This Irish author worked as a primary school teacher until the series he created in 2001 became so successful he was able to write fulltime. His 12-year-old main character battles fairies and goblins, using magic and technology. He was named Ireland's Poet Laureate from 2014-2016 and says he wears the medal everywhere, even in the bath. Other books include Spud Murphy and Three Tasks for a Dragon. This is Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer, and the books are the Artemis Fowl series.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Monday, March 9, 2026
Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for March 10, 2026
Kirkus reviews are considered the "gold standard" of book reviews, so it was a great honor receive a positive one for Nighty Night, Dinos. The School Library Journal is also important, since librarians use it to order books for school and public libraries. I'm also very grateful for the reviewers who said good things on the Goodreads site and also on NetGalley. If you order the book, I hope you'll go through your own independent bookstore, or Bookshop, or Thrift Books, or Familius Publishing--any place except Amazon as Jeff Bezos does not need the money!
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Tuesay Kidlit Trivia for March 3, 2026
This New Jersey author/illustrator based her bunny characters, Max and Ruby, on her own two children, Victoria and Beezoo. Although she said these words over 30 years ago, they resonate today as computer generated AI "slop" invades the world of children's books: "The hand of the artist--a little stained with paint around the fingernails--must be seen. The voice of the writer--passionate and idiosyncratic--must be heard. And whether it is through adventure or humor or pathos, the story and pictures must always touch the heart." This is Rosemary Wells, quoted in Anita Silvey's Children's Books and Their Creators.
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