children's book

Book Picks - The Open Door Bookstore

Joe Donahue — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:10:00 +0000

Today's Book Picks come to us from Amy Lane of The Open Door Bookstore and Gift Gallery in Schenectady, NY.

List after the break.

Book Picks - The Golden Notebook

Sarah LaDuke — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:10:00 +0000

Jacqueline Kellachan from The Golden Notebook in Woodstock, NY joins us with this week's Book Picks.

List after the break.

Albany Children's Book Festival

Joe Donahue — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:35:00 +0000

This coming Saturday, April 27th from 10am to 4pm the Albany Academies present the 5th Annual Albany Children’s Book Festival.

This year through a partnership with 15Love and the Denise McCoy Legacy Award they will honor two renowned children’s authors: Caldecott winner Jerry Pinkney and humorist Tommy Greenwald. Jerry Pinkney will receive the Schimmer Lifetime Achievement Award and Tommy Greenwald will receive the Denise McCoy Legacy Award. They are also partnering with the R Michelson Gallery in Northampton, MA. Richard Michelson will be bringing several pieces of original artwork that will be on display throughout the festival.

Here now to tell us more are Karen Schimmer, Children’s Book Festival founder and Albany Academies Librarian; and afore mentioned Caldecott winning illustrator, Jerry Pinkney.

Lisa Loeb

Joe Donahue — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:35:00 +0000

Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb was catapulted into early success with the platinum selling No. 1 hit song “Stay (I Missed You),” and went on to record eight acclaimed albums, including this year’s No Fairy Tale.

She is also author of Lisa Loeb’s Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs, which won a Parent’s Choice Award. Her career encompasses music, film, television, an eyewear collection, award-winning children’s recordings.

Her new project – intended to get kids off the couch and get them singing and dancing instead is Lisa Loeb's Songs for Movin' and Shakin': The Air Band Song and Other Toe-Tapping Tunes.

Brian Selznick - "Hugo" at The Mahaiwe

Joe Donahue — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:35:00 +0000

New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator Brian Selznick will talk about his Caldecott Award-winning book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and how it became Martin Scorsese's 2011 Oscar-winning film Hugo on Sunday at The Mahaiwe Theatre in Great Barrington.

Following a screening of the film, Selznick will participate in a Q & A with his Scholastic editor, Berkshire resident Tracy Mack, and then sign books.

Book Picks - Oblong Books and Music

Joe Donahue — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:10:00 +0000

Suzanna Hermans from Oblong Books and Music joins us with this week's Book Picks list.

The Carle Museum's 10th Anniversary

Joe Donahue — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:35:00 +0000

It is the Carle Museum's tenth anniversary, and they are celebrating with some very special exhibitions, including the first major exhibition from their permanent collection (100 pieces reflecting 100 years of picture book history) and an exhibition of many illustrations from the classic, Charlotte's Web.

The sale of the Charlotte’s Web drawings last October caused quite a stir. Everyone connected with the world of children’s book art was thrilled by the strong prices. Thus, to celebrate their purchase, Garth Williams’s 100th birthday, the 60th anniversary of Charlotte’s Web, and the Museum’s 10th year, the Carle is assembling the exhibition, Some Book! Some Art!: Selected Drawings by Garth Williams for Charlotte’s Web, which comprises of approximately 30 finished drawings.

Natalie Merchant

Alan Chartock — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:12:00 +0000

Leave Your Sleep is a collection of classic children's poetry, adapted to music by Natalie Merchant, which opens the door to a wondrous world filled with wit

The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

Joe Donahue — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:45:00 +0000

Jeff Kinney is an online game developer and designer, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Jeff was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.

"Who Could That Be at this Hour?" by Lemony Snicket

Joe Donahue — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Lemony Snicket's new series is called All the Wrong Questions and he joins us to talk about the first book, "Who Could That Be at this Hour?"