Elizabeth Bird

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (arguably the biggest international children's literature honor in the world) was announced yesterday. Do YOU know the winner?

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In the sole Bologna Children's Book Fair panel on literary criticism, Leonard Marcus was joined in conversation by Michele Roberts. Here's the gist of the talk.

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I'm having a hard time keeping up with all that's happening here in Bologna. Here's just a taste of the first day. More soon!

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The first in a series of posts about the Bologna Children's Book Fair's award winners, with thoughts on how they'd fare in the States.

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The first in a series of posts about the Bologna Children's Book Fair's award winners, with thoughts on how they'd fare in the States.

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The Lock-Eater is a marvelous example of how you may render old ideas new, if only you’ve the ability to combine smart, timely writing with the current zeitgeist. Our kids are lucky they get to tap into books like this. Let’s hope for more of the same.

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Why would a children's librarian want anything to do with an international rights fair? I break down what Bologna entails, in preparation of further posts this week.

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Eleven years ago I wrote an article for School Library Journal which ended up sporting the title Betsy Goes to Bologna: Why attend the world’s largest children’s book fair? In the piece I explained why this international rights fair is worth a trip, should you ever wish to plan a truly unique vacation. I was […]

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The problem with the world today is that we don't have enough picture books about spotlight-hungry bananas written by biostatisticians. And as luck would have it, such a book is coming out soon. I talk with its creators.

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