children's-book

Around this time of year, it's hard not to reflect upon Jamie Lee Curtis -- the actress, activist, children's-book author and HuffPost blogger whose performance in John Carpenter's original Halloween made getting scared personal (and suburban), simultaneously launching her storied career.

Gregory Weinkauf: Jamie Lee Curtis: Halloween Queen Makes the Scene Gregory Weinkauf 2010

Around this time of year, it's hard not to reflect upon Jamie Lee Curtis -- the actress, activist, children's-book author and HuffPost blogger whose performance in John Carpenter's original Halloween made getting scared personal (and suburban), simultaneously launching her storied career.

Gregory Weinkauf: Jamie Lee Curtis: Halloween Queen Makes the Scene Gregory Weinkauf 2010

Ms. Moore, the actress, will promote her "Freckleface Strawberry" children's-book series.

The Short List 2011

The current dominant mode of children's-book evaluation at least nominally disdains "didacticism," by which it means preachiness or sermonizing.

Archive 2009-09-01 Roger Sutton 2009

From the moment the curtain goes up on Ponnelle's ornate black-and-white drawing of a scruffy, cracked and peeling manor house—like a children's-book illustration à la Gustave Doré or Edward Gorey—the deliciously tongue-in-cheek fairy-tale spell is cast.

'La Cenerentola' Sparkles on the Paris Stage Judy Fayard 2011

The current dominant mode of children's-book evaluation at least nominally disdains "didacticism," by which it means preachiness or sermonizing.

I agree with everybody Roger Sutton 2009

Mary Lee Donovan is executive editor at Candlewick; Deborah Kovacs is editorial director of Walden Pond Press (HarperCollins imprint); Alison Morris is the children's-book buyer for the Booksmith in Wellesley, MA; Nancy Werlin is a YA novelist; Martin Sandler is an anuthor of many nonfiction books.

From Cape Cod to Christmas Roger Sutton 2009

At 82, children's-book author Maurice Sendak has created a new wild thing—a pig who longs to party.

Sendak's Back, With A Pig Tale Katherine Rosman 2011

And, to answer a query on yesterday's note, Eden was terrific at negotiating between the world of the professional children's-book critic and that of the Times children's-book-reviews reader, the educated parent.

How Others See Us Roger Sutton 2009

And, to answer a query on yesterday's note, Eden was terrific at negotiating between the world of the professional children's-book critic and that of the Times children's-book-reviews reader, the educated parent.

Archive 2009-05-01 Roger Sutton 2009