Zizou Corder's  Lion Boy series of a few years back and so was pleased to see a review of the mother-daughter duo's (Lousia Young and Isabele Adomakoh Young) new book, Halo, today in the Guardian.  So what I want to know is — when is it going to be available in the US?

Monster Mashups

This looks fun and, being nearby, may be something I attend.

MONSTER THROWDOWN:

A discussion of vampires, werewolves and Louisa May Alcott

moderated by Pulitzer Prize winner John Matteson

on May 6th at Symphony Space

Lynn Messina, coauthor of Little Vampire Women (HarperTeen), and Porter Grand, coauthor of Little Women and Werewolves (Random House), sit down with John Matteson, author of Eden's Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father (W.W. Norton), which won the 2008...

Literary Lost

I'm a die-hard "Lost" fan and am fascinated by the books seen in various episodes.  Alice came up seasons back, but the most recent episode had, of all things, Watership Down.  Are they red herrings, these books, or will we find out when the series is over that they all are significant clues?

Something Surprising

Thanks to Eric Carpenter I learned that a quote from this blog was used for the Australian edition of When You Reach Me.  Alice and I are very flattered.

SLJ's Battle of the Kids Books Everdeen Sisters Style

It started yesterday and heats up today.  We've a t-shirt giveaway and these two ladies have won theirs without question.  Thank you, Summer and Lauren, for coming back better than ever!

Learning About Africa: Reality and Dafur

His fair-minded efforts to understand the motivations of the various actors involved ultimately lead him to challenge head-on the over-simplifications and distortions perpetuated by many Western journalists and Save Darfur campaigners.

Thoughtful review of Rob Crilly's book Saving Darfur: Everyone's Favourite African War.

The Children's Book Committee Bank Street College of Education

This committee selects and awards a stellar collection of books.  Their annual awards breakfast is this coming Thursday, March 18th and you are invited! Sadly, I won't be there (teaching, you know), but some day I hope I can make it as they make great choices (and the college is literally around the corner from my home).

A Few More Alices

For those who can never get enough Alice, here are some non-Burton-Disney video versions.

Alice in Jelloland

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Alice in Rexall-land

Betty Boop in Blunderland

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Muppet Alice

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Muppet Jabberwocky