at book signings for the praised “The Strain” by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, Del Toro implemented a “No Geek Left Behind Policy” – every person who purchases a copy of the book will receive an autographed copy. at the midnight signing in L. A., Del Toro stayed until 4 a.m. to make it happen.
i have the audiobook on hold, nothing says commute better than a war between the humans and the vamps.
(via PW)
posting by marin
Categories: Adult Fiction · New Titles · authors
Lisa Von Drasek of EarlyWord responds to an opinion piece by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times: The Best Kids’ Books ever.
Kristof suggests “hoary old favorites” like The Prince and the Pauper, The Wind in the Willows and Little Lord Fauntleroy as the way to hook children into reading. I have read the books on his list, but I don’t think that they are what I would offer to a child to stimulate a love of reading. Von Drasek feels that free voluntary reading is reading is the answer to getting kids to read through the summer:
Free - “Free,” means I pick my own reading material: magazines like Sports Illustrated, Garfield comics, adventure stories like Silverfin: Young James Bond and Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City:…
Voluntary - Well, how is it “voluntary” if someone is standing over me saying I can’t do what I want until I finish slogging through my daily page allotment? Children are more likely to choose reading as an activity when it isn’t forced upon them. I can hear you already, “If I don’t force her to read, she won’t get it done (making me a bad parent)”. So be a good parent; make time during the day to read. Don’t be so busy yourself. Model reading by curling up with a good book. Plan weekly trips to the public library and visit bookstores for author events. Parents can give the kids a set amount of money to buy a few books and just let it go when their child chooses the Day My Butt Went Psycho. If you really want to understand what your kids are going through grab a copy of Summer Reading is Killing Me or Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little.
Reading– “Reading” is not defined by just reading books but also magazines and zines, graphic novels and comics and listening to audio books. And, don’t forget non-fiction; our kids are in love with Nic Bishop, naturalist photographer and writer. Nic Bishop’s Frogs is a showstopper.
via EarlyWord
posting by Lorraine
Categories: Children's
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