The Horn Book Podcast

It's Siân's last week at Horn Book! (tear) Roger and Siân mainly ramble in this episode. There was no plan. You can tell. :) They talk about Siân's new gig with Shelf Awareness, electronic books, the future of publishing, and they display an amazing lack of knowledge on how to protect the environment. While this *is* a wrap on Siân, it doesn't mean the podcast won't continue in some form or another--Roger is interested in keeping the cast going but he's making no promises on when the next episode will air. And from Siân: THANK YOU. Thank you all for listening and being a part of my little love project. I'm going to miss the podcast so very much and I appreciate every second of your time you've lost forever listening to me jabber. A hug to each and every one of you.

Posting a little early! Cheers! Siân chats with LeUyen Pham about illustrating (and also authoring) 90 books, a history of animation, and getting lost in the jungle. LeUyen Pham: www.leuyenpham.com/ People we talk about
Dan Santat: www.dantat.com/DANTAT.COM/DAN_SA…_illustrator.html 
Molly Idle: idleillustration.com/ 
 Marla Frazee: marlafrazee.com/ 
 Kevin Lewis: thebrownbookshelf.com/2011/02/16/day…6-kevin-lewis/
 Mo Willems: www.mowillems.com/ Books we talk about 
Can You Do This, Old Badger? by Eve Bunting 
 Vampirina at the Beach by Anne Marie Pace (www.annemariepace.com/Site/Home.html)
 The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation by Shannon and Dean Hale (www.squeetus.com/stage/main.html) 
Fallingwater by Marc Harshen and Anna Egan Smucker
 Real Friends by Shannon Hale

Sân chats with artist and illustrator Ekua Holmes about her work at MassArt with sparc! The Artmobile, illustrating other people's words, and art in the community. VOICE OF FREEDOM: FANNIE LOU HAMER: THE SPIRIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT by Carole Boston Weatherford OUT OF WONDER: POEMS CELEBRATING POETS by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, and Marjory Wentworth Ekua: http://www.ekuaholmes.com/ sparc!: https://massart.edu/sparc-artmobile MassArt: https://massart.edu/

Creative Director Lolly Robinson chats with Maung Nyeu about Our Golden Hour and the very cool things he's doing. https://ourgoldenhour.org/ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/2016/0121/Maung-Nyeu-is-helping-his-people-put-their-language-and-stories-on-record http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/2015/06/saving-a-culture-book-by-book/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/06/130628-endangered-languages-scripts-bangladesh-indigenous-cultures-world/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03ttrpb

Adam Gidwitz displays his Scottish accent, talks about his work and Mac Barnett in a bunny outfit, and *tries* to tell the listeners a Big Secret. http://www.adamgidwitz.com/ https://twitter.com/AdamGidwitz People we talk about Alex Bracken: https://twitter.com/alexbracken Tom Angleberger: https://twitter.com/OrigamiYoda Links At BookCon 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jUq8aUxUvc Star Wars Celebration: http://www.starwarscelebration.com/ Podcast with Alex Bracken: http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/opinion/horn-book-podcast/surprise-a-podcast-special-guest-alexandra-bracken/ Why We Get Religious About “Star Wars”: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/december-web-only/why-we-get-religious-about-star-wars.html?start=2 Not a reputable source! But maybe a hint into why people were picketing Star Wars Discovery?: http://www.ooze.com/toolofsatan/ Why some Trump supporters are boycotting the new “Star Wars” movie: http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supporters-star-wars-rogue-one-boycott-2016-12 Horn Book’s review of THE INQUISITOR’S TALE: http://www.hbook.com/2016/11/choosing-books/review-of-the-week/review-of-the-inquisitors-tale-or-the-three-magical-children-and-their-holy-dog/#_ Podcast with Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen: http://www.hbook.com/2017/03/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-2-4-special-guests-mac-barnett-and-jon-klassen/

