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Fusenews: It’s a mouse. It’s a monkey. It’s a blue footed booby.
So I’m at a lovely picture book author’s event the other night at Sharlene’s (note the shameless plug for my friend’s bar) and while talking to some industry folks I hear a rumor I’d previously been...
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Fusenews: I figure if I write a book called “Shiny Chimes” I’ll have it made
If I’m not too incorrect I believe that today is the last day for SLJ editor Brian Kenney before he steps off and joins the White Plains Public Library as their Director. It was Brian who first...
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Nature When We Most Need It: Nikki Grimes Guest Posts in a Time of COVID-19
It must have been around ten years ago. I was still living in Manhattan and had just finished an ALA Conference in a city that has long since faded from my brain. I was in the line in the airport when...
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes, ill. Floyd Cooper
With the recent death of Floyd Cooper I was inspired to discover which picture book of his could be best considered a “classic” of the genre. It’s a hard call, and I’m sure you have your own...
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GARVEY IN THE DARK: That’s Right. It’s a Nikki Grimes Cover Reveal Day!
It’s a banner day for the following reasons: A brand new Nikki Grimes novel is on the horizonI have the cover reveal for the novel in questionThe art of the cover is by artist Fatinha Ramos What’s the...
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The Quadruple Collaboration: Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkney Discuss Jerry...
Let’s start at the beginning. This is going to require a little bit of context. Step back in time to late 2019. It was at that time that after forty or so years of friendship, New York Times...
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