Roker Makes December Pick
Grace Lin’s middle-grade novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown) is the latest pick for Al Roker’s book club on the Today Show. Roker made the announcement at the end of last Friday’s segment for Angie Sage’s Septimus Heap: Magyk. Lin is scheduled to appear on the show on December 4; an excerpt from her book can be read on the Today Show’s Web site. To read more on Grace Lin, see this School Library Journal story.
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Stine Gives Goosebumps Over the Web
On Wednesday Scholastic hosted a live “Get Goosebumps” webcast with R.L. Stine to students and teachers across the country, hosted by New York Times reporter Brian Stelter. Early estimates projected that more than 150,000 schoolchildren and teachers viewed it live, and a replay of the webcast is available here. Stine announced a writing contest through which one student and school will win a Goosebumps prize package; for more information on the contest, click here.
A Truck-tastic Party for 'Otis'
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In honor of Otis (Philomel, Sept.), Loren Long’s tale of a tractor that befriends a baby calf, The Bookworm in Omaha, Neb., threw an Otis party last week during its regular storytime hour. Besides listening to Bookworm staffers read Otis and Drive My Tractor by Jan Dobbins and David Sims (Barefoot), the attending toddlers drove trucks and tractors on a duct-tape track with a cardboard bridge that wound its way through the store’s autographing area. When the children encountered (toy) animals on the side of the track, they were instructed to stop and make the appropriate animal sounds.
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On the Road with Chima
Cinda Williams Chima’s tour for The Demon King (Disney-Hyperion) brought her to Barnes & Noble in Oceanside, Calif., this past Monday. Her novel is the first in a high fantasy trilogy called The Seven Realms. Here Chima (l.) stands with B&N’s Lisa Haynes, who is dressed as a Clan Matriarch from the book. Other highlights and photos from the eight-city tour can be seen on Chima’s blog.
