In January 2019, The Children’s Literature Research Collections (CLRC) of the University of Minnesota’s Archives and Special Collections will mount an exhibition that will…
Why is the Kerlan Award Ceremony Being Held During the Week and At Night? Our long-term Kerlan Friends may have noticed a change in the…
Someone at work yesterday said, “Oh, you just love obituaries.” My instinct was to deny that statement but as I gave it some thought, it…
https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/2018/02/digging-past-highlights-rich-african-american-history-u-m-collections/ Digging Up The Past Historical material documenting the lives and culture of African Americans is represented in a new exhibit at the University of…
I am going to Tokyo at the end of the March to speak about Virginia Lee Burton and her works in conjunction an exhibit developed…
It’s OK to cry when someone you like very much has died. — Pat Brisson and Stéphane Jorisch, I Remember Miss Perry At the Educational…
In 2006, Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall created one of the finest early chapter book series, Ivy and Bean. Now five years after number 10, Ivy and…
There is a couple feet of snow outside my front door yet I just got a reference request for my favorite picture books about gardening….
I’m staying home sick today. Went to the doctor yesterday. Turns out that I have influenza. That was the way she said it. Like it…
Pubs in July 2018, Disney/Hyperion Every once in while there is a book that I see in a booth and I just want to read…