Today's featured blogger, Fantasy/Science Fiction Round I panelist Charlotte Taylor, describes herself as "archaeologist by day, president of the Friends of a small New England library by night." She blogs at Charlotte's Library, posting about (what else?) sci-fi and fantasy for YA and middle-grade readers as well as other children's and YA books. Last year, Sarah Prineas's book The Magic …
Children’s Literary Cafe
Organizers Susan, Pam, myself and ex-Cybils organizer Liz are headed into New York City for a big to-do at the NY Public Library. Another ex-Cybilian, Betsy, is our organizer and moderator. Here's the scoop: Pam and other bloggers will discuss the state of children's literature online today including ethics, publisher/blogger relations, transparency, influence (or lack thereof) over published titles, and …
REVIEW
Roscoe Riley Rules #7: Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin
Easy Readers and Short Chapter Books panelist Terry Doherty is well-known around the kidlitosphere, not just for her literacy efforts at Scrub-a-Dub Tub and Share a Story-Shape a Future, but also for her thorough and informative blog reviews at The Reading Tub. One of her recent reviews looked at Cybils nominee Roscoe Riley Rules #7: Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin, …
NaNoWriMo
Our first blurb
Congrats to Abby Johnson, who sends in our first NaNoWriMo blurb: Pale as Snow by Abby Johnson Rafe knows where he's heading. Though he dreams of more, he'll marry his betrothed and work in the mines. When a new family arrives in the village, things begin to change. Children are disappearing and the town elders don’t care. Rafe must destroy …