Siân and Roger chat about one headmaster's desire to keep "literary fast food" out of classroom libraries. And skipping pages. They also talk a lot about skipping pages. https://www.kcs.org.uk/senior-school/head-masters-welcome/head-master-writes-sunday-times-blog Books we talk about CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye World War Z by Max Brooks The Dark Tower series by Stephen King The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Awakening by Kate Chopin American Gods by Neil Gaiman Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë The Babysitters Club series Ann M. Martin Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon The Curious Incident of the Dog at Night by Mark Haddon Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan People we talk about Elizabeth Law: https://twitter.com/ElawReads Gene Luen Yang Stephen King Horatio Alger Links Reading 'Harry Potter' Makes You A Better Person, Research Shows: http://www.businessinsider.com/harry-potter-teaches-empathy-2014-9 Read Roger on empathy study: http://www.hbook.com/2013/10/blogs/read-roger/science-aunt-fanny/ JK Rowling says she received ‘loads’ of rejections before Harry Potter successs: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/24/jk-rowling-tells-fans-twitter-loads-rejections-before-harry-potter-success Roger and Gene Luen Yang: http://www.hbook.com/2017/03/authors-illustrators/interviews/reading-without-walls-a-conversation-with-gene-luen-yang/ JK Rowling animation: http://www.spin1038.com/entertainment/this-animation-of-jk-rowlings-life-is-seriously-powerful

Siân chats with author/illustrator Jon Klassen and author Mac Barnett during a TRIANGLE tour stop at the Brookline Booksmith. Links Mac Barnett: https://www.macbarnett.com/ Jon Klassen: http://jonklassen.tumblr.com/ Brookline Booksmith: https://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/ Mac’s TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/mac_barnett_why_a_good_book_is_a_secret_door Steven Malk: https://twitter.com/stevenmalk?lang=en Roger and Gene Luen Yang discuss lots of things, including the author/illustrator split during the picture book production process: http://www.hbook.com/2017/03/authors-illustrators/interviews/reading-without-walls-a-conversation-with-gene-luen-yang/ The Yarn: http://blogs.slj.com/theyarn/

Siân chats with Jamie Tan, Candlewick publicist, about trade shows, the life of a publicist, and finding your people. Jamie Tan: https://twitter.com/thejamietan Candlewick: https://twitter.com/Candlewick; http://www.candlewick.com/ Books we talk about The Princess in Black - Shannon and Dean Hale (https://twitter.com/haleshannon; https://twitter.com/Halespawn?lang=en) Snow White - Matt Phelan (https://twitter.com/MattPhelanDraws) Caraval - Stephanie Garber (https://twitter.com/SGarberGirl) Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth (https://twitter.com/VeronicaRoth) Race to the Bottom of the Sea - Lindsay Eager (https://twitter.com/lindsaymccall) People we talk about Daniel Jose Older (https://twitter.com/djolder) Lauren Oliver (https://twitter.com/OliverBooks) Maggie Stiefvater (https://twitter.com/mstiefvater) Ally Condie (https://twitter.com/allycondie) Alexandra Bracken (https://twitter.com/alexbracken) Anastasia Collins (https://twitter.com/DarkLiterata) Jo Knowles (https://twitter.com/JoKnowles) Mackenzi Lee (https://twitter.com/themackenzilee) Links: Alexandra Bracken podcast: http://www.hbook.com/2017/01/opinion/horn-book-podcast/surprise-a-podcast-special-guest-alexandra-bracken/#_ Changing Hands Bookstore: http://www.changinghands.com/; https://twitter.com/changinghands MA in Children’s Literature: http://www.simmons.edu/academics/graduate-programs/childrens-literature-ma Brookline Booksmith: https://www.brooklinebooksmith.com/; https://twitter.com/booksmithtweets Children’s Book Council: http://www.cbcbooks.org/; https://twitter.com/cbcbook

