“Scary Out There”
A new
blog by
Rot and Ruin author Jonathan Mayberry , hosted by the Horror Writers Association, contains interviews with well-known horror writers, including Darren Shan, Holly Black, Charlie Higson, and Barry Lyga. He started it on March 26, 2013, so you will want to look down a little on the right side of the page for the Archives to read the interviews he has already included, they are fun to read and give you a heads-up on future titles.
Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy by Bill Wise, a picture book biography for younger elementary school age children, tells of one of the first major league baseball players who was deaf. Born in 1862 he lost his hearing to meningitis when he was three. This tells of his education, his shoemaking business, and his baseball career. A unique event happened on May 16, 1902, Hoy batted against a deaf pitcher, Luther Taylor; for the first time in major league history a deaf player was at bat facing a deaf pitcher.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free, via the Regional Library Systems, to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
