tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150893892024-03-12T00:52:16.423-04:00A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast EditionChildren's literature is not for the weak. It is a ruthless cutthroat business with lots of gnashes of the teeth. Children's librarianship, in contrast, is a sweet sweet ride. Now you can hear me as I growl, gargle, and kvetch my way through news, reviews, and interviews. Kidlit podcasting = scary new world.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger2200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-90824499083756142032008-08-14T18:45:00.001-04:002010-09-19T13:11:04.301-04:00Podcasts OnlyIf you're looking for the latest editions of A Fuse #8 Production, your best bet is to head on over to my new site at <a href="http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production">http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production</a>. This site is still amusing, but closed for business.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-20968639364022153372008-08-14T18:44:00.004-04:002008-08-14T20:20:22.169-04:00Show #9: Gangs of Bloodhounds and "Randolph Caldecott"<a href="http://cdn3.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_9.mp3?nvb=20080815001729&nva=20080816001729&t=01d9f10c5e9427082632b">Show #9: Gangs of Bloodhounds and "Randolph Caldecott"</a><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="%20http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf " id="audioplayer1" align="left" height="50" width="400"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf "><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://cdn3.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_9.mp3?nvb=20080815001729&nva=20080816001729&t=01d9f10c5e9427082632b"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Press the play button above to listen to this episode<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://cdn3.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_9.mp3?nvb=20080815001729&nva=20080816001729&t=01d9f10c5e9427082632b"><span style="font-size:78%;">Download Mp3</span></a></p><br /><br />00:00 - 2:18 (Opening)<br />2:18 - 6:08 (News of the Week)<br />6:08 - 10:31 (Booktalks - <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/650030665.html">King George: What Was His Problem?</a> by Steve Sheinkin and <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/thecabinetofwonders">The Cabinet of Wonders</a> by Marie Rutkoski)<br />10:31 - 14:02 (World premier of the song "Randolph Caldecott" by the Effin G's)<br />14:02 - 14:37 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=263622795">here</a>. If I'm lucky.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-75854081668115709232008-02-26T17:26:00.005-05:002008-02-26T17:49:49.794-05:00Subset to Show #8This is the full audio version of the TOON Books reception held on January 12, 2008 in Philadelphia. The Q&A is conducted with Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. To download this recording, you may do so <a href="http://cdn4.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Subset_to_Show_8.mp3">here</a>.<br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="%20http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf " id="audioplayer1" align="left" height="50" width="400"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf "><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://cdn4.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Subset_to_Show_8.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Press the play button above to listen to this episode<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://cdn4.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Subset_to_Show_8.mp3"><span style="font-size:78%;">Download Mp3</span></a></p>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-18624171931207302312008-02-26T16:48:00.004-05:002008-02-26T17:46:27.225-05:00Show #8: Talking TOONs and Giver Woes<a href="http://cdn1.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_8.mp3">Show #8: Talking TOONs and Giver Woes</a><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="%20http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf " id="audioplayer1" align="left" height="50" width="400"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf "><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://cdn1.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_8.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Press the play button above to listen to this episode<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://cdn1.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_8.mp3"><span style="font-size:78%;">Download Mp3</span></a></p><br /><br />00:00 - 2:44 (Opening)<br />2:44 - 5:09 (News of the Week)<br />5:09 - 10:27 (Booktalks - <a href="http://fernfolio.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/dusssie-by-nancy-springer/">Dusssie</a> by Nancy Springer, <a href="http://www.puffincatalogue.co.uk/lo/puffin/title.html?titleId=4759&catalogueId=218">Savvy</a> by Ingrid Law, and <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1220022322.html">Women Daredevils: Thrills, Chills and Frills</a> by Julie Cummins)<br />10:28 - 17:07 (A Conversation with Art Spiegelman of TOON Books)<br />17:07 - 17:45 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />You can hear the full audio of the TOON Books reception <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2008/02/subset-to-show-8.html">here</a>.<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=263622795">here</a>. If I'm lucky. Last month I don't think it showed up at all, so maybe I somehow infuriated the iTunes gods. We shall see.