Volume 1, Issue 2 September 2011
University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science
The McConnell Center for the Study of Youth Literature Sendak is Back! Meet Bumble-Ardy Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of In the Night Kitchen, Where the Wild Things Are, and many more is back with Bumble-Ardy, the first book he has both illustrated and written in thirty years. Bumble-Ardy first appeared as an animated cartoon by Sendak and Jim Henson on Sesame Street in the early 1970s and features a little boy who has never had a birthday party. When Bumble-Ardy’s ninth birthday on June 10th (the same date as Sendak’s) rolls around, the little boy decides to have his own birthday party and invites “some grubby swine to come for birthday cake and brine at ten past nine.” Bumble and the pigs have fun, all in rhyme, until Aunt Adeline returns home and breaks up the party, but like Max in Where the Wild Things Are, Bumble is
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soon forgiven. Sendak has made some changes to the story and its illustrations for its picture book debut, including turning Bumble into a pig and tweaking some vocabulary so that the guests now drink “brine” instead of “wine.” The clothed pigs from the cartoon also get a new wardrobe and are now dressed as monsters, old ladies, and cowboys. Keep an eye out for small details like a pig reading a newspaper that says “WE READ BANNED BOOKS,” as well as messages in Hebrew, Russian, and Italian. Bumble-Ardy will be published on September 6th, 2011 by HarperCollins. Want to see the original cartoon? Check it out here: http://bit.ly/ZE9K8 And check out the following pieces on the new book: • Publisher’s Weekly Review • Wall Street Journal Article • School Library Journal Article
● Sendak is Back ● Wonderstruck Prelaunch ● Events Reminder ● Banned Books Week ● Presenters’ Books ● Fall Courses Feature ● On the Blog/In the Center ● About the Center
Wonderstruck Prelaunch Party Join us for a launch party of Brian Selznick’s newest novel Wonderstruck! When: Monday, September 12, 4-5 pm Where: The McConnell Center, room 310N, Lucille Little Fine Arts Library We’ll discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabret while we celebrate the new book. Feel free to bring your own covered beverage as well as a snack you can share if you like. We’ll also have a follow-up discussion about the book in October to hear your thoughts on the new book!
Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother’s room and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate
quests to find what they are missing. Selznick is the author/ illustrator of 2008 Caldecott Medal Winner The Invention of Hugo Cabret among others.