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Kicking Off the Poetry Thing With A Video

Check out the latest edition of Barnes & Noble Tagged. You'll find and interview with the Children's Poet Laureate, Mary Ann Hoberman, highlights of some poetry books (though I wish a title other than Jeff Foxworthy's new book had been selected), and an original poem read by Mary Ann called "A Confession." If you are an author or editor prone to turning your books out in the bookstore, you MUST listen.

Jarrett Krosoczka's At It Again!

Here is the making of a book Krosoczka style. Bonus points to you if you can name the authors and illustrators in the cameos BEFORE the credits roll.

BOOK BY BOOK: the making of a monkey man from Jarrett Krosoczka on Vimeo.

Fun quotes:

• AR - It's just that ... nobody's blogged about my books in like 2 days.
• JK - But I was a hot man of children's literature!

Jarrett is brilliant. Visit him online at the jjk blog.