Oh, like I was going to start off with anything else this week.  Dahl was robbed!

During BEA, one of the women of the hour was our own Monica Edinger (who blogged about the experience here).  Her upcoming book Africa Is My Home: A Child of the Amistad is so remarkable that it is physically difficult not to constantly keep talking about it on this site.  In lieu of that, here’s a great trailer for the title to give just the tiniest taste.  Brilliant, beautiful stuff.

Augh!  Book carwash!!

Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link.

Mr. Schu was nice enough to link to a great interview between Al Roker and Mo Willems the other day.  I like the inclusion of the Carle Museum and Mo’s dinner room.  Weird that they don’t mention the Carle’s exhibit on Mo, though.  Seems a pity.  I think the part that no one’s properly discussing here is the fact that Al Roker is a darned good doodler in his own right.  But what’s up with that hot to trot lady penguin?  Dude.