The American Association of School Librarians came to town last week. There was so much going on at the conference that I forgot to take a single photo! I heard a lot about e-books and the challenges that school librarians are facing. I also had fun telling librarians about some of Millbrook’s current and upcoming […]Read more "AASL"

[Post by Julie Harman, Production Editor] Now that I’m older and braver*, I like to celebrate Halloween by recalling all the silly childhood fears I’ve overcome. For years, I refused to walk on sidewalks if I saw any ants. Bees — I was known to leave picnics screaming. Popping balloons — this fear of mine […]Read more "What Are You Afraid Of?"

So there was this USA Today article about self-publishing, and, as expected, it said all the things you expect a mainstream paper to say when covering this issue—which is to say not much of use to anyone actually doing the work of making books. There was this priceless paragraph on editors though: Another reason: There’s […]Read more "Mucking things up"

If you’ll be in Portland, Maine, this Saturday, be sure to stop by Casablanca Comics! Zack Giallongo and Shelli Paroline will be signing copies of their Tricky Journeys books. Kids in costume will get a free comic! MEET SHELLI PAROLINE AND ZACK GIALLONGO, ARTISTS OF TRICKY JOURNEYS! Saturday, October 29th, 1-4 PM Casablanca Comics151 Middle […]Read more "Trick(ster) or Treat!"

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my favorite history teacher in high school and how I loved getting away from the textbook to study history. I think another thing that frustrated me about the history textbooks I grew up using was that women were always sidebar characters. You’d get a little block of […]Read more "Contest: Women in History"

<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-dPc40exBQ8E/TqCHHnVDHHI/AAAAAAAAAhg/dtQ2-t-Tq84/video0120ccb82ec7%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('e0af135e-dc24-4a07-abfe-7534700682ce'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = " http://www.youtube.com/v/1dgLEDdFddk&hl=en“;” alt=””> Earlier this month, at the New York Film Festival, Martin Scorsese previewed his upcoming live action 3D film Hugo, an adaptation of Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Scholastic, 2007). This illustrated novel (lots of images, few words) for young […]Read more "Comin’ Attcha!"

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Harold Camping originally predicted our demise 5 months ago, but then claimed a mathematical error. The preacher now says, today is the day! Well, if the end of the world really is near, we want to give away FREE BOOKS! Leave a comment below to win a copy of Ron Miller’s new book Is the […]Read more "Is the End of the World Near? Then We Want to Give Away Books!"