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British book So You Think You Know Harry Potter coming to the U.S.: So you think you know all about Harry Potter, his friends, his adversaries, and his amazing adventures? This book is the ultimate test, as tough as making one of Professor Snape’s potions and as slippery as a …
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“It’s a beautiful-ass day in the neighborhood”
Okay, so Mister Rogers didn’t say it, but “Mister Robinson,” one of Eddie Murphy’s better parodies, did. The accumulated wit and wisdom of the beloved Fred Rogers, who died at 74 in February, will be published in October by Hyperion: “Fred Rogers’ messages – that we respect each other’s uniqueness, …
Read More »Ultimate Spider-Man: Volume Two
Goblin Tosses Spidey Girlfriend Off Bridge! Film At Eleven!
Read More »“A Song Not for Now”
Walt Kelly's fifties novelty record, Songs of the Pogo
Read More »Madonna Now Kiddie Scribe
Singer, songwriter, producer, actress, model, label owner, now children’s book writer: Madonna and Callaway Editions are creating an original series of five illustrated storybooks for young readers in association with Penguin Group. The English language rights to the five books, each of which will feature a different celebrated illustrator, have …
Read More »Huge First Printing for New Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will have a first printing of 6.8 million copies in the US, the largest ever for a general interest hardcover: Rowling’s last installment, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” became the fastest-selling book in history, selling 3 million copies within 48 …
Read More »American Library Association Announces Children’s Literature Awards
From Philadelphia: Avi, author of “Crispin: The Cross of Lead,” and Eric Rohmann, illustrator and author of “My Friend Rabbit,” are the 2003 winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, the most prestigious awards in children’s literature. ….”Crispin: The Cross of Lead,” published by Hyperion Books for Children, …
Read More »Courtney Crumrin And The Night Things
The big-eyed heroine of Ted Naifeh’s Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things (Oni Press) looks like she wouldn’t be out of place in Edward Gorey’s fog-shrouded neighborhood. A newcomer to Hillsborough Junior High, Courtney & her worthless parents have moved in to sponge off her Uncle Aloysius, a cadaverous Victorian …
Read More »Of Harry and Dorothy
It’s been a week and a half since I mentioned the Wizard of Oz/Harry Potter connection: time to get back to it. We saw and enjoyed the new Harry Potter movie over the Thanksgiving weekend, and my daughter has latched onto The Wizard of Oz as her new fave DVD …
Read More »“No Such Thing As Uncorrupt Junk”
Superhero comics! Superhero comics! Superhero comics! In snazzy hardbound reprints, no less!
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