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#Bookaday-gate Resolved!

What happens when a popular hashtag founded by a respected educator is used by a publisher for their purposes? We have a Twitter controversy on our hands. The issue was #bookaday, the popular hashtag...

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Link Du Jour: Speak Loudly

Have you been following the discussion about the latest update in the ALSC policy for service on award committees? Roger Sutton talks about it in the current Horn Book editorial and the comments...

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Link Du Jour: Get Wilder

Travis here with a quick public service announcement for those who love children’s literature: In the lead-up to the release of their book Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature,...

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Link Du Jour: Kindle Unlimited from All Sides

Amazon is now offering Kindle Unlimited, an all-you-can-read e-book service that will cost 9.99 per month. Kindle Unlimited is stirring up all sorts of reactions online: Huffington Post says what I...

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Link Du Jour: Horn Book Superlatives

The new school year is upon us, and The Horn Book took a moment to highlight the cutest, weirdest, most dysfunctional and more of recent children’s lit. It’s the 2013-14 Yearbook Superlatives. Click...

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Link Du Jour: CYBILS Nominations Open for Business!

Nominations for the 2014 Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards (CYBILS) are now open! Did you like a book this year? Click here to visit the Cybils site and nominate it. The post Link...

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Link Du Jour: Author vs. Online Critic

The latest outrage in the book world comes from Kathleen Hale and her article for The Guardian ‘Am I being catfished?” An author confronts her number one critic. Aside from making the author look...

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Watch the ALA Youth Media Awards LIVE

It’s time. Time to haul out one of my favorite images that I use on this blog. *hauling* *EXPLOSION SOUND* I would not be doing my civic school librarian duty if I did not share that you can watch the...

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Happy Birthday To . . . Every Author Ever

September 8 is Jon Scieszka’s birthday. Next week is Roald Dahl’s. I like author and illustrator birthdays, and it’s fun to share them with kids too. One of the best places to find them is over at...

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Streaming ‘Wild Things’

In case you missed it (I definitely did), Apple recently made a deal with the foundation overseeing Maurice Sendak’s work to “develop kids’ series and specials based on his stories” for the Apple TV+...

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Link Du Jour: Speak Loudly

Have you been following the discussion about the latest update in the ALSC policy for service on award committees? Roger Sutton talks about it in the current Horn Book editorial and the comments...

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Link Du Jour: Get Wilder

Travis here with a quick public service announcement for those who love children’s literature: In the lead-up to the release of their book Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature,...

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Link Du Jour: Kindle Unlimited from All Sides

Amazon is now offering Kindle Unlimited, an all-you-can-read e-book service that will cost 9.99 per month. Kindle Unlimited is stirring up all sorts of reactions online: Huffington Post says what I...

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Link Du Jour: Horn Book Superlatives

The new school year is upon us, and The Horn Book took a moment to highlight the cutest, weirdest, most dysfunctional and more of recent children’s lit. It’s the 2013-14 Yearbook Superlatives. Click...

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Link Du Jour: CYBILS Nominations Open for Business!

Nominations for the 2014 Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards (CYBILS) are now open! Did you like a book this year? Click here to visit the Cybils site and nominate it.

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Link Du Jour: Author vs. Online Critic

The latest outrage in the book world comes from Kathleen Hale and her article for The Guardian ‘Am I being catfished?” An author confronts her number one critic. Aside from making the author look...

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Watch the ALA Youth Media Awards LIVE

It’s time. Time to haul out one of my favorite images that I use on this blog. *hauling* *EXPLOSION SOUND* I would not be doing my civic school librarian duty if I did not share that you can watch the...

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Happy Birthday To . . . Every Author Ever

September 8 is Jon Scieszka’s birthday. Next week is Roald Dahl’s. I like author and illustrator birthdays, and it’s fun to share them with kids too. One of the best places to find them is over at...

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Streaming ‘Wild Things’

In case you missed it (I definitely did), Apple recently made a deal with the foundation overseeing Maurice Sendak’s work to “develop kids’ series and specials based on his stories” for the Apple TV+...

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Podcast Recommendation: Aaron Blabey on WTF

I was confused as to why children’s book creator Aaron Blabey (The Bad Guys, Pig the Pug, etc.) recently appeared on comedian Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. Then I found out: Maron is the voice of Mr....

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