Jenny Brown recommends 20 classics, in each of four age groups

The Least You Need To Know: The Acquisitions Meeting

www.aaronmeshon.com

By Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Illustrated by Jen Corace

childrensillustrators.com's

Interviews & Resources

Through June 13, 2009 -- 28 Showcases

"ORDINARY INTO EXTRAORDINARY"
Author and illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg's picture books are showcased at the Brooklyn Central Library Youth Wing, Grand Army Plaza. (Illustration is from A City Is)

2009 Festival Participants /The Voyage of the Reader: Using Children’s Books to Create a Lifelong Love of Reading

detail of illustration by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Kate and Jules Feiffer

A YouTuber took the audio from the "Ocean's 11" trailer and several video clips from Muppet movies to create "Henson's 11"

Who is Mark Twain? from Flash Rosenberg on Vimeo.

Upcoming Benny and Penny Events

(illustration by Geoffrey Hayes)

Saturday, May 9, 2009—NEW YORK CITY
2:20 PM-- Children’s Book Week Kick-Off Events
Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street

Tuesday, May 12, 2009—New York City
4:00 PM-- Storytime
Barnes and Noble, Tribeca, 97 Warren Street

Patrick McDonnell's

Art (A co-production of Weston Woods Studios, Studio Mir and Rembrandt Films.)

The Magic Flute adapted and illustrated by Emanuele Luzzati (More examples of Luzzati's work can be seen here.)

Below is a short portion of the film version that Luzzati created with animator Giulio Gianini.

William Steig’s Creationist Fable?
(See Jeanne Steig's reply)

More Tiny Golden Books

Thanks to William Horberg williamhorberg.typepad.com

Javier Zabala @ michaelspornanimation.com

Happy Easter

Illustration by Leonard Weisgard from The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown http://www.leonardweisgard.com/index.htm -- And there's always Flickr

Helen Dardik (thanks to lillarogers.com)

Who's that artist?

Susy Pilgrim Waters -- She's the artist responsible for that stylish and cheerful mural at the Children's Center at 42nd Street. (jpeg from "Susy Pilgrim Waters’ work for murals for the New York Public Library." Thank you to lillarogers.com )

Salvatore Rubbino

painting in gouache for A Walk in New York
Look inside the book

Lisa Cinar

Q&A with Joshua Mowll

Did you ever think, "Do I really need to be on this camel to write this book?"

April 16th to April 22nd

Winston is going to plant a puzzle on each of seven different kidlit blogs.

One randomly drawn correct answer each day will win a signed copy of The Potato Chip Puzzles, and one grand prize winner will take home every single book in G.P. Putnam's Sons Spring 2009 lineup, plus a few Fall 2009 advance reading copies...

Cover illustration by Adam McCauley

The Birth of the Croissant and the Bagel by R. O. Blechman

Way to Go, Steve Geck!

Greenwillow Books has acquired two picture books from Ms. Elizabeth Bird.

Elizabeth's ALA Editions title Children's Literature Gems: Choosing and Using Them in Your Library Career is slated for release in June. Pre-order it here.

Gorey's Creatures ~ Real and Imagined: The Edward Gorey House is pleased to announce the 2009 opening on Thursday, April 16th and running through December 2009.

Super cool action figures of President Barack Obama!

Basil Wolverton's How-To Comic Strips

The Culture Corner (Thank you to http://www.dinosaurgardens.com/)

collected strips (PDF)

ericcarleblog.blogspot.com

SOUP FOR BREAKFAST

Poetry Month

Poet Laureate Presents: Laughing Time

&
30 Poets/30 Days at GottaBook

(thanks to Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast )