Sweden Introduces YA Authors Kadefors, Thor to U.S. Market

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Authors Sara Kadefors and Annika Thor may not be household names in the United States. But representatives in their native Sweden are hoping to change that.

Nabokov backlist gets a face lift

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:59:30 GMT

Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine of book news and reviews The Original of Laura, Vladimir Nabokov's final work, has just been released. To coincide with its publication, Vintage has commissioned new cover designs for

Turning Pages: Stepford Teens, Gods & Monsters

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:52:00 GMT

Water lilies

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:09:09 GMT

Posted by Naomi FirestoneWe just received word about a new endeavor from Yaldah Magazine, a magazine for Jewish girls, by Jewishgirls, has expanded to YM Books, offering a variety of books for Jewish girls. The first release is The Yaldah Year: Crafts Recipes for Every Month of the Jewish

Alice, Beatrix and Harry: Valuable children's literature collecti...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:58:05 GMT

A valuable collection of children's literature, including Alice's own copy of "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," a first edition of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and Beatrix Potter's personal copy of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" will...

Maurice Sendak: Call of the Wild

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:47:28 GMT

Offers effective teaching strategies, activities, lessons, lesson plans, worksheets, exercises, skills, tests, assessments for reading comprehension, language arts, literacy, fluency, phonics and phonemic awareness for children, especially those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.

Portfolio Watch

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:28:17 GMT

skip to main | skip to sidebar CHILDREN\ Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Portfolio Watch httpwww.JohnHendrix.com/ Posted by Julie at 1:28 PM Labels: John Hendrix, portfolio 0 comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me My Photo Julie I love the illustration work

1minutebookreviewswordpresscom

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:19:30 GMT

Ill be in transit Tuesday for a mini-reunion with a few high school friends. While Im away, you can follow me on Twitter www.twitter.com/janiceharayda. If youd like to listen to some appropriate music, here are the Beach Boys and Be True to Your School.Posted in

Donate to First Book and Grow Your Heart 3 Sizes This Holiday

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:10:49 GMT

This holiday season, your donation to First Book will get twice as many books into the hands of kids who need them most.Donate before December 31st, and your contribution will be matched book-for-book by Random House Childrens Books. A donation to First Book is the perfect way to honor a

Everything Passes by Gabriel Josipovici

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:17:00 GMT

Great essay on one of Josipovici's novels, Everything Passes : In listening to music, the reader is plunged into a world without distance or contradiction; feeling and movement are everything. Could Everything Passes then be affirming Walter Pater's submission that 'All art constantly aspires

A Comedy of Errors for Our Time

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:58:43 GMT

Just as the economy is about to tank, this guy gets a brilliant idea - he quits his job so that he can start up a financial advice web

Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:00 GMT

Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad. Divorce can be extremely traumatic to families, especially children. Living With Mom, Spending Time With Dad takes us through a myriad of emotions that two children, Stephen and Alex, experience through this tumultuous period.

Think ‘09 was a banner year for e-book gizmos? You ain’t seen not...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:15 GMT

This is old news to e-bookers aware of the rise of the e-book-capable iPhone, the Kindle and the forthcoming avalanche of new models such as the Nook. But

Random Pushes Up Paperback Release of NBA-Winning 'Great World'

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:35:00 GMT

Random House has pushed up the paperback publication of last week’s National Book Award winner for fiction, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann. The trade paperback edition was originally slated for next spring but will now go on sale December 4 with a 100,000-copy first printing.

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La Bloga: René Has Two Last Names Virtual Book Tour

2009 Royal Mail Awards, Scotland’s largest children’s Book Prize

Craft, Career & Cheer: David Lubar

Modern Library Revue: #42 Deliverance

Who won THE AUTHORIZED ENDER COMPANION?

The discreet charms of 'cosy catastrophe' fiction

Pirate Latitudes.

Powell’s Q&A: Joseph Kanon

Brick and mortar chains suffering at home and abroad

Movie Review: Me and Orson Welles

The Early Word: New Books for the Week of November 23, 2009