Even though this video has been out there for a while, it’s one I like to view every so often for a healthy dose of inspiration.
Stops and Sightings
Randolph Caldecott: The Music Video
Okay, maybe I’m a little hung up on literary music videos this week, but Betsy Bird’s is genius.Not your stereotypical librarian/author, eh?
Join in the Chicken Dance!
I love Tammi Sauer’s new trailer:
A Little Stand-Up with Lois Lowry
Having read her books like THE GIVER, GATHERING BLUE and NUMBER THE STARS I had almost forgotten that Lois Lowry has her ANASTASIA KRUPNIK side (do you remember what Anastasia wants to name the baby?) as well. Take a look at her hilarious judge’s decision process in School Library Journal’s “Battle of the Kids Books”… Read more »
Practice Makes Perfect – or at Least Very, Very Good.
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell, heads up my to-read list, and there’s a lot of blogging going on about his 10,000 hours to success theory. I buy it. And today a friend directed me to this NEW YORK TIMES op-ed piece about practice as compared to genius. I like that Brooks actually uses a writer as… Read more »
I Need to Be Rescued!
Tonight I’m being abducted. Right here. In downtown Denver. As a show of solidarity with Uganda’s night commuters – the Invisible Children. My sons have visited the IDP camps. They’ve slept where the night commuters have slept. The tragedy is real. Please, if you know any Denver moguls – Mayor Hickenlooper, Governor Ritter, John Elway,… Read more »
What do you think of the WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Trailer?
I’m just not sure how I feel about this. I so love the story with its simple truth. I fear when too much is added to it – the truth will blur, and the children who read the book after seeing the movie might lose the ability to put themselves in the story – the… Read more »
Hanging with the Stars in NYC
Last week I spent 4 crazy-busy but completely fun days in New York with my husband and kids for Spring Break. Yup, we’re weird that way. We don’t often rocket south like heat seeking missiles this time of year. And having lived in the Big Apple in my long ago past, I still consider East… Read more »
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