Bank Street Bookstore recently hosted a live story hour and book signing event with Herman Parish to kick off Amelia Bedelia’s 50th Anniversary! Amelia Bedelia was late to her own party because she stopped by several different types of banks before arriving at the right one: Amelia Bedelia eventually made her way to Morningside Heights, [...]
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Homer (part two)
By Elisha Cooper I live in New York. I have two daughters, and no dog. When I was a child, we had dogs roaming all over our farm. Because of the freedom they enjoyed, I’ve always been apprehensive about having a dog in the city. Someday we will get a dog, I think. When I [...]
Skin like Grace Kelly’s
By Suzanne Crowley Yesterday while purchasing Clearasil at Walgreens, I lamented to the older woman behind the counter about having to purchase teenage zit cream at age 48. “I don’t remember any of my mother’s generation having pimples,” I told her. “They all had skin like Grace Kelly.” The lady responded, “That’s because you young [...]
Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones
The jackets of Diana Wynne Jones’s books have been illustrated by wonderful and lauded artists over the years, from Paul O. Zelinsky, to John Rocco, to Brandon Dorman, and many more. While it’s easy to believe that beautiful artwork pops out of thin air by magic, Brandon Dorman pulls back the curtain a little to [...]
Celebrate Diana Wynne Jones
(Note: These are selected interview questions and answers taken from the “Extras” section of the paperback edition of Howl’s Moving Castle, reissued in 2008.) 1. The Wizard Howl has charmed many readers across the world. What do you make of that? The one big, strange fact about Howl is that almost every young woman who [...]
