February 28th, 2008
Holiday House is seeking a creative, organized, energetic individual for the role of Marketing Associate. Areas of responsibility include preparing for conventions, developing marketing plans and promotional materials, maintaining database, creating online newsletter and updating Website, coordinating seasonal catalog mailings, and assisting Vice President of Marketing as necessary.
Qualified candidates must have at least 1 to [...]
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February 28th, 2008
One of my favorite series of all time is Little House on the Prairie. I owned a set of paperback books - the whole series - and read them so much that they were practically losing pages.
That’s why I was delighted to see that there is still interested in Laura and her family. [...]
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February 27th, 2008
It is not often that you see picture books - especially board books - that have much content in them beyond a few vocabulary words. But The Story of Rosa Parks is a board book with a message.
The Story of Rosa Parks is written by Patricia A. Pingry, who has authored other biographies for [...]
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February 26th, 2008
1, GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95)
2, HUG TIME, written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell. (Little, Brown, $14.99)
3, FLAMINGOS ON THE ROOF, written and illustrated by Calef Brown. (Houghton Mifflin, $16)
4, FIRST THE EGG, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, $14.95)
5, SMASH! CRASH!, by Jon [...]
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February 25th, 2008
Philip Pullman’s controversial The Golden Compass won an Academy Award at the Oscars last night. The award, for visual effects, was considered an upset over its successful competitors, Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
For more on The Golden Compass, see my prior posts on the subject.
Tags: Academy Awards, Oscar, Philip-Pullman, The-Golden-Compass
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February 24th, 2008
There is a new Toddler Story Time starting at the Roxborough Library in Philadelphia this coming Tuesday (2/26) at 10:30 a.m.
Local moms approached the staff at the library to get a regular story time started at the branch and they hope you will come. It will be short (roughly 20 minutes) and it [...]
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February 22nd, 2008
The Women’s National Book Association has announced the nominees for the 2008 Lucile Micheels Pannell Award. The Pannell Award honors children’s bookseller Lucile Micheels Pannell. It recognizes retail bookstores that excel at inspiring the interest of young people in books and reading.
Each recipient will receive a check for $1,000 and a framed piece [...]
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February 22nd, 2008
Dress like an Ashley and win a $500 gift certificate to Limitedtoo.com.
To enter, download the entry form PDF on the web site and fill in your name, address, age, and favorite Ashleys character and mail your entry to us at Simon & Schuster Ashleys Sweepstakes, Attn: Kelly Stocks, 1230 Avenue of the Americas , New [...]
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February 22nd, 2008
Enter HarperCollins’ contest and win an iPod shuffle. The company will give away 11 iPod shuffles in total - one per month through the end of the year.
The giveaway begins February 21, 2008 at 12 Noon (EST) and runs until December 31, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The first winner will be selected on [...]
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February 22nd, 2008
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by author C.S. Lewis has been voted the ultimate children’s book in a poll. The poll was done by the charity Booktrust.
Only one JK Rowling book made the list: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which came in at sixth.
Making up the remainder of the top [...]
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