The 2006 recipients of the Newbery and Caldecott medals were announced today at the American Library Association’s Midwinter meeting.
Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the John Newbery medal for Criss Cross, and Chris Raschka the Caldecott for his illustrations for The Hello, Goodbye Window, written by Norman Juster.
The Newbery award is awarded to the author of […]

“The New Spinners: Yarn Is the Least of It”
There is (according to Thursday’s New York Times) a revival of spinning going on, much as there was in the ’70s when I was growing up–the difference being that many of today’s spinners do not use the yarn they have produced for knitting, but enjoy the act […]

“I believe that dreams–day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain-machinery whizzing–are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization.”
L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz