This champagne bottle has been with Greenwillow Books since 1975. It made the trip from 105 Madison Avenue to 1350 Avenue of the Americas and then to our new home at 10 East 53rd Street. It was originally opened to toast the publication of Greenwillow’s first book, Because of the Sand Witches There, by Mary [...]
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“The world really is a wonderful place.”—The Mole Sisters
When my daughter was very small (she’s five now and a “big girl”), I read to her, as you might imagine, constantly. (Don’t worry. I still do.) I scoured websites and libraries and bookstores and other publishers’ catalogs—and yes, okay, my office—for books that were right for [...]
While we were still licking Cheerios off the floor . . .
Do any of our blog readers recognize this man? (No, it’s not Chad Beckerman.)
Run, do not walk, to wherever it is you get your music and buy Natalie Merchant’s gorgeous Leave Your Sleep, featuring “Bleezer’s Ice Cream”—lyrics by Jack Prelutsky, music composed by Natalie Merchant, with a kick-ass arrangement by Wynton Marsalis.
When Greenwillow Went to the Dogs
AEAFOTFOTE—THE DIRECTOR’S CUT, PART 1*
The characters in Lynne Rae Perkins’s new novel, As Easy As Falling Off the Face of the Earth (AEAFOTFOTE, pronounced Ay-ya-FOT-fōte, with a Scandinavian inflection) face “one comedic calamity after another”** on their incredible journeys. This includes the dogs, Olie and Peg. In the book, Lynne Rae mostly uses full-page graphic-novel–like [...]
Visiting the 23rd Floor: Kevin Henkes
TURNS OUT 23 IS KEVIN’S FAVORITE NUMBER!
Kevin Henkes was in New York City this week. Here’s what we did:
1. Drank hot chocolate and wine
2. Met with Lisa and Ruiko from the production department to talk about paper, binding, color, reprints, endpapers, case materials, specs . . .
3. Measured Kitten for fangs
4. Made final decisions on [...]
