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Sunday Brunch for Mothers and Maurice 14 May 2012 | 11:08 am
Welcome to Sunday Brunch where, among other topics, we're celebrating Mother's Day and the legacy of Maurice Sendak. SENDAK The children's book world is still reeling from the death of Maurice Senda...
Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012 10 May 2012 | 12:58 am
Sailing home. His supper will still be waiting for him. And it will still be hot.
Maurice Sendak : How It All Began 9 May 2012 | 07:52 am
In honor of Maurice Sendak, here is a repost of a blog from three years ago, telling about the first book he ever illustrated: Most old science textbooks are virtually worthless, yet 1947's ATOMICS F...
April 29 Sunday Brunch 30 Apr 2012 | 09:49 am
Information and opinions on children's books old and new, delivered Sunday Brunch style. I'M OKAY, MY BOOKS ARE OKAY A few years ago, soon after the publication of Gary Schmidt's THE WEDNESDAY WARS ...
A Big Crunchy Sunday Brunch 23 Apr 2012 | 05:51 am
Today's Sunday brunch focuses on Pete Hautman, Dick Clark, Little Golden Books, and other random children's book info. THE BIG REVEAL This was my second and (sad sigh) last year serving as a judge f...
Changing Libraries, Changing Books, and Other Topics for Sunday Brunch 16 Apr 2012 | 10:49 am
Are libraries about to start "thinking locally"? Has a beloved children's book figure regressed in time? Is that furniture-sized appliance with spools of tape actually a computer? And what new and for...
Sunday Brunch with Uncle Wiggily, The Wasp Woman, and "The Other Quimby" 8 Apr 2012 | 09:41 pm
Happy Easter. Happy Passover. Happy Spring. Hope everyone is having a good weekend. In the spirit of the season, today's blog looks back at a popular bunny book. We also reveal some board games inspir...
A Sunday Brunch with All the News That's Fit to Blog 1 Apr 2012 | 04:00 pm
Children's books have really been in the news this week! Needless to say, a lot of media coverage has centered on THE HUNGER GAMES, which is breaking records at the box office. We too have several HU...
Sunday Brunch for March 25 26 Mar 2012 | 03:59 pm
Welcome to another Sunday Brunch at Collecting Children's Books. Today's blog talks about a book party I attended, asks some questions about the acclaimed new novel WONDER, and rounds up all the offic...
Sunday Brunch for March 11 12 Mar 2012 | 09:27 am
I'm sorry I have not posted in a couple weeks. First I was involved in another round of revising the manuscript I'm writing with Elizabeth Bird and Julie Walker Danielson for Candlewick Press (we cut ...
