Alison Morris
![]() Alison is the children's book buyer for Wellesley Booksmith. She is an active member of both the Association of Books for Children and the New England Children's Booksellers Advisory Council. In 2000 she was awarded the Farrar, Straus & Giroux New Bookseller Award. She holds a degree in Education and Child Study from Smith College. User Stats
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Great Blog Discovery of the Week: Vintage Kids' Books My Kid LovesOctober 30, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (3)
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Ickle John Howe Talks Aboot BalrogsOctober 21, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0) The sheer ridiculousness of this video made me laugh out loud. Hope it does the same for you! John Howe (or, in his clay form, "Ickle John Howe") is an illustrator best known for his renderings of Tolkien's worlds. He and Alan Lee were the chief conceptual designers for the movies based on The Lord of the Rings, hence the focus here on Balrogs, and all the references to Gandalf. Howe's beautiful forthcoming book Lost Worlds is one of many titles we'll be featuring on our store's annual list ...Read More Recent Posts
Make Time for the Tales of Toon TellegenOctober 16, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)
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What Poems Make Good Readings at Weddings?October 9, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (9)
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The Best Blog You (Probably) Haven't Been ReadingSeptember 30, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (6) Gareth and I were recently at a party during which the topic of "names" came up in conversation, with people weighing in on what names they would or wouldn't give to their own children, how they'd felt about their own names growing up, what deliriously UNfunny nicknames they were tortured with in high school, and so forth. When I asked if anyone present had seen Laura Wattenberg's truly interesting book The Baby Name Wizard, which charts the popularity of names over time, making it a really interesting study in sociology, I was momentarily shocked to have at least three childless males respond enthusiastically to my question and say they loved reading Laura's blog on ...Read More Industries: Indie News, Retailing, Trends In Books
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