In episode two of the new season, Siân and Roger discuss politics, "rock star" librarians, and wanting fries with that. People we talk about K-Fai Steele: http://www.k-faisteele.com/ \ https://twitter.com/kfaisteele Adam Rex: https://twitter.com/MrAdamRex (and his thread about rock stars: https://twitter.com/MrAdamRex/status/838489866191044608) Dan Santat: https://twitter.com/dsantat Links Diana Gabaldon: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/outlander-author-diana-gabaldon-says-english-majors-will-serve-fast-food_us_58c2ba05e4b054a0ea6a1de4 (“Recent statistics from the New York Federal Reserve detailing employment outcomes by college major shows that English students have a 7.5 percent unemployment rate ― which is several percentage points higher than computer engineering, but roughly the same as earth science.” : https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market/college-labor-market_compare-majors.html) When Picture Book People Get Political: http://kidlitartists.blogspot.com/2017/02/when-picture-book-people-get-political.html The American Conservative: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/ Safety Pin Box: https://www.safetypinbox.com/ What Does Femme Mean? https://www.bustle.com/articles/166081-what-does-femme-mean-the-difference-between-being-femme-being-feminine Casual Misogyny in Gay Men: http://www.gayexpress.co.nz/2017/03/casual-misogyny-in-gay-men/ No Fats No Fems: http://www.pride.com/firstperson/2016/4/28/no-fats-no-fems-shirt-everything-thats-wrong-gay-community No Fats, No Femmes, No Asians: http://the-toast.net/2014/05/21/fats-femmes-asians-gay-identity/ What Is a Womanist? https://progressivepupil.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/what-is-a-womanist/ \ http://noteasybeingred.tumblr.com/post/206038114/alice-walkers-definition-of-a-womanist-from-in “Rock Star” Librarians: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rock-star-librarians-who-choose-what-your-kids-read-1488715200 Reading While White: http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/2017/03/why-rock-star-librarian-is-oxymoron.html Hands Off, Hussy! Hot Men of Children’s Literature Under (Too Little?) Fire: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2015/10/19/hands-off-hussy-hot-men-of-childrens-literature-under-no-fire/#_ That time Vicki Smith helped me stalk down Kwame Alexander: http://www.hbook.com/2016/07/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-ala-extras/

Episode one of season two! Siân talks with author and literary agent Rebecca Podos about her upcoming book, RuPaul's Drag Race, and advice pregnant women receive. Books we talk about The Mystery of Hollow Places, Rebecca Podos Like Water, Rebecca Podos The Red Tent, Anita Diamant Bad Mother, Ayelet Waldman A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Mackenzi Lee How to Make a Wish, Ashley Herring Blake Wicked Like a Wildfire, Lana Popović Wink Poppy Midnight, April Genevieve Tucholke People we talk about Justina Ireland: https://twitter.com/justinaireland Heidi Heilig: https://twitter.com/heidiheilig Claribel Ortega: https://twitter.com/Claribel_Ortega Sick of Wolves: https://twitter.com/SICKOFWOLVES RuPaul: https://twitter.com/RuPaul Links http://www.rebeccapodos.com/ https://twitter.com/RebeccaPodos Aflockalypse: http://science.time.com/2011/01/05/why-the-aflockalypse-is-business-as-usual%E2%80%94and-why-thats-not-good/ RuPaul’s Drag Race: http://www.logotv.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race Sandra Bullock movie: 28 Days Call Your Girlfriend: http://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/ A definition for you: 3. Fish |fiSH| adjective: a drag look that is especially feminine in appearance. “Serena ChaCha is serving fish. Yes, gurl. Low market tuna.” (Disclaimer: Using this term around women will very likely result in you getting a few side-eyes, and maybe a couple of black eyes so be warned.) https://www.buzzfeed.com/saeedjones/a-beginners-guide-to-drag-speak?utm_term=.lvyo5NPgnR#.rfLyZG5BqV

