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Thursday
May242012

School Library Journal 

... picked up the story of The Dirty Cowboy book banning. 

Here's the link: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/894620-312/pa_school_district_bans_the.html.csp

(For those of you who are not readers of this journal: This is THE journal for school libraries and librarians and it's also one of the main journals for my industry -- children's book publishing. We are all glad this journal exists!)

B/c I want an image here: A little strawberry preserves

Tuesday
May222012

Yum! Green City Market in Chicago

Green City Market is now open 7a-1p Wednesday and Saturday just south of Lincoln Park Zoo. YUM! 

Saturday
May192012

And more book banning...

...via Newsy. This was picked up by AOL News and a few other local affiliates across the country.

I'm stunned by this. It feels even odder when your blog gets news treatment -- the blog which I honestly thought (and I think for the most part I was right about this) was only read by relatives, my mom and a few very, VERY good friends. 

Link is here: http://www.newsy.com/videos/school-district-bans-the-dirty-cowboy-book/

I'm going to try to embed it:

Friday
May182012

What? Really? Book banning on TV?

This is starting to feel farcical. Have I mentioned this is about a bath?

Watch for yourself. A local ABC affiliate picked up the story.

Here's the link (for full viewing pleasure): http://www.abc27.com/story/18528203/is-the-dirty-cowboydirty?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Here it is embedded in my blog. It's cut in half by my blog, but you'll get the idea: