By: Fiona Bayrock,
on 9/8/2007
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"Madeleine L'Engle died last night. Whether you loved her books or not, she changed the face of children's literature."
___________--Jane Yolen
___________In her online journal Sept 7, 2007
Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007), author of A Wrinkle in Time and 59 other books.
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By: Betsy Bird,
on 5/21/2007
By: Camille,
on 5/17/2007
Members of Child_Lit are reporting that Lloyd Alexander died this morning.
Update:
Horn Book notice (via Fuse #8)
Tribute on NPR by Jon Scieszka
NYTimes Obit
His books are timeless and will be enchanting new readers and old ones forever.
By: Betsy Bird,
on 5/17/2007
From the child_lit listserv:
Dear Community,For more information check out SFScope. Also, Roger Sutton has linked to a rather charming letter from the Horn Book vaults here.
There is sad news. Lloyd Alexander died this morning. He was under Hospice care and was at home in his own bed where he wanted to be.
His wife, Janine, to whom he was married for sixty-two years, died two weeks ago - also at home. (He met and married the French Janine in Paris at the end of WWII.)
His last book, THE GOLDEN DREAM OF CARLO CHUCHIO is out in galley form. Holt publication date is August. It is vintage Alexander.
Lloyd said about CARLO, "I have finished my life work."
By: Betsy Bird,
on 4/11/2007
Some sad news for you this morning via the Chicago Tribune. Kurt Vonnegut has died at the age of 84.
By: Betsy Bird,
on 3/16/2007
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| 'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com |
By: Betsy Bird,
on 2/21/2007
Mr. Low’s playful graphic style lent itself to children’s picture books, which from the late ’50s to nearly the end of his life made up a large portion of his output. “Mice Twice,” about a cat that invites a mouse to dinner and is surprised by the guest the mouse brings along, was named a Caldecott honor book in 1981. He also illustrated more than a dozen other books, including “Aesop: L’Estrange” (1964), “A Learical Lexicon: From the Works of Edward Lear” (1966), “There Was a Wise Crow” (1973), “Boo to a Goose” (1975), “The Christmas Grump” (1977), “A Mad Wet Hen and Other Riddles” (1992), and “Beastly Riddles” (1993).
http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com/2007/05/ive-submitted-to-black-hole-when-will.html
Yes, Editorialanonymous is great fun, but she's an editor, not an agent.
Just think how much extra sleep Miss Snark will get. (That's the first thing I think of...I'm such a sleep wimp.)