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Margaret McNamara on the NYCC Origins of ‘The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot’


Margaret McNamara on the NYCC Origins of ‘The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot’

While most people associate New York Comic Con with guest panels, cool swag and comics, comics, comics, there’s another side to big cons like NYCC: A business side. Put artists, writers, editors and agents in one place, and there’s going to be a lot of networking.
Children’s author Margaret McNamara may know this better than most. [...]

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NPR Talks Seuss, Lost Works, and “The Bippolo Seed”


NPR Talks Seuss, Lost Works, and “The Bippolo Seed”

If you thought you’d seen everything Dr. Seuss had published, then you might be surprised to find out that some of his “lost” works have been found, bound, and soon passed around.

National Public Radio produced a feature segment focusing on the latest Dr. Seuss book, a collection of seven stories that originally ran in magazines during the 1950’s, called The Bippolo Tree, after one of the stories contained in the book.

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Graphic Novels & Manga

Babymouse Interview: Jenny & Matt Holm at Comic-Con 2010


Babymouse Interview: Jenny & Matt Holm at Comic-Con 2010

Jenny & Matt Holm have had a busy Comic-Con: from booth signings, to participating in panels, to interviews and hanging out with fans, they’ve been everywhere. Luckily, they’re friends of the site and sat down with us to talk about Babymouse, Babymouse’s next adventure, and their next non-Babymouse children’s graphic novel project.

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SF & Fantasy

Top 10 Children’s & YA Books That Influenced THE OWL KEEPER


Christine Brodien-Jones is the author of The Owl Keeper, a middle-grade fantasy that just came out a few weeks ago. We thought we’d ask her to name the books that inspired The Owl Keeper and here’s what she had to say:
1. The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
A cracking adventure/fantasy that mixes myth and legend with [...]

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“Where the Wild Things Are” Trailer…Or Why I No Longer Fear for the Sanctity of My Childhood Memories


The trailer for the long-awaited, long-delayed, and, for everyone who has cherished the book since childhood, slightly dreaded, live-action version of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was unleashed on the interwebs. I had the usual fan overprotectiveness upon hearing about this project, but after several enraptured repeat viewings of the trailer, I’m already [...]

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