Greetings, bookworms and welcome to May! A early “Happy Mother’s Day” to all those book-lovin’ mamas out there and to those of you who have moms as well. If you haven’t trolled through the LND archives lately, check out this post on literary moms from May 2009. And when you’re done with that, book news! [...]
Category Archive — children’s literature
I’d Like to Thank the ALA…
Yesterday, all eyes in the publishing and library worlds were focused on San Diego and the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting for the announcement of the 2011 Youth Media Awards. While Hollywood gets excited about the Oscars, literary types, especially children’s and YA literary types, get excited about the winners of the Newbery Medal, the [...]
Book News, Nov. 13th
Welcome to another weekend, bookworms! I’m all a-twitter because in just one little, itty-bitty week, I’ll be watching Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part One. Insert fan-girl scream here! I’m very excited and, in preparation (and as a way of feeding my Potter frenzy), I’ll be re-reading The Deathly Hallows book and re-watching all [...]
