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Eric Carle Honors 2010 (Also Known as More Party Party)
Yeah, this week is party week, baby! First I recap a Robert Forbes party alongside Cynthia von Buhler’s event of the year. Now I turn my attention to a party beneath a bridge. The 59th Street...
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Review of the Day: Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
Queen of the Falls By Chris Van Allsburg Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $18.99 ISBN: 978-0-547-31581-2 Ages 4-9 On shelves April 4th The word “daredevil” conjures up different images for different people....
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Fusenews: Polar bear, polar bear, what do you see?
Howdy, folks. I’m starting off today with a little podcast-related item. Back in the day I tried podcasting for sport. It was fun (I had my own intro music and everything) but after a while it...
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Review of the Day: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales By Chris Van Allsburg and more Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $24.99 ISBN: 978-0547548104 Ages 9-12 On shelves October 25, 2011...
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Video Sunday: Weirdly supple crystal balls
Oh good. Now we have a rallying cry. Bonus. Thanks to Maureen Johnson for the link. Travis at 100 Scope Notes recently discovered the author video cache to beat all author video caches. As he puts it...
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Top 100 Picture Books #56: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
#56 The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (1985) 32 points After hundreds of readings, I still cry at the end of this book. – Susan Lang Perfect story, perfect pictures. – Rose Marie Moore This is...
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Top 100 Picture Books #50: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
#50 The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (1984) 38 points This is such a great mysterious book. I love sharing this book with a group of students who think they have it all figured...
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Fusenews: On Beyond Flummoxed
In a weird way, Twitter sort of made my Fusenews posts this side of obsolete. If you want cool things to see online it’s often just a case of knowing whom to follow. And yet I love my little...
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“You can’t go broke overestimating the intelligence of children”– Chris Van...
Photo by Johnny Wolf There comes a time in every woman’s life when she is asked to interview a childhood idol. Put another way . . . There comes a time in my life, say every half a year or so, when I...
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Truly a book for our times. Is there any other picture book out there that causes kids to question what they’ve been told right from the start, more than this one? I make the argument in the podcast...
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Today’s 1981 classic turned out to be a surprise to Kate. Turns out she, like many people in America, had no idea that Jumanji was a picture book before it was a movie (or two, or three). Thanks to...
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
Spooky season continues here on the podcast. Interestingly I’ve never done a Chris Van Allsburg book with Kate for October before. Every year I have to come up with spooky classic picture books, and...
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Review of the Day: The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales By Chris Van Allsburg and more Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $24.99 ISBN: 978-0547548104 Ages 9-12 On shelves October 25, 2011...
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Video Sunday: Weirdly supple crystal balls
Oh good. Now we have a rallying cry. Bonus. Thanks to Maureen Johnson for the link. Travis at 100 Scope Notes recently discovered the author video cache to beat all author video caches. As he puts it...
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Top 100 Picture Books #56: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
#56 The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (1985) 32 points After hundreds of readings, I still cry at the end of this book. – Susan Lang Perfect story, perfect pictures. – Rose Marie Moore This is...
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Top 100 Picture Books #50: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
#50 The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (1984) 38 points This is such a great mysterious book. I love sharing this book with a group of students who think they have it all figured...
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Fusenews: On Beyond Flummoxed
In a weird way, Twitter sort of made my Fusenews posts this side of obsolete. If you want cool things to see online it’s often just a case of knowing whom to follow. And yet I love my little...
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“You can’t go broke overestimating the intelligence of children”– Chris Van...
Photo by Johnny Wolf There comes a time in every woman’s life when she is asked to interview a childhood idol. Put another way . . . There comes a time in my life, say every half a year or so, when I...
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Truly a book for our times. Is there any other picture book out there that causes kids to question what they’ve been told right from the start, more than this one? I make the argument in the podcast...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Today’s 1981 classic turned out to be a surprise to Kate. Turns out she, like many people in America, had no idea that Jumanji was a picture book before it was a movie (or two, or three). Thanks to...
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