Look! A surprise podcast! In which Siân chats with author Alexandra Bracken about Arizona, Star Wars, Mo Willems's man bun, and her new book, WAYFARER. Alex's links: Website: http://www.alexandrabracken.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexbracken Insta: https://www.instagram.com/alexbracken/ Recap: http://www.alexandrabracken.com/blog/2016/12/28/need-a-recap-of-passenger-before-you-dive-into-wayfarer Authors we talk about: Melissa de la Cruz (http://melissa-delacruz.com/ \ https://twitter.com/MelissadelaCruz) Eoin Colfer (http://www.eoincolfer.com/ \ https://twitter.com/EoinColfer) Rick Riordan (http://rickriordan.com/ \ https://twitter.com/camphalfblood) Mo Willems (http://www.mowillems.com/ \ https://twitter.com/The_Pigeon) Books we talk about: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (http://karinslaughter.com/ \ https://twitter.com/SlaughterKarin) Harry Potter, obvi The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding: A Fiendish Arrangement, Alexandra Bracken (http://www.alexandrabracken.com/prosper-redding/) A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy, Alexandra Bracken Movies we talk about: The Ring Star Wars Congo (Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuR7npPcdzA) Rogue One Links: Squarespace: https://www.squarespace.com/ Harvard Book Store: http://www.harvard.com/ Sparkly jacket: https://www.instagram.com/p/BO0g83Kh0qY/?taken-by=hbpodcast Alex's publicist Seale Ballenger: https://www.instagram.com/brotherballenger/ BEA: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/ Brooding YA Hero: https://twitter.com/broodingYAhero \ https://twitter.com/broodingYAhero/status/677856283517657089?lang=en College of William and Mary: http://www.wm.edu/ The Devil’s Bridge: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+devil%27s+bridge&espv=2&biw=1841&bih=1196&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8sZe2-rDRAhXB3YMKHYePC7AQ_AUIBigB&dpr=2#tbm=isch&q=the+devil%27s+bridge+germany

Podcast the 38th in which Siân and Roger chat with special guest Malinda Lo. *We're going on vacation for the holidays! We'll miss you but we'll see you in 2017 (good riddance, 2016)!* Malinda info Twitter: https://twitter.com/malindalo Website: http://www.malindalo.com/ tumblr: http://malindalo.tumblr.com/ Books we talk about Kody Keplinger, Run Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_the_Velvet) All Out from Harlequin Teen People we talk about Saundra Mitchell: http://saundramitchell.com/ Cindy Pon: http://www.cindypon.com/ Links Laini Taylor color coded library: http://www.lainitaylor.com/2011/11/some-color-around-house.html Penguin classics Examining perceptions of LGBTQ+ characters in children’s and YA book reviews: http://www.malindalo.com/2016/10/examining-perceptions-of-lgbtq-characters-in-childrens-and-ya-trade-book-reviews/ Podcast around VOYA: http://www.hbook.com/2016/10/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-31-library-censorship-intellectual-freedom-and-voya/ Perceptions of Diversity in Book Reviews: http://www.malindalo.com/2015/02/perceptions-of-diversity-in-book-reviews/ Malinda Lo’s article for Horn Book: http://www.hbook.com/2015/06/authors-illustrators/transformers-reimagining-the-world/ Toaster: The term, as so many gay things do, comes from Ellen, that seminal offering from the inimitable Ellen DeGeneres. In The Puppy Episode – the infamous episode in which Ms. DeGeneres came out, thus landing her the cover of Time Magazine and, eventually, Portia DeRossi – a friend of hers named Susan reveals that she’s like, a lesbian, innit. Ellen, still pretending to be a woman of the heterosexual persuasion, loudly proclaims this, and accuses Susan of trying to “recruit” her to the homosexual army. Susan sarcastically says that she’d have to call national headquarters and inform them of her failure to, in fact, recruit, Ellen, and states that, had she been successful, she would have been rewarded with a toaster oven. (http://themostcake.co.uk/we-like/gay-slang-vol-5-toaster-oven/) NaNoWriMo: https://twitter.com/NaNoWriMo

