This 81-year old writer and grandfather of 8 is best known for his song lyrics but in 2019 he published a picture book about a grandfather taking his grandkids on wild adventures with a magic compass. The title of the book is the name that the writer's grandchildren call him in real life. The book is "Hey, Grandude!" and the author is Paul McCartney.
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for June 13, 2023
This Brooklyn-born writer began as an editor, and one of the more successful books she pushed to publication was Caps For Sale. Her own book, written in 1947, was banned from the New York Public Library until 1970, because the powerful librarian there hated it and felt children should be reading classic fairy tales. The author wrote about bunnies but enjoyed hunting rabbits and had affairs with men and women. This is Margaret Wise Brown and her best known book is Goodnight, Moon.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for June 6, 2023
An 11-year-old girl (who dresses like a boy) practices for a career in espionage by observing people on her "spy route" and writing her about them in her notebook. The New York Times said the 1964 novel introduced a "new realism" into children's literature, and it's been banned from some school libraries because the main character "sets a bad example." The lesbian author came from a wealthy, disfunctional Southern family and died at 46 of a brain aneurism. This is Louise Fitzhugh and her most famous book is "Harriet the Spy."
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