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-25123871361665565462008-01-21T17:57:00.000-05:002008-01-21T18:16:17.052-05:00Show #7: Dead Uncles and Loud Librarians<a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_7.mp3">Dead Uncles and Loud Librarians</a><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="%20http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf " id="audioplayer1" align="left" height="50" width="400"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf "><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_7.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Press the play button above to listen to this episode<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_7.mp3"><span style="font-size:78%;">Download Mp3</span></a></p><br /><br />00:00 - 2:38 (Opening)<br />2:39 - 4:50 (News of the Week)<br />4:51 - 9:51 (Booktalks - <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/110019211.html?nid=3713">Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry Land Boats</a> by <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html#1190018519"></a>Jeffrey Kluger<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>, <a href="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/17/063028.php">Tomorrow's Magic</a> by Pamela Service and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/08/review-of-day-mailbox.html">The Mailbox</a> by Audrey Shafer)<br />9:52 - 18:17 (The ALA Media Awards, 2008)<br />18:18 - 18:40 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />For a full list of the award winners go <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/2008MediaAwardWinners.htm">here</a>.<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=263622795">here</a>.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-21552852443012665602007-12-12T14:59:00.000-05:002007-12-12T15:39:42.128-05:00Show #6: Musical News and Wacky Homeschoolers<a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_6.mp3">Musical News and Wacky Homeschoolers</a><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src="%20http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf " id="audioplayer1" align="left" height="50" width="400"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf "><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_6.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Press the play button above to listen to this episode<span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_6.mp3"><span style="font-size:78%;">Download Mp3</span></a></p><br /><br />00:00 - 1:50 (Opening)<br />1:50 - 5:30 (News of the Week)<br />5:30 - 10:53 (Booktalks - <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html#1190018519">The Mysterious Benedict Society</a> by Trenton Lee Stewart, <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060000158/The_Seer_of_Shadows/index.aspx">The Seer of Shadows</a> by Avi, and <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/01/06/bfamclub06.xml">The Black Book of Secrets</a> by F.E. Higgins)<br />10:53 - 14:45 (The Homeschooler Bookgroup of the Donnell Library)<br />14:45 - 15:25 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />Thanks to Dan Blank at School Library Journal for lending me their microphone.<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=263622795">here</a>.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-88936971945646037512007-10-29T17:25:00.000-04:002007-10-30T18:59:39.145-04:00Show #5: Literary Cafes and Creepified Booktalks<a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_5.mp3">Literary Cafes and Creepified Booktalks</a><br /><br /><script language="JavaScript" src=" http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf " id="audioplayer1" align="left" height="50" width="400"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.trinitycast.com/flash_player/player.swf "><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_5.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"> <br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Press the play button above to listen to this episode<span style="font-size:78%;"> <br /></span></span><a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_5.mp3"><span style="font-size:78%;">Download Mp3</span></a></p><br /><br />00:00 - 3:38 (Opening)<br />3:38 - 6:20 (News of the Week)<br />6:20 - 13:18 (Booktalks - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eRIxTzsJsB0C&dq=coraline&pg=PP1&ots=YHuEzC5XnN&sig=eTJzW5FWm1E7jBPpDLmrZ1NtqmQ&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla%253Aen-US%253Aofficial%26hs%3DFGc%26q%3Dcoraline%26btnG%3DSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail">Coraline</a> by Neil Gaiman, <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/05/review-of-day-eggs.html">Eggs</a> by Jerry Spinelli, and <a href="http://suzyred.com/2004phineasgage.html">Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story of Brain Science</a> by John Fleischman)<br />13:18 - 18:22 (The Donnell Literary Cafe - Preliminary Openings)<br />18:22 - 19:00 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />Thanks to Dan Blank at School Library Journal for lending me their microphone.<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=263622795">here</a>.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-80600772863459257992007-10-11T21:26:00.000-04:002007-10-15T17:45:20.879-04:00Show #4: Chicken Chasers and Rutger Tasers (not really)<a href="http://cdn.