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on yearning, vampires, and teens doing it
My pal Gayle and I agree on most things. (I don't think smoothies are as great as she does. Other [...]
lois lowry on that thing
I castigated my pal Gayle for revealing a crucial plot point in Number the Stars (a book that was on [...]
talking to kids about death and Haiti
New Tablet column is here. Maxine's been asking a lot of questions about death lately -- that was the genesis [...]
that’s an eye-roller, all right.
I just saw this ad for the new Anti-Aging Eye Roller -- sorry for the amateurish scan, but I simply [...]
One (Crappy) Laptop Per Child in Haiti
So back in 07 we got an XO Laptop, a super-cheap, supposedly indestructible computer designed for use in schools in [...]
the 10 best children’s middle-grade novels of all time
NYPL children's librarian Betsy Bird, who ran an awesome poll last year of the 100 best picture books of all [...]