By Lisa Von Drasek Antarctic Antics written by Judy Sierra, Illustrated by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey, Harcourt 1999. Watercolor, pen and ink. Antarctic Antics…
A fierce advocate for writers and readers, Paul Von Drasek, 71, died in his sleep of natural causes on May 16. He began his career…
A Conversation with Roger Mello and Peter Sís, hosted by the Eric Carle Museum April 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm On April 1st…
Beverly Cleary died this past week at age 104. She gave many gifts to her readers, the greatest among them: the gift of seeing themselves on the page.
From Lisa: For many of us distance-learning will continue into the fall. On the Facebook page #OperationReadAloud, we are aggregating resources to support home and…
A Thank You Thank you to the Kerlan Friends who have been keeping in touch during these Covid-19 times. FAQ’s Where are you? And what…
Off Topic- Job Hunting As a curator and a librarian, part of my mission is to supervise interns and mentor new graduates. Stating the obvious,…
A few people have been asking about the lack of postings here on the Blue Ox Review lately. This is a time of listening, learning,…
Please join us for A Celebration of Life — JoAnn Jonas, on Sunday May 17. The celebration will be held via an online Zoom Meeting, at 3:00 p.m., Eastern; 2:00 p.m., Central; 1:00 p.m., Mountain; and 12:00 p.m., Pacific time.
Holly from Red Balloon and I will be on MPR this morning at 11:00 am talking to Angela Davis about children’s books and being at…