A Fuse #8 Production

October 15, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (3)

The Kids’ Yoga Book of Feelings
By Mary Humphrey
Photos by Michael Frost
Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books
$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7614-5424-3
Ages 6-9
On shelves now.

Yoga fans of the world avert thine eyes for I am not one of you. Haven’t anything against it, mind. But my primary and initial contact with the exercise (sport? lifestyle?) was in college with a 22-year-old instructor who told...Read More

October 14, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Justification . . . . justification . . . justific . . . .

HONEY?  DO YOU KNOW WHERE I LEFT THE JUSTIFICATION FOR REVIEWING AN ADULT PETER SHAFFER PLAY ON THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE BLOG?  WHAT?  oh.

Here is it.  *ahem*

Daniel Radcliff is the only boy to professionally play Harry Potter in a cinematic production of Joanne Rowling's children's novels.  Ipso facto, he is best associated with that role and now he's in Equus on Broadway.  Hence today's post.*

On Sunday my mother-in-law was in town and we were playing the old what-do-you-do-with-a-guest routine we often go into in such cases.  At this particular time it was 2:00 ...Read More

October 13, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

Happy, Columbus Day!  In lieu of writing any new posts that talk about the day but are instead just rewrites of older posts I shall direct your attention to my earlier thoughts on the matter.  A year ago I reviewed my favorite Columbus Day picture book A Coyote Columbus Story (shown here, it is your required reading).  And two years ago I made a case for why the day should actually be called Fiorella H. LaGuardia Day, even though the man was a strict New Yorker.  Recently I attempted to figure out if my librar...Read More

October 12, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (4)

First off, this is an immensely cool revision technique that is coming to us today via children's author Sarah Miller.  It's a revision trick that found its start with one Darcy Pattison and is called The Shrunken Manuscript.  Anything that involves sparkles is fine by me.  Writers take note:

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October 11, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

The Mystery of the Fool and the Vanisher
By David and Ruth Ellwand
Candlewick Press
$18.99
ISBN: 978-0-7636-2096-7
Ages 8 and up
On shelves now

Sometimes I’ll give a speech at events or conferences about children’s books that break barriers. I’ll talk about titles that don’t neatly slot into award categories and, as a result, end up ignored an...Read More