The Edge Of The Forest

The March/April issue of our favorite ezine about children's and YA literature is live. Here's a snapshot of the goodies awaiting you:

Edge of the Forest: January 2008

A new edition of The Edge of the Forest is up, with lots of reviews and fresh insight into children's literature.

Edge Of The Forest: September Issue

Via Kelly at Big A little a, here are some fantastic features in the September issue of The Edge of the Forest:

• An interview with Phil Bildner, by Camille Powell.
• An appreciation of Patrick McDowell's picture books, by Adrienne Furness.
• Kelly discusses Anglo-American versions of Baba Yaga tales in Baba Yaga Heads West.
• Elizabeth Burns reviews Barry Lyga's Fanboy and Boy Toy.
• Kim Winters shares about being on retreat in A Day in the Life.
• Betsy Bird tells us What's In Her Backpack.
• Robin Brande is this month's Blogging Writer.
• Sounds From The Forest talks with Mary Anne Hoberman and Deborah Freedman.

The Edge of the Forest in May

The May issue of The Edge of the Forest is live. Waste no time; read it from cyber-cover to cyber-cover. (I did, and I'm on the road, so if your stats show a visit from a hotel in Jersey, it's probably me.)

BTW, if anyone wants to join Pooja Makhijani, Sandhya Nankani, and me for a last-minute spontaneous lower-Manhattan meet-up after work on Thursday ("drinks" with the three of us probably means cold glasses of sweet lassi), send an email to mitaliperk-at-yahoo-dot-com and I'll reply with details.

Share Here, Swap There, Read This, Upload

I'm heading away for the weekend, but here are some places to go, Fire Escape visitors:

• Express your thoughts about the VT tragedy on the Weekly Reader's writing magazine blog.
  
  
• Swap your already-read books for the ones on your want-to-read list.
  
  
• Stay current by roaming through the Edge of the Forest.
  
  
• Upload a YouTube video of yourself telling the world why you love your library ... and you might split a prize of $10,000 with the object of your affection.

Edge Of The Forest: March Issue

They've done it again. A consummate feat. Go there now to feed your bibliomania.

While I Was Away...

the new issue of the edge of the forest went live (with a review of my Rickshaw Girl to boot) ...

the Children's Book Council and USBBY announced their list of 39 outstanding international books published in 2006, narrowing the choices from a field of 250 books ...

dozens of kid lit peeps had a blast in the bar nine (bar me and Jen Robinson, who were partying on the other coast in a more sedate venue; pix of my whirlwind California Dreamin' book tour to come with my mother in gorgeous array painting alpanas) ...

hordes of other book folk (and some of the ones hobnobbing at bar nine, of course) attended the SCBWI conference in New York ...

cynsations went down right when Cynthia Leitich Smith's new novel Tantalize (Candlewick) was scheduled for release, and she's blogging at hubby's site (they come in handy, don't they? hubbies and their sites) ...

the literate world continued to wait in breathless anticipation for the announcement of the Cybils awards (TBA TOMORROW!) ...

December Edge Of The Forest

News from Big A little a: the December issue of your favorite on-line children's literature monthly is up. Enjoy the winter stroll along The Edge of the Forest.

Wander The Edge Of The Forest

Head over to peruse this month's The Edge of The Forest (who thought of that fabulous title, anyway?), an online journal about children's literature. This issue features an interview with blogging writer Lisa Yee, author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius and other humorous middle grade novels. I love Lisa's books because they rarely get stuck in the "multicultural" pile even though they feature Asian American characters.

Me In The Blogoglobe

I blog, therefore I am. Kelly Herold of Big A little a fame features me as the blogging writer of the month in the May issue of The Edge of The Forest, a wonderful new children's literature monthly.