From Funky Buddha Parties to Children’s Books: Before They Were Authors and Illustrators
Ask children’s book authors and illustrators how they entered the field, and you tend to see themes in their responses. Usually, it’s …
Tar Babies and Cannibals: Children’s Literature and Problematic Cinematic Adaptations
[This is one of a series of posts in which we are sharing stories from our upcoming book (Wild Things: Acts of …
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 …
Premature Exits of Children’s Lit
[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 …