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_4.mp3">Chicken Chasers and Rutger Tasers (not really)</a><br /><br />00:00 - 5:45 (News)<br />5:46 - 10:54 (Weekly Review - The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County)<br />10:55 - 13:58 (The Kidlit Blogosphere Conference & Gregory Pincus reading Rainbow Fish)<br />13:59 - 14:35 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />Find Gregory's blog <a href="http://gottabook.blogspot.com/">Gotta Book</a> and check out his other Oddaptations.<br />Thanks to Dan Blank at School Library Journal for lending me their microphone.<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-81207596405011128802007-10-01T00:00:00.000-04:002007-09-30T17:16:10.117-04:00Show #3: Deep Dark Caves and Peculiar Truths<a href="http://mediacloud.libsyn.com/fusenumber8/Show_3.m4a">Deep Dark Caves and Peculiar Truths</a><br /><br />00:00 - 3:51 (News)<br />3:52 - 7:35 (Weekly Review - Leepike Ridge)<br />7:36 - 11:22 (Dreadful Lies and Peculiar Truths - A selection from a PEN panel)<br />11:22 - 11:55 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />Nominate books for the Cybil Awards <a href="http://www.cybils.com">here</a>.<br />The MotherReader best books list is found <a href="http://www.motherreader.com/2007/09/best-books-of-2007-so-far-megalist.html">here</a>.<br />Thanks to PEN for permission to use a selection from their podcast. You can hear the full text of the podcast <a href="http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/1603">here</a>.<br />Thanks to Dan Blank at School Library Journal for lending me their microphone<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-27812604816329461822007-09-16T14:04:00.000-04:002007-09-17T23:00:12.840-04:00Show #2: Medieval and Contemporary Voices<strong></strong><a href="http://media31b.libsyn.com/podcasts/e92acb1da7da877c3fcd0b248fa38652/46ed7794/fusenumber8/Show_2.m4a">Medieval and Contemporary Voices</a><br /><br />00:00 - 3:51 (News)<br />3:52 - 8:24 (Weekly Review - <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/05/review-of-day-good-masters-sweet-ladies.html">Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices From a Medieval Village</a> by Laura Amy Schlitz)<br />8:25 - 20:56 (<a href="http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Emjoseph/childlit/about.html">Child_lit Listserv</a> picnic in the park)<br />20:56 - 21:35 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />Thanks to Roxanne Feldman, Cheryl Klein, Pooja <span class="sg">Makhijani</span>, and Karen Ulric for the <a href="http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Emjoseph/childlit/about.html">child_lit</a> discussion.<br />The music during the review features my friend <a href="http://www.astralartisticservices.org/artists/arwady.html">Meredith Arwady</a>, the greatest living contralto today.<br />Thanks to Dan Blank at School Library Journal for lending me their microphone<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.libsyn.com/rss">this site</a>. This show is available through iTunes.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-75139720271149718272007-09-03T15:59:00.000-04:002007-09-16T14:03:42.563-04:00Show #1: Space Dogs and Futuristic BooksI've decided that my podcasts would fit in nicely on this old blog site. So here it is. Show numero uno. Remember that this is my first show. I'm only just getting the hang of it. I know I've talked too much here. I can't quite get a grip on how to properly fade things in and out, and my portable mike is crummy in large spaces. Still, I want to know what else you think needs to be changed. So though I'm scared to say it, tell me what you want to hear.<br /><br /><a href="http://media34b.libsyn.com/podcasts/e78c9b07711714ea52d71ab0df208a9a/46ed6fa7/fusenumber8/Show_1.1.m4a">Space Dogs and Futuristic Books</a><br /><br />00:00 - 4:33 (News)<br />4:34 - 9:09 (Weekly Review - <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/50013005.html">Laika</a> by Nick Abadzis)<br />9:10 - 14:42 (Monkeytown: In Brief)<br />14:42 - 15:30 (Closing)<br /><br />Intro by <a href="http://haddonkime.com/">Haddon Givens Kime</a><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thedeskset">Desk Set</a> and <a href="http://www.futureofthebook.org/">The Institute for the Future of the Book</a> for Monkeytown<br />Thanks to Dan Blank at School Library Journal for lending me their microphone<br /><br /><a href="http://www.futureofthebook.org/">The Institute of the Future of the Book</a>'s mission statement was read by me and recorded on my computer.<br /><br />For the RSS feed of this show, please use <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default">this site</a>. This show will be appearing on iTunes in the near future.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-46888981635475244272007-06-26T21:13:00.002-04:002007-07-03T21:36:33.197-04:00WE HAVE MOVEDIf you are looking for the newest posts of A Fuse #8 Production, look no further than our new location on the School Library Journal homepage at <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html">http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html</a>. Adjust your web browsers accordingly.<br /><br />You may also find the RSS feed for the site at <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SLJAFuse8Production">http://feeds.feedburner.com/SLJAFuse8Production</a>.<br /><br />Same great Fuse #8 taste. Same great Fuse #8 flavor.