Tag Archives: kidlit
Are Enhanced eBooks Really Enhancing Anything?
One of the things I hear often about the children’s book market is how picture books are suffering. Shelf space is evaporating for them as Barnes & Noble and Borders scale back their number of stores. And kids–at least those who … Continue reading
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Suggested Reading from the Book Banners
This week is Banned Books Week, at least according to the American Library Association (ALA). They have a great site on the phenomena of the banned book, with a statistics pages that appeals to my inner nerd. Surprisingly, total challenges … Continue reading
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Thoughts on The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
I read The Lightning Thief primarily to see what all the fuss is about. It’s the first in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, which seems to have taken over multiple shelves in book stores everywhere. … Continue reading
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Guys Read: Funny Business Book Trailer
One of the things I often hear at writer’s conferences for kid’s books is that boys don’t read. As someone who at one time was both a boy and a voracious reader, I’ve always felt that this has a lot more … Continue reading
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Thoughts on The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is one of those books that seems to pop up everywhere. It’s at the front of all the major bookstores, is mentioned with envy at every writer’s conference, and was featured prominently in a … Continue reading
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Top 3 Things I Learned at SCBWI
It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than a week since the SCBWI conference ended. Though now that I’ve had a little time to digest all of it, I can whittle down the two-day conference into the top three … Continue reading
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No More Hardy Boys, Enter Golden Age of Kid Lit
The day I realized that my stories are best suited as middle reader fiction was perhaps the only true epiphany I’ve ever had. I was working on short stories, all of which naturally emerged as quirky tales that soon grew … Continue reading
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