Monica Edinger's Blog, page 20
November 9, 2016
The Day After
Today is my sister’s birthday. Until now one of the worst historical events that occurred on itwas Kristallnacht in 1938 Nazi Germany. Now it is also the day Trump won the US Presidency. My poor sister. Poor us.
Here are a few random thoughts I just posted on Facebook:
1. My wise and liberal political scientist father. Lewis J. Edinger, died in May 2008 thinking it wasn’t possible for a country so full of racists, to elect an black man. When it did I kept thinking, how happy he would have bee...
November 8, 2016
Revisiting: Tom Angleberger’s Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind
Want an insane kid book about an insane presidential election? Look no further thanTom Angleberger’sFake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O’Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind.Here’s my 2012 review of it:
Yesterday a package of ARCs from Abrams arrived at my home, among them Tom Angleberger’s forthcomingFake Mustacheand, needing a light read before bed, I decided to give it a try. Next thing I knew a couple of hour...
November 4, 2016
One Culture: An Infinite Number of Stories
I think a lot about how we need to keep front and center how varied stories are even within particular ethnic and cultural groups. My particular ethnic background is very much a fringe one compared to most in the US and causes me to react differently than others to works of art featuring this particular ethnicity.My friend Roxanne Feldman considers this issue through her own ethnic/culture/life-experience lens inthis post inspired by another on ashort story collection.Here’s her conclusion, b...
October 30, 2016
Two Titles from Chris Raschka
I became a fan of Chris Raschkamany years ago after falling in love withArlene Sardine(tickledto see his tumbr site references it) and have been delighted to see him repeatedly celebrated ever since (two Caldecott medals among many other awards).
Just out is hismoving collaboration with the late great Vera B. Williams’ Home at Last.This is such a real story of adoption, family, and the smallest things that children struggle with — worry, sleeping, etc. Williams and Raschka collaborated on th...
October 27, 2016
Great Workshop: READING PICTURES: The Artist’s Voice and Vocabulary in Picture Books
From the Society of Illustrators comes this exciting opportunity:
READING PICTURES: The Artist’s Voice and Vocabulary in Picture Books
The Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065
Monday Dec 5, 2016 from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Join us for an in-depth exploration of the annual Original Art exhibit, featuring the very best illustration in books for children this year.
Art directors Laurent Linn (Simon & Schuster), Martha Rago (Random House), and Cecilia Yung (Penguin) will...
October 19, 2016
Book Fest at Bank Street College this Saturday
It isn’t too late to register herefor this fabulousone-day conference at Bank Street College here in NYC. Checkout theschedule of events below. Looks great, right?
9:00am – Arrive, register, and drink coffee
9:30am – Welcome
9:35 – 10:15am – “Reading with Pictures: Visual Literacy Yesterday and Today”
Panelists: Lindsey Wyckoff, Archivist, Bank Street College of Education
Francoise Mouly, Publisher, Toon Books and Art Editor, The New Yorker
Rudy Gutierrez, illustrator, Spirit Seeker: John C...
October 17, 2016
“Alice and Her Intended Audience” at the Lewis Carroll Society of North America
This past Saturday I was privileged to present “Alice and Her Intended Audience” at the Fall Meeting of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America along with three former students. After giving an overview of my teaching approach to the book — consisting of reading aloud, games, poetry recitations, tea parties, caucus races, and more — I turned the floor over to the students. First Jake, now in 7th grade, read his “Chaper 5 1/2: House of the Rabbits.” He explain thathe hadwanted to explore C...
October 12, 2016
Frank Cotrell Boyce’s Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth, Cover Reveal
I’m a huge Frank Cotrell Boyce fanhaving firstencountered him through Millions, his debut children’s book that also was a delightful movie. He followed that with Framed and thenCosmic, one of my (and several of my teacher-colleagues’) favorite yearly read-alouds. (My blog review is here.) In fact, I was recently trying to decide, as I’m on the last chapter of my current book, whether it should be next. Years ago, whenWalden Pond Press heard of my enthusiasm they organized a Skype classroom vi...
October 7, 2016
Thinking and Learning About Cultural Appropriation
Currently, I’ve been following the conversation around the cultural elements in Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts.I was impressed with thebook when I read it back in July, appreciating the warm relationship between the sisters, the setting, and the plot. A few months later I became aware that there werequestions aroundthe Day of the Dead aspects of the work. Not being of the culture represented I listened to those who were, findingYuyi Morales’comment on a Reading While White postandLaura Jimenez’s r...
October 4, 2016
Netflix’s Teaser Trailer for Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
January 13th, 2017 can’t come soon enough!
