Chicken Butt for Trailie

So much news to share (trip to Minneapolis!  trip to New York! new books on the way!), but for now I'm going to stick to one VERY exciting thing:

A terrific video for Chicken Butt is a finalist for a School Library Journal Trailie Award!!!  I love this video because it is so cute and funny AND because it was made by a talented librarian in Oklahoma with help from a first grader and a gym teacher!  How cool is that?  How worthy of a win?  Right?  Vote daily!

Here's the video:

And you can vote for it right HERE.  If for any reason you can't view this video (like you teach in a district that blocks youtube and vimeo), SLJ has kindly set up alternative viewing arrangement HERE.

Dotty for NYC!

I love New York and so does Dotty.

And based on this terrific review by NYPL librarian and School Library Journal blogger extraordinaire, Betsy Bird, the feeling seems to be mutual.  The New York Times may think that picture books are dead, but we're here to tell them we're not dead yet.  Who's with us???

And furthermore, did any of you eagle eyes notice a certain spotted pal in that NYT photo?  Take a look, upper right hand side:

Yup, Dotty made the New York Times!

So, we're celebrating our mutual affection next Saturday, 10/16/10 at Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th Street, NY, NY and you're all invited!  Bring kids, bring family, bring yourselves, and bring friends - real and imaginary!