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-44615581252824542192007-06-21T15:16:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:19:24.358-04:00The RSS Feed Is Up!On Friday, June 22nd the RSS Feed for <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html">A Fuse #8 Production's new home</a> at School Library Jounral will be up and running. You can locate the address of this feed <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/learnrss">here</a> (but not until the date in question). Enjoy!fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-597182280509816652007-06-11T00:25:00.000-04:002007-06-11T21:59:37.418-04:00It Begins . . .The move. The move is nigh. Time to pack my bags, give this place a once over, and head for my new home. The next few days are going to be much with the trial and error. Particularly the error part of the equation.<br /><br />You must be patient with me for a while. I've so much to write about, after all. A lovely book release party with Lesley M.M. Blume. A Harper Collins preview that bandied about a whole host of new and upcoming books. Reviews galore. I'm working out some mighty interesting bugs as we speak.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span><br />Ah! We are up! Check me out at <a href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html">http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html</a> for today's postings. You may wish to update your link as well. I think that may be my new address.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-68112738954262491472007-06-10T12:25:00.000-04:002007-06-10T12:28:38.466-04:00Video SundayOh what a lovely luscious line-up I have for you pretty chickens today. As you may have noticed, I'm now permanently eschewing topics. Topics are hard. They require thought and thought on a Sunday is to be avoided at all costs.<br /><br />Today is my husband's birthday today, so let's have a bit of a birthday video, care of Barry Yourgrau's <span style="font-style: italic;">Nastybook</span>.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yNaH9TCFrcg"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yNaH9TCFrcg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Mr. Yourgrau has a whole host of these videos available <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=NASTYstories">here</a> as well, by the by.<br /><br />In keeping with British accents and the like, there's a rather amusing book trailer out there for <span style="font-style: italic;">Leonardo's Shadow</span> by Christopher Grey. We haven't had a book trailer for a novel in a while. Eh voila.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Ho2dqY4JLI"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_Ho2dqY4JLI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />I don't review YA but I don't mind showing their videos. My favorite part was seeing that the guy doing the voiceover, one Michael Dobson, advertises his own <a href="http://www.michaelricharddobson.com/main.html">website</a> during the credits. Why on earth would a man working via his voice have headshots? Curious.<br /><br />Speaking of things that are curious, we're straying off-topic now and venturing into Ohmygodthat'sawesome territory with the next two videos. First up, the few-cha! I can't link the video here directly so just click on the tasty <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid932579976?bclid=932553050&bctid=933742930">link</a>.<br /><br />I want two of these in my home by next year, people. Make it happen. Thanks to <a href="http://www.ericberlin.com/">Eric Berlin</a> for the news. The next one? Just neat.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nUDIoN-_Hxs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed><br /><br />And as for the last link, not only is it on-topic but it's quite a treat. A confusing treat, but a treat nonetheless. You may have heard some mention of the upcoming documentary <a href="http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com/index.html">The Hollywood Librarian</a>. Well here's the trailer for it.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A8kd4fC1bwo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed><br /><br />It's nice enough but when you compare the trailer to the <a href="http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com/about.html">description</a> of the film, the two don't add up. Ah well. Just something to send you on your way this lazy hazy Sunday.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-14862481516812768252007-06-09T00:46:00.000-04:002007-06-09T00:46:36.346-04:00BEA Party Hearty Recap<div>I don't suppose I talked much about the cool BEA publisher parties that went on during BEA, did I? I thought about it, but until recently I wasn't sure what to say. I mean, here's the Random House Party summed up to to a tee:<br /><br />1. Went to the Top of the Rock<br />2. Saw Judy Blume<br />3. Said nothing to Judy Blume because I am shy and, let's admit it, what on earth do you say to Judy Blume? Do you say, "You're Judy Blume!," and gape. Cause that's what I'd do. I would.<br /><br />Actually, it was much more than that. The party was held last Saturday night on a balcony at the Top of the Rock. Rockefeller Center, to be clear. I'd always wondered why people would go up to the tippy top of Rockefeller Center when The Empire State Building is so much taller. Arriving from an elevator that played movie clips on its ceiling (it even dims the lights) all was clear. When you're on the Empire State Building you can see everything with the exception of Central Park. Why? The bloody Rockefeller Center is blocking your view, of course. But once we arrived we had a stellar view of the city. Bellinis were served alongside a variety of tasty appetizers and treats. Jazz musicians pumped out tasteful tunes and the booze was free with the flowing. Seated around the space, both outside and inside, were a bunch of different authors. Judy Blume. Markus Zuzak. Libba Bray. Jerry Spinelli. Etc. And which ones did I speak to? None! I am shy! I don't know these people! Huzzah!