Last Dance On Holladay Street by Elisa Carbone (Knopf, 2005). It’s 1878, and young Eva, 13, has lost Daddy Walter to tetanus and Mama Kate to consumption. All she has left is a name and address that lead her to Holladay Street, a half sister, and a biological mother from a house of ill repute. Desperate and indebted,
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Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee (Wendy Lamb Books, 2005). It’s 1978, and Indian-born Maya is the only middle schooler with brown skin in her small Manitoba town. A bully taunts her, Maya’s ultra-Indian cousin Pinky attracts Maya’s boyfriend, and Maya’s embarrassing parents want to move to California! Maybe the Hindu elephant god, Ganesh, can make all her wishes come true.
The Scriptorium offers all kinds of products and things nifty for writers including some worksheets, such as: submission record; character builders (sketch and biography); and world-builder worksheets for fantasy and science fiction.
Articles of note include: “Writing A Picture Story Book”
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I had lunch yesterday with Austin author Ruth Pennebaker at Roaring Fork, which is at the (relatively) newly remodeled Stephen F. Austin Hotel.
Ruth lives in my zip code (much like, say, Farrah and Tori Spelling live in the same building), so I sometimes run into her at places like Central Market or Waterloo Ice House.
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Laurie Halse Anderson and her editor Sharyn November (of the Artemis-like visage) have their own blogs. It’s all good, so to speak. Ha! Speak? Get it?
Well, I find myself amusing anyway.
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Children’s Authors And Illustrators Too Good To Miss: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies by Sharron L. McElmeel (Libraries Unlimited, 2004). From the blurb: “Who are today’s must-know children’s authors and illustrators? McElmeel’s ready reference introduces you to some of the hottest new names in children’s literature, and reaquaints you with established authors and illustrators who are just now becoming recognized for their contributions to the field.”
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Congratulations to author Toni Buzzeo on the Korean-language edition of Dawdle Duckling (Dial, 2003) and the publication of Ready Or Not, Dawdle Duckling (Dial, January 2005), both illustrated by Margaret Spengler.
I seldom find myself envying my various famous friends, but I must admit I’m turning green that Toni‘s Dawdle Duckling (Dial,
Library uber goddess Teri Lesesne blogs: “Someday, I want to be Cyn.”
I’m all aflutter!
Nifty Links
“Recent History In Threes: Fiction, Nonfiction, and the Web” by Marjorie R. Hancock (Book Links, September 2004). A PDF file. Book Links is a highly recommend children’s literature journal.
Author Pooja Makhijani has a new anthology out, Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race In America (Seal Press, December 2004), which is described as “essays by women that explore through a child’s lens the sometimes savage, sometimes innocent, and always complex ways in which race shapes American lives and families.” Though published for adults, this volume may be well suited to teen readers as well;
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My kitties–Mercury Boo, Sebastian “Bashi” Doe, Galileo “Leo” Gailei, and Blizzard “Blizzy” Bentley–received a home visit today from their new vet, Dr. Cecilia Burnside, DVM, of Cats Love Housecalls. We love our new vet! Being owned by multi cats, it’s just too stressy to lug them to a clinic, and Dr.