Over the ‘Moon’ for Grace Lin
Last Friday, author Grace Lin made an appearance on The Today Show to discuss her middle-grade novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown, July), which Al Roker had chosen for his Al’s Book Club for Kids. Click here to watch Lin’s visit to the show. Roker also announced his latest pick—make that picks: The Secret of the Old Clock and The Tower Treasure, the first books in the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series.
Stars of Stage and Page
Dancers took to the stage at the auditorium of Scholastic’s New York City headquarters, when the publisher recently hosted students from the Dance Theatre of Harlem to celebrate the release of Beautiful Ballerina by Marilyn Nelson (Sept.). The picture book includes Susan Kuklin’s photographs of dancers from the Dance Theatre. Seen here with the dancers featured in the book are (l. to r.) Kuklin, Nelson, Dance Theatre of Harlem director Endalyn Taylor, and Scholastic Press v-p and executive editor Andrea Pinkney.
From ‘White Noise’ to White Christmas (Trees)
Pop-up book artist David A. Carter has been busy. Hot on the heels of his new book, White Noise (S&S/Little Simon), being named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book, he set out on tour for the title, visiting Los Angeles, Chicago, Columbus, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and New York City (here, he demonstrates a pop-up mechanism while on the road). And last week he appeared on The Martha Stewart Show, where he demonstrated how to make pop-up Christmas tree decorations (click here for instructions and video). Additionally, through January 9 the Roseville Arts Blue Line Gallery in Roseville, Calif. is hosting “The Art of the Pop-Up Book: The Red Dot Series by David A. Carter,” featuring activities and artwork from Carter’s five “color” books.
Carl’s Bookstore Adventure
Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, Wash., has gone to the dogs—or, rather, one fairly famous dog went to the store last week. Carl, a Seattle native along with his owner, Alexandra Day, has starred in numerous picture books, most recently the wintertime adventure Carl’s Snowy Afternoon (FSG, Nov.). The Rottweiler, seen here with a young fan, showed off his math skills during the event (he can bark out answers to problems as long as the answer is less than five), and Day answered questions about her books for a crowd of about 75.