<br /><br />After the mingling, we (Monica and The Resident Husband Who Is Mine) decided to ditch this swank party and hobble on over to the Simon & Schuster Spiderwick shebang. Party hopping. Can't be beat. So to an old factory by the trainyards we did roll and there we found the action well underway.<br /><br />I should note that I didn't take any pictures of any of these outings because, silly me, I'd removed my camera from my bag earlier that day to upload pix of BEA. Ha. Fortunately, there are editors at Simon & Schuster who are more than happy to share their own pixelated prowess. Observe:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808519/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1410/536808519_6800688800_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /></div><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808519/"></a></span> <p></p>It took us a while to get a handle on the theme. At first we just figured that the place was doing some kind of odd advertising for... saltines. Hm. Odd. I imagined that Pepsi would pay better. But as we looked around we started to get it. Everything was oversized whereas we, the guests, were fairy sized. Oh ah!<br /><br />Now the image above is a bit brighter than the actual par-tay. Imagine a lot more smoke, and a lot more people in a dimly lit room. Danny Elfman music pipes in from a lobby where props from the movie (a whole Arthur Spiderwick study, in fact) allow you to poke and pry about.<br /><br />This pic is a little closer to what it felt like.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808529/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1079/536808529_537618afbd_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /></div><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808529/"></a></span> <p></p>Yes. That poor man behind the counter is cutting a gigantic hamburger with an electric knife. It's a magnificently huge creation. People were also encouraged to pose in front of a nearby green screen to have themselves fairyfied. I declined the honor.<br /><br />Now here's where I was a bit disappointed:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808527/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1035/536808527_0d01f671bc_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /></div><br />I'd been under the impression that we, the guests, would get to see scenes from the upcoming Spiderwick movie. No go. Instead there was a perfectly nice video with Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi on the next book in the Spiderwick series. Or rather, the new Spiderwick that is a separate series altogether. No film clips, true, but the fact that the gift bags all had copies of the next Spiderwick story inside. What else lifted my spirits?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">CUPCAKE!!!!</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808513/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1343/536808513_91e7f63a6d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /></div><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808513/"></a></span> <p></p>Oh, sweet gigantic cupcake the size of an elephant's skull, where have you been all my life? Don't let the eerie lights and smoke fool you. I fell in love at first glance. Alas, our romance was not to be. Other people partook of its sweet sweet chocolate mousse filling too. It wasn't a one woman cupcake. That baby got around.<br /><br />And sadly Tony DiTerlizzi, I learned once I arrived, could not attend. His wife done went and had a baby and Tony decided to do the good daddy thing. This was sad for me. I once played a game of Literary Trivial Pursuit and found a card that listed his name as "Tony DiTerlizzido". Thinking it funny, I sent it to him. I was going to ask him what he'd thought of it. Had he attended that would have upped my count of Authors Spoken To to 2. #1 was <a href="http://classof2k7.com/authors/sarah_beth_durst.php">Sarah Beth Durst</a> who was cute as a bug's ear and whose book Into the Wild has <span style="font-style: italic;">still </span>not hit bookstore shelves. I'm anticipating subtle buzz. Sarah was seated at a table with author <a href="http://www.sff.net/people/kushnerSherman/Sherman/">Delia Sherman</a>. Who, now that I think of it, I may or may not have had contact with in the past. Hm. Maybe I could have talked to her after all.<br /><br />Another author I could have spoken to and didn't was none other than the delightful <a href="http://www.blackholly.com/">Holly Black</a>, shown here:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808517/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1148/536808517_b55ffaca64_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 113px; height: 170px;" /></a><br /></div><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/84964721@N00/536808517/"></a></span> <p></p><br />You can't see it here, but she had this streak of white in her hair which made her easy spotting. The downside? I couldn't figure out what to say to her. Unless I've been in contact with an author in some fashion, I freeze up around them. I become the Abominable Betsy (some would argue that I already am). So no, I never said a word to Ms. Black. She seemed charming though. And it really was a lovely party. If you went out onto the balcony you had a great view of the trainyard below and the river not much farther past that. Plus, did I mention that they had a gigantic cupcake? *sigh*<br /><br />By the by, don't let my recap of BEA be the only one you read. Publisher's Weekly recently posted <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/CA6449848.html?nid=2788">Children's Books at BEA: A Photo Guide</a>. It shows the Random House authors at the Top of the Rock, just as I mentioned. No Spiderwick party, though. Guess I scooped 'em there. Please also look at a recent <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1520010352.html">Shelftalker</a> piece that offers a smart assessment of the layout and problems with the BEA show itself. I ran into Alison on the floor, so I can assure you that everything she says is absolutely true.