- Max Paper Toy! Yes, it’s a foldable paper pdf of Max from Where the Wild Things Are. And yes, it’s already on my desk. (Hat tip Fuse #8)
- With all the recent chatter about the Newbery Award, I most appreciate A Chair, A Fireplace, and a Tea Cozy‘s response. Not accepting the study about Newbery diversity at face value, she went straight to the source and compiled her own figures about past award winners.
- Newbery-winning author Susan Patron also has a level-headed take on the current controversy over at the LA Times. (Hat tip Educating Alice)
- This Open Letter from Stephanie Meyers’ Husband absolutely cracked me up. (Hat tip Librarilly Blonde)
- In other goofy Twilight-related articles, can you ever have enough Twilight-themed food ideas? I don’t have any Twilight parties planned, but that’s not going to stop me from making blood-filled vampire cookies! (Hat tip Reviewer X)
- Great roundup of poems and poetry books about school over at Open Wide, Look Inside.
- Big thanks to Black Threads in Kids Lit for pointing out the lack of coverage of the Coretta Scott King Awards. Her picks for the award are listed here. I think the print of Low and Away hanging in my living room is a pretty clear indication of my favorite pick!
- Shannon Hale’s delightfully named post Let Them Eat Pictures re-emphasizes the importance of learning visual literacy. More importantly, it reminds us to let kids read what they love.
- Library Voice shares a thoughtful post on the ways we organize Children’s Rooms as her new library opens.
- This might be the greatest shower curtain in the history of mankind. (Hat tip Kid Lit Kit)
- The wonderful Justine Larbalestier is using the month of January to give out free advice on writing. I highly recommend reading!
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