Film Adaptations: The Good, The Bad, and the Traumatizing
Wild Things! includes a small handful of transcriptions of very brief discussions of one sort or another about children’s books that we …
Last Words and Final Regrets
In a few days, we’ll take a look at the launching of careers in this field; today we take a brief look at some …
“Debaculous Fiascos” and Other Cinematic Tales
[This is one of a series of posts in which we are sharing stories from our upcoming book (Wild Things: Acts of …
From Double Agents to Moonshine: Surprising Literary Connections
People come to the world of children’s literature from a variety of different occupations. And you never know how the life of …
Feuds or That Time the Editor of School Library Journal Threatened to Hit the Editor of Horn Book Over the Head With a Chair
[This is one of a series of posts in which we are sharing stories from our upcoming book (Wild Things: Acts of …
Celebrity Picture Books: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
I’m sure you saw it in the news the other day. If you didn’t, allow us to remove those scales from your …
The Precocious Ones
[This is one of a series of posts in which we are sharing stories from our upcoming book (Wild Things: Acts of …
True Tales Behind Famous Speeches
[This is one of a series of posts in which we are sharing stories from our upcoming book (Wild Things: Acts of …
The Cryptic Picture Books of Children’s Lit; Or, There’s Nothing Quite Like Picture Books from the 1970s
Now and then, it’s fun to hear the story behind the creation of some of your favorite picture books. As we were …
Did You Say Ghosts? The Nightmare Behind the Story
Yesterday, we wrote about indecent exposures of one sort or another. Today, we hand the site over briefly to author and poet Richard …