I had a social media meltdown the other day. Not a meltdown on social media, mind you. Thank goodness for that! This was a meltdown over social media. I’ve been thinking about how I can reach more people with my …
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2017 Orange Marmalade Non-Electronic Gift Guide: Bookish Edition + Giveaway!
Have I saved the best for last? Giving books and bookish gifts is obviously what I love to do! Here are some great ideas for the kids in your life, plus a give-away! Litograph t-shirts Text and illustrations make up …
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the luminous face of a reader
Several weeks ago I came across an article on the BBC highlighting a new book of photography by Steve McCurry. The theme of McCurry’s project, displayed in this stunning book, is reading. Readers, to be more precise. I immediately requested …
quietest and most constant friends…five books about books
Charles William Eliot, the transformative president of Harvard from 1869-1909, called books “the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.” All of us who love books …
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summer reading contests
It’s Memorial Day week-end, the harbinger of full-on summer! Once again, I’m posting a number of programs created to reward kids for reading over these school-vacation months. Whether your kids need incentives to read or actually need to come up …
reading as an act of listening
Atticus Finch, that beloved and most fatherly-father, tells Scout in one of their heart-to-hearts that if you “can learn a simple trick you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you …
children’s literature in a grief-struck world
By far the most popular post I’ve written in five years of blogging is my musing on the role of children’s literature in a sorrowing world. I wrote that in March of this year. Here we are in November, and …
a book is a book
Here’s a little treasure I’ve fallen in love with lately: A Book is a Book, by Jenny Bornholdt, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins first published in 2013 by Gecko Press and Whitireia Coming out of New Zealand, this paean to the joys of …
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day…Saturday, May 2
There is a day for everything. And this Saturday, May 2, is Independent Bookstore Day, when hundreds of indie booksellers around the country are throwing out the stops to celebrate these unique, community-oriented, literary-rich…okay, let’s just say it…havens of civilization!! …
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in a world of sorrow shall I dish up green eggs and ham?
In a World of Sorrow, Shall I Dish Up Green Eggs and Ham? Lately I’ve been mulling the incongruity between the weight of human suffering in the world and the seeming inconsequence of children’s literature. The question rattles around in …
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