A quick review and a big congrats!

My review of Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple's Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep (ill. by Brooke Dyer) is up at Book Buds. Also, Jules reviews the same title over at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast as part of a Bear roundup. (I swear, for those of you who remember Middle School, I did not call Jules and ask, what are you reviewing today?)

A super-duper, gigantic congratulations goes out to Don Tate whose picture book story was accepted by Lee & Low. To watch Don dance and to congratulate him, head on over to Devas T. Rants and Raves.

My cat, book-killer

Meet my cat, Norbert. Sure he looks innocent enough. A little blank behind the eyes, perhaps, but he doesn't look like a killer does he?

Well he is. He's a book killer.

I reviewed Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple's perfectly lovely Sleep, Black Bear, Sleep (illustrated by Brooke Dyer) for Book Buds yesterday (link should be up soon) and what did this cat do?


Take a look. He shredded two pages out of this beautiful book.

He's always shredding things, so when I heard him ripping through yet another paper product yesterday, I wasn't surprised. Oh well, I thought, there goes the kindergarten newsletter.

But this! This is a new low in the life of Norbert.

Anyone in the market for a cat?