Podcast the 37th in which Roger and Siân talk about publishing and the patriarchy. Links Roger’s morning after: http://www.hbook.com/2016/11/blogs/read-roger/the-morning-after/ Lee and Low Diversity baseline: http://blog.leeandlow.com/2016/01/26/where-is-the-diversity-in-publishing-the-2015-diversity-baseline-survey-results/ Publishing industry is overwhelmingly white and female, US study finds: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/27/us-study-finds-publishing-is-overwhelmingly-white-and-female Are Book Publishers To Blame For Gender Discrimination?: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/book-gender_n_1324560.html Why Men Don’t Read: How Publishing is Alienating Half the Population: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-pinter/why-men-dont-read-how-pub_b_549491.html Gender Bias In Publishing Is Real — And This Study Proves It: https://www.bustle.com/articles/166153-gender-bias-in-publishing-is-real-and-this-study-proves-it Publishing industry is overwhelmingly white and female, US study finds: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/27/us-study-finds-publishing-is-overwhelmingly-white-and-female Publishers Weekly 2016 salary survey: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/71506-the-pw-publishing-industry-salary-survey-2016.html Pay Equity and Discrimination: http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/pay-equity-and-discrimination Reading While White: http://readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/ The Dehumanizing Sexism of the Harvard Men's Soccer Team's Scouting Report: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-dehumanizing-sexism-of-the-harvard-mens-soccer-teams-scouting-report Media Source Team: http://www.mediasourceinc.net/ Election Links What Happened on Election Day: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/election-night-2016/her-loss Donald Trump sexism tracker: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/donald-trump-sexism-tracker-every-offensive-comment-in-one-place/ White Women Helped Elect Donald Trump: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/us/politics/white-women-helped-elect-donald-trump.html People we talk about Carla Hayden: https://twitter.com/LibnOfCongress Zena Sutherland: http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/02/020614.sutherland.shtml Michael Grant: http://themichaelgrant.com/about/ Elizabeth Law: http://www.elawreads.com/ Yolanda Scott – Charlesbrige (https://twitter.com/yoscottbooks) Carolyn Reidy, CEO Simon & Schuster (http://publishers.org/about/carolyn-reidy) Linda K Zecher was CEO for Houghton Mifflin but just stepped down in September (interim CEO: L. Gordon Crovitz)(http://www.wsj.com/articles/houghton-mifflin-harcourt-ceo-resigns-1474578310) Anita Silvey: http://www.anitasilvey.com/ Susan Marston: https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/news/author.dT/?author=3 Rebecca Miller: http://www.slj.com/author/rmiller/ Betsy Hearne: http://people.ischool.illinois.edu/~ehearne/ Hazel Rochman: http://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/12/books/children-s-books-putting-life-into-biography.html Lisa Yee: http://www.lisayee.com/ *52% of white women voters voted for Trump (Siân said 54% and was wrong)

Podcast the 36th in which Roger and Siân talk about a lot of things before eventually getting to the topic of authorial intent. People we talk about Melissa de la Cruz: http://www.hbook.com/2016/10/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-34-special-guest-melissa-de-la-cruz/ Laura Koenig: http://www.hbook.com/2016/10/opinion/horn-book-podcast/hbook-podcast-1-35-special-guest-laura-koenig/ Philip Pullman: http://www.philip-pullman.com/ Malinda Lo: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJ3CEVbj7S3W4L7doDHYuGSk6de6M6VOdigBz4ggzxJ_Uq-A/viewform Books we talk about The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood (Google tells me “People also ask” “Is The Handmaid’s Tale a true story?” WTF) The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters, Laura Thompson Love in a Cold Climate, Nancy Mitford The American Way of Death, Jessica Mitford Scruples, Judith Krantz Hearing Us Out, Roger Sutton The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Definitions Wiki “basic bitch”: Airhead, also known as ghetto prep, popular, Trixie (in Chicago),[1] basic bitch, or simply basic, is a slang term in American popular culture used to pejoratively describe women (usually white) who are perceived to predominantly like mainstream products, trends, or music[2] while at the same time fearing and disliking diversity. Urban dictionary “headcanon”: Used by followers of various media of entertainment, such as television shows, movies, books, etc. to note a particular belief which has not been used in the universe of whatever program or story they follow, but seems to make sense to that particular individual, and as such is adopted as a sort of "personal canon". Headcanon may be upgraded to canon if it is incorporated into the program or story's universe. Links Happy bday pic: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMCEEaPBioJ/?taken-by=hbpodcast Children’s Book Shop: http://www.thechildrensbookshop.net/ Thought Catalog Why We Have To Stop Using The Term “Basic Bitch”: http://thoughtcatalog.com/giuliana-caranante/2014/04/why-we-have-to-stop-using-the-term-basic-bitch/ Calling a Woman a “Basic Bitch” Is Sexist and Unoriginal: http://dailyorange.com/2015/02/king-calling-a-woman-a-basic-bitch-is-sexist-and-unoriginal/ The Verge Does the Handmaid’s Tale Hold Up? http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/20/7424951/does-the-handmaids-tale-hold-up-dystopia-feminism-fiction Los Angeles Times about S. E. Hinton: http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-outsiders-gay-20161019-snap-story.html Vulture on S. E. Hinton: http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/se-hinton-no-the-outsiders-arent-gay-lovers.html Liza with a Z: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWURas7fYwk Berenst(e)ain Bears: http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/news/a32934/the-berenstein-berenstain-bears-conspiracy-theory/; http://www.vice.com/read/the-berensteain-bears-conspiracy-theory-that-has-convinced-the-internet-there-are-parallel-universes Editorial: http://www.hbook.com/2016/11/opinion/editorials/editorial-were-with-her/ Me using basic: https://twitter.com/KidLitChick/status/791689422148435969?lang=en (I *will* point out, as if that helps anything, that if you scroll through the chat, my next tweet is "AND I CELEBRATE ME")

