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Calling all kidlit lovers -- we've got holiday books for you!! Choosing the right book to gift a child may seem overwhelming. However, the StoryMakers
2015 Holiday Book Special will help you choose the perfect book -- or provide inspiration -- for the picture book or middle-grade reader in your life.
Former librarian and StoryMakers host Rocco Staino called on several children's literature experts to share their top holiday and winter picks.
Maria Russo (
New York Times Book Review),
John Schumacher AKA Mr. Schu (
Scholastic), and
John A. Sellers (
Publishers Weekly) read hundreds of picture books every year, speak with thousands of authors and illustrators, teachers, librarians, and children, so they know what’s hot in kid lit and where adults should set their sights.
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LINK TO READ MORE ABOUT THE HOLIDAY TITLES DISCUSSED IN THIS
SPECIAL EPISODE: http://kidlit.tv/holiday2015
Time-stamps (in parentheses) are provided for books discussed during this episode of StoryMakers.
JOHN SCHUMACHER
John Schumacher (aka Mr. Schu) is
Ambassador of
School Libraries for Scholastic.
John is a former
K-5 teacher-librarian. He has served on
ALSC’s
Children and
Technology committee, AASL’s
Best Websites for Teaching and
Learning, two Readers’
Choice award committees, and the
School Library Month planning committee. John is most well known for his popular blog, MrSchuReads.com.
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Clifford Celebrates
Hanukkah by
Norman Bridewell (7:00)
*
Toys Meet Snow by
Emily Jenkins, illustrated by
Paul O. Zelinsky (13:30)
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Click, Clack,
Ho! Ho! Ho! by
Doreen Cronin, illustrated by
Betsy Lewin (16:51)
MARIA RUSSO
Native New Yorker Maria Russo is the children’s book editor for the New York Times Book Review. After ten years on the
West Coast, she returned to
New York City and the
Times Book Review in 2014. Maria has three children whose ages span the picture book, middle-grade, and YA categories.
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Marguerite’s
Christmas by
India Desjardins, illustrated by
Pascal Blanchet (3:32)
* Too Many Toys by
Heidi Deedman (12:00)
*
Miracle on
133rd Street by
Sonia Manzano, illustrated by
Marjorie Ariceman (19:16)
JOHN A. SELLERS
John A. Sellers is the children’s reviews editor at Publishers Weekly. PW gave John his first job in publishing he I moved to
New York in
2007. He began his tenure as a part-time assistant in the children’s department.
Eventually, he moved on to working in publicity at
Vintage/
Anchor, an imprint of
Random House and at the literary agency
Pippin Properties before returning to Publishers Weekly.
* Over the
River and Through the
Wood (2:12)
* When
Santa Was a
Baby by
Linda Bailey, illustrated by
Genevieve Gadabout (9:58)
*
Goodnight,
Manger by
Laura Sassi, illustrated by
Jane Chapman (24:32)
ROCCO STAINO
Rocco is the charismatic host of StoryMakers, our interview show. A captivating and important figure in the book community, he is a prominent librarian, a contributing editor at
School Library Journal, a contributing writer at
The Huffington Post, and the
Director of the
Empire State Center for the Book, which administers the
New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Rocco has interviewed such luminaries as
Beverly Cleary,
Judy Blume, and
Jean Craighead George.
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An Invisible Thread:
Christmas Story by Laura Schrod and
Alex Tresniowski, illustrated by
Barry Root (6:00)
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Dear Santa,
Love,
Rachel Rosenstein by
Amanda Peet and
Andrea Troyer, illustrated by
Christine Davenier (8:00)
*
Oskar and the Eight
Blessings by
Richard and
Tanya Simon, illustrated by
Mark Siegel (22:43)
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StoryMakers
On Location
Host - Rocco Staino, http://twitter.com/roccoa
Executive Producer -
Julie Gribble, http://twitter.com/juliegribblenyc
Producer -
Kassia Graham, http://twitter.com/grahamatical
- published: 02 Dec 2015
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