Over Thanksgiving, Anita Silvey and I had a chance to talk about her new project, the Children’s Book-A-Day Almanac (
www.childrensbookalmanac.com) while our four (combined) dogs gradually destroyed the house. Anita has a new puppy, Lancelot, who is quite possibly the cutest thing on the planet at the moment.
LS: Anita, why did you decide to do the Almanac?
AS: I had decided to create a much more ambitious book which would have included reviews of 1000 titles.
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