When my kids were small, they were big Arthur fans--one of their must-see shows on PBS. As they grew, they discovered Neil Gaiman's work in picture books, children books, comic books, and eventually adult novels--and became big Gaiman fans. It tickled me to learn that Neil Gaiman was recently featured in an Arthur episode, which discusses writing ( Read more... )

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Thank you to Mary Robinette Kowal and Yes, You're A Racist who led me to the video.

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Matt Harding and Melissa Nixon have done it again. You've probably seen it. It's worth seeing again.

For Dr. Who fans, here's the Dalek Relaxation Tape:



Thanks to Mary Robinette Kowal for the heads up.

Kids from the Hudson City Junior and Senior High School created a 32-second  video for the Hudson Children's Book Festival.



Not bad. Not bad at all.

Congratulations to those who pulled it together.

P.S. I'll be at the festival, too. On May 5th.

Today’s New Haven Register features an article about Gil Marsh, and says some nice things both about the book and me.

As a special bonus, the online article embeds a YouTube video review of the book from CapsLock179 who also says some pretty impressive things.


Thank you both!

[The direct link to the video is here, if your browser doesn't support Flash

This is very moving.

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Via Scott McCloud.

Elvis Costello, Elmo and Cookie Monster. What more do you need?

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(Thanks to Patrick Nielsen Hayden for the link.)