<br /></div>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-44330485529285886842007-06-09T00:10:00.000-04:002007-06-21T15:19:42.146-04:00Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominations<div>Look. Just because something happens overseas, that's no reason to ignore it. I am referring, of course, to the <a href="http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=782&L=o.html">Hans Christian Andersen Award nominations</a>. Thus far I haven't found any American blogs listing the nominated persons. This will not stand, fellow citizens! So here, lifted directly from the IBBY website with some tweaks, are the nominees:<br /></div><blockquote>• Argentina: Author: Beatriz María Ana Ferro; Illustrator: Isol Misenta<br />• Australia: Author: <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/11/daily-round-up.html">Jackie French</a>; Illustrator: <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/02/review-of-day-arrival.html">Shaun Tan </a><br />• Austria: Author: Lene Mayer-Skumanz; Illustrator: Linda Wolfsgruber<br />• Belgium: Author: Anne Provoost; Illustrator: Kitty Crowther<br />• Brazil: Author: Bartolomeu Campos de Queirós; Illustrator: Rui de Oliveira<br />• Canada: Author: Brian Doyle; Illustrator: Pierre Pratt<br />• China: Author: Qin Wenjun<br />• Croatia: Illustrator: Svjetlan Junakóvic<br />• Cyprus: Author: Kika Pulcheriou<br />• Czech Republic: Author: Iva Procházková; Illustrator: Adolf Born<br />• Denmark: Author: Bjarne Reuter; Illustrator: Lilian Brøgger<br />• Egypt: Author: Fatima El Maadoul<br />• Finland: Author: Irmelin Sandman Lilius; Illustrator: Virpi Talvitie<br />• France: Author: Marie Desplechin; Illustrator: Claude Ponti<br />• Germany: Author: Peter Härtling; Illustrator: Jutta Bauer<br />• Greece: Author: Voula Mastori; Illustrator: Vassilis Papatsarouchas<br />• Iceland: Author: Gudrun Helgadottir<br />• Ireland: Author: Kath Thompson; Illustrator: Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick<br />• Italy: Author: Mino Milani; Illustrator: Roberto Innocenti<br />• Japan: Author: Shuntaro Tanikawa; Illustrator: Akiko Hayashi<br />• Lithuania: Illustrator: Kestutis Kasparavicius<br />• Mexico: Illustrator: Mauricio Gómez Morín<br />• Netherlands: Author: <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/03/review-of-day-book-of-everything.html">Guus Kuijer</a>; Illustrator: The Tjong-Khing<br />• Romania: Author: Iuliu Ratiu; Illustrator: Stan Done<br />• Russia: Illustrator: Nickolay Popov<br />• Serbia: Author: Dragana Litricin-Dunic<br />• Slovak Republic: Author: Ján Navrátil; Illustrator: Olga Bajusová<br />• Slovenia: Illustrator: Lila Prap<br />• South Africa: Author: Beverley Naidoo; Illustrator: Piet Grobler<br />• Spain: Author: María Asun Landa; Illustrator: Ulises Wensell<br />• Sweden: Barbro Lindgren; Illustrator: Eva Eriksson<br />• Switzerland: Author: Jürg Schubiger; Illustrator: Hannes Binder<br />• Turkey: Author: Ayla Çinaroglu; Illustrator: Nazan Erkmen<br />• United Kingdom: Author: <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/07/review-of-day-clay.html">David Almond</a>; Illustrator: Jan Pienkowski<br />• USA: Author: Lloyd Alexander; Illustrator: <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/07/review-of-day-flotsam_11.html">David Wiesner</a><br /><br />The elected Chair of the International Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury, Zohreh Ghaeni (Iran) and Jury members from Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and the United States of America, will meet in March 2008 to select from among these nominations the winners of the 2008 Andersen Awards.<br /><br />The results will be made public at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Monday, 31 March 2008 and the Awards will be presented to the winners at the 31st IBBY Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark on 7 September 2008. </blockquote>I've a passing familiarity with thirteen of these author/illustrators. I need to work on that. My hope and dreams? Well, it'd be simply swell if Shaun Tan finally got his due. Anyone familiar with <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/02/review-of-day-arrival.html">The Arrival</a> would agree. As for authors, Guus Kuijer's <a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/03/review-of-day-book-of-everything.html">The Book of Everything</a> was a small gem overlooked this award season past. It's a little late for Mr. Alexander, but they might feel obligated to hand it to him. Which would kind of be a shame, considering he's not around to appreciate it and many of these other people are. As for Wiesner, does he really need another award? Really? Really really?