A Good Get

7-Imp captures a rare glimpse of fellow kidlit blogger David Elzey this week. It's an interview worth taking note of. After all, if you're not a regular reader of the excelsior file by now, you should seriously reconsider your blog-reading priorities. Aside from his intelligent commentaries on classic folktales and tropes, the man has the rare ability to pin down exactly why a book does or does not work. I refer you at this time to his comments regarding the new Sticky Burr book. Smurfs in burr form? Precisely.

We Sniff Suspiciously Around This Top Notch Entity

It's been around since October of 2006. It produces consistently intelligent, often funny, very often insightful posts on a wide range of topics. One minute it may be reviewing Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree. The next it'll manage to give an intense analysis of the classic Grimm tale The Fisherman and His Wife while drawing upon such reference sources as Fractured Fairy Tales. He is, in fact, David Elzey and his blog The Excelsior File (all capitalization is entirely my own) has charmed me. The real lure? This guy updates himself with a consistency that delights. I may have come a little late to the Excelsior bandwagon, but if you haven't seen that blog yet go and do so.