Podcast the 35th in which Siân travels to BPL Copley to chat with children's librarian (and generally awesome human being) Laura Koenig. Laura Koenig Interviews with Laura: http://www.bpl.org/press/2015/04/30/central-library-renovation-profiles-laura-koenig-team-leader-central-library-childrens-services-2/ \ http://simmonsslis.tumblr.com/post/121221184412/alum-laura-koenig-talks-about-the-new-childrens Laura Twitter and Instagram: 2Nickles (https://twitter.com/2nickels \ https://www.instagram.com/twonickels/) Boston Public Library BPL Children’s: http://www.bpl.org/kids/kids-at-bpl/childrens-room-copley/ BPL Teens: http://www.bpl.org/teens/at-the-bpl/teen-room-central/ BPL Calendar: http://www.bpl.org/central/calendar.htm BPL twitter and Instagram: BPLBoston (https://www.instagram.com/bplboston/ \ https://twitter.com/BPLBoston) Virtual Tour: http://www.bpl.org/bplreno/ Boston Public Library to Commemorate 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death with Two Exhibitions in Fall 2016: https://www.bpl.org/press/2016/04/22/boston-public-library-to-commemorate-400th-anniversary-of-shakespeares-death-with-two-exhibitions-in-fall-2016/ Books we talk about Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Marcelo in the Real World, Francisco X. Stork Blueberries for Sal, Robert McCloskey Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson American Gods, Neil Gaiman Dark Is Rising series, Susan Cooper People we talk about Margaret and H. A. Rey (pic of chairs!) Jane McCloskey: http://www.pressherald.com/2015/08/23/robert-mccloskeys-secret-art-explored/ Margot Harrison: https://margotharrison.com/ \ https://twitter.com/margotfharrison Dawn Kurtagich: http://www.dawnkurtagich.com/ \ https://twitter.com/dawnkurtagich Kim Savage: http://www.kimsavage.me/ \ https://twitter.com/khsavage Maggie Stiefvater: http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/blog/in-which-i-am-earnest-about-the-barns/ Links Carleton College: https://www.carleton.edu/ Simmons GSLIS: http://www.simmons.edu/academics/schools/school-of-library-and-information-science “According to the website State Symbols USA, only two others have a similar symbol. Alabama has as its official Bible a historic one purchased in 1853 that’s used for all gubernatorial swearing-in ceremonies. But that’s an official Bible, not the official book of the state. Massachusetts has an official children’s book, the popular 1941 picture book Make Way for Ducklings, written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey and set in Boston Public Garden’s lagoon. That’s it for official tomes. (I’m sure readers could have a field day coming up for their own picks.)”: http://thehumanist.com/news/religion/officially-quirky-aside-from-the-bible-some-states-official-symbols-will-surprise-you State Symbols: http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/ Quack, Mack, Jack, and Pack have all been stolen: http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/07/make_way_for_a_duckling_search/ Arrowstreet: http://www.arrowstreet.com/ Vintage Library Card Catalogs Transformed Into Awesome Furniture: http://dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com/2012/01/vintage-library-card-catalogs.html WGBH studio: https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/09/26/wgbh-studio-and-cafe-open-boston-public-library/zVATkWfkiOs55oQ44aVnEK/story.html The House on the Rock: https://www.thehouseontherock.com/