<br /><div><br />Thanks to <a href="http://achuka.co.uk/achockablog/">Achocka</a> blog for the link. </div>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-29062191322038782902007-06-09T00:08:00.000-04:002007-06-09T00:08:52.371-04:00Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around<a href="http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/dch/pooh/">Pooh</a>'s gotten all riled up about this one. Those of very little brain and too much tummy might get a tad disturbed by a very different bear of very great brain and too little tummy. The army has, for reasons one cannot quite pinpoint, created the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6729745.stm">Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot</a> or, quite simply, BEAR. Note the adorable ears.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43019000/jpg/_43019385_robobear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43019000/jpg/_43019385_robobear.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote>Gary Gilbert, from the US Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Centre in Frederick, Maryland, said that the teddy bear appearance was deliberate.<br /><br />"A really important thing when you're dealing with casualties is trying to maintain that human touch."</blockquote>The robot revolution is nigh. And it's <span style="font-style: italic;">adorable</span>!<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://gwendabond.typepad.com/bondgirl/">Shaken & Stirred</a> for the link.<a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/43019000/jpg/_43019385_robobear.jpg"></a>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-89385075168262805492007-06-09T00:06:00.000-04:002007-06-09T00:06:31.567-04:00Ankle Biter Reading Material<div>A friend has a new bright n' shiny baby and suddenly you're in the hot seat. What to buy said baby? You don't know what's good anymore. Heck, when you were a kid babies didn't even read! Oh if only there were some kind of a list out there that that collected the best books for newbies. Some kind of, oh I dunno, <a href="http://www.beginningwithbooks.org/list.html">Best Books for Babies of 2006</a> or something.</div><br /><div> </div>Every good librarian has a gap in their knowledge. Mine's baby related. I can't really judge any of these books except for the ones I saw in their original picture book format. Ah well. It's nice to be able to rely on experts like the Center for Early Literacy when this kind of thing comes up.<br /><div> </div><br /><div>Thanks to <a href="http://chickenspaghetti.typepad.com/chicken_spaghetti/">Chicken Spaghetti</a> for the link.</div>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-2281532551749899492007-06-09T00:05:00.001-04:002007-06-09T00:05:12.817-04:00Confession? I'm Kind of a Fan.<div>But maybe that's just because my last name is Bird.</div><br /><div> </div>I love the <a href="http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2007/06/harry_fugger_an.html">explanation</a> of what it looks like, of course. Proves that <a href="http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/">Go Fug Yourself</a> is run by secret Harry Potter fans.<br /><div> </div><br /><div>Thanks to <a href="http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/">bookshelves of doom</a> for the link.</div>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-28563035056807075522007-06-08T10:03:00.000-04:002007-06-08T10:40:24.369-04:00Poetry Friday - The Collected Works of Susan Ramsey<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hipwritermama.blogspot.com/"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="125" alt="http://hipwritermama.blogspot.com/" src="http://lh5.google.com/image/chndlrsblog/RmBFj-SN_DI/AAAAAAAAB34/at3HZsHcKd0/poetry%20friday%20button%20-%20fulll.JPG" width="210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From <em>Poetry Northwest</em>, Fall 2001<br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /><strong>A Mind Like This<br /></strong><br />is like looking through that drawer<br /><br />for Scotch tape and coming up instead<br /><br />with the instructions for the digital watch<br /><br />you threw away three years ago, a maze<br /><br />made of cheap pink plastic and three ball bearings,<br /><br />the scissors you warned them were only for fabric, a roll<br /><br />of the paper tape they gave you to close your eye<br /><br />for sleep that spring you had Bell's Palsy, and half<br /><br />a pack of basil seeds.<br /><br /><br /><br />It's missing the Big Play because you're busy watching<br /><br />the lovers quarrel two rows down, look up<br /><br />as the crowd surges to its feet around you,<br /><br />touchdown. It's knowing they used sets from King Kong<br /><br />as tinder for the burning of Atlanta<br /><br />while being uncertain of your best friend's birthday,<br /><br />forgetting the name of your fifth niece, but knowing Carlo<br /><br />was Emily Dickinson's dog. When a mind like this<br /><br />hears that Burleigh Grimes was the last pitcher<br /><br />to throw a legal spitball in '43,<br /><br />you'd think it had spotted a sapphire in the gravel.<br /><br />It's saving pocket lint and bottle caps<br /><br />while bread and diamonds thunder down the chute.<br /><br /><br /><br />It's a theater where pleasure and frustration<br /><br />are mutual understudies, a computer<br /><br />which refuses to interface seven fifteenths of the time.<br /><br />It's dutifully viewing the list of cathedral features<br /><br />in Strasbourg, then watching the memories dragged like sand<br /><br />from a beach besieged by wave after wave of years,<br /><br />until only a bit of carved stone remains, a fragment<br /><br />small enough to lodge in a human heart.<br /><br />Of course you didn't take a photograph.<br /><br />And of course sensible friends return with cameras<br /><br />full of statues and windows and twenty-foot clocks,<br /><br />asking vaguely, "Where was that again?"<br /><br />Be comforted. This ridiculous mind will save<br /><br />your incised memory of the tenth pulpit step,<br /><br />preserving for you how some particular hand<br /><br />carved under a stone leaf, small in all that grandeur,<br /><br />his round-skulled puppy, sleeping, chin on paws.<br /><br />This week's round-up courtesy of <a href="http://hipwritermama.blogspot.com/">Hip Writer Mama</a>.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-3127910147352069882007-06-08T10:00:00.000-04:002007-06-08T18:57:16.428-04:00Horn Book's Summer ReadingBad new, folks. Apparently <em>Horn Book Magazine</em> has acquired a way to see into my very brain. Look at this magnificent <a href="http://www.hbook.com/resources/books/summer.asp">Summer Reading List</a> they just put out. It's like we're soul mates or something.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/09/review-of-day-beach.html">Beach</a> - <em>Beach</em>? Someone else on this planet read and loved <em>Beach</em>? *sob* I'm not alone!<br /><br /><a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/03/review-of-day-chicken-chasing-queen-of.html">The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County</a> - Excellent. The buzz starts low, but if I can keep it up then this book will be causing a veritable blaze of glory by the time the award season circles through.<br /><br /><a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/12/review-of-day-aggie-and-ben-three.html">Aggie and Ben</a> - Awwwww. Just... awwwww.<br /><br /><a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/09/review-of-day-green-glass-sea.html">The Green Glass Sea</a> - Look, Ellen! They included your book!<br /><br /><a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2007/03/because-i-would-not-stop-to-think.html">Larklight</a> - Suh-weet. Now please to find me a child who likes it. I love it, but I want some confirmation that there's a kid somewhere <em>anywhere</em> that digs horrible white space spiders.<br /><br /><a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/09/review-of-day-drowned-maidens-hair.html">A Drowned Maiden's Hair</a> - Look, Laura! They included your book too!<br /><br /><a href="http://fusenumber8.blogspot.com/2006/08/review-of-day-to-dance.html">To Dance</a> - This makes me happy.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm really going to have to read this <em>Rex Zero and the End of the World</em> book aren't I? It just keeps cropping up.<br /><br /><br />Please go to <a href="http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com/bookshelves_of_doom/2007/06/summer_reading_.html">bookshelves of doom for a full encapsulation</a> of all the further summer reading lists out there.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-11502391033632481852007-06-08T09:55:00.000-04:002007-06-08T11:03:36.135-04:00Crazy QuestionFor you children's librarians out there (or those with a remarkable knowledge) I've a crazy question. You know those books where you flip pages and change the image before you? For example, the image is of a face and you can flip to change the eyes, nose and mouth, thereby creating a wide variety of different combinations? Right. What are those books actually called? Is there a term for them? Because, to be frank, I haven't a clue.fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-79705761516187653632007-06-08T09:08:00.000-04:002007-06-08T09:08:35.189-04:00I Guess I Could Substitute Cinnamon for Garlic or Something . . .<div>Author Robin Brande of <a href="http://www.robinbrande.com/preview-the-book/">Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature</a> would like us to have a potluck together. We like Robin Brande. Ipso facto, we think that this is a good idea. She says:<br /></div><div><blockquote>Instead of any of us trying to meet each other at Book Expo or ALA or any other conferences, we’d pick some spot in the center of the country–someplace easy to get to, like Las Vegas or Denver or Salt Lake City or some other hub–and we could bring our significant others and children or not, and just set aside a Friday and a Saturday to actually hang out face to face and speak words to each other that do not involve typing.</blockquote>I know she says we should bring exotic foods, but I'm bringing brownies. Sorry guys, but that's about as "exotic" as I get. They have cinnamon in them, so that's cool, right? Right?<br /><div>Anywho, you should <a href="http://www.robinbrande.com/life/fantasy-potluck">hear her out</a> on it.</div><br /><div> </div>I vote, Denver.</div>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-39503835760504048562007-06-08T08:38:00.000-04:002007-06-08T08:39:02.796-04:00Cool Library<div>So my co-worker calls over to me the other day and says, "Hey! The Conjuring Arts Research Center's library is looking for a cataloger." </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Mmmhmm.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Wait. The what now?</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>The problem with living in New York, as I often say, is that there are too many doggone things in it. If any other town in America happened to have a <a href="http://www.conjuringarts.org/index.shtml">Conjuring Arts Research Center</a> then you can BET everyone in the city would know about it. Heck, they'd probably have a Conjuring Arts Research Center Parade every year or something. But in New York, even the coolest of places disappear in the midst of all this schtoof.</div><div> </div><br /><div>Ah well. If you're a cataloger, boy have I got a job for you.</div>fusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.com2