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10 March 2011
Shame!
Fortunately, bookstore owner and blogger Josie Leavitt – who describes her encounter with an unhappy customer in the article “A Censorship Issue” over at Publishers Weekly – is the level-headed sort, and recognizes that it’s simply wrong to let one person decide what books other people can and cannot read.
But I can sympathize with her niggling feeling of uncertainty when faced with an upset parent. While part of me feels secretly thrilled to have enraged a likely member of the self-righteous brigade, I don’t set out to genuinely distress anyone. Actually, I began MFD with the hope of making you laugh. Not everyone will, and that’s fine. Humour’s a personal thing. That’s why there’s no point telling someone else not to find something funny.
I’m glad Josie seems to have decided to continue stocking My First Dictionary. And I’m also glad she’s the kind of knowledgeable and enthusiastic bookseller who actually engages with her customers about the content of books when they come to her counter.
As a special thank-you, I’ll have to use her name in the next MFD entry. I’m thinking of featuring infanticide, necrophilia and, even worse, a spot of censorship.
08 March 2011
28 February 2011
Topical!
Wow, how about those Oscars, huh?
Anyway, that’s my attempt at topical blogging over with. All I really have to say today is: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR SINCE THE GENIUSNESSNESS OF THE VERY US ARTISTS’ MY FIRST SING-ALONG DICTIONARY?!?!? Oops, seems I accidentally hit Caps Lock, italics, bold and several extra punctuation marks there, but the point remains... If you’ve forgotten just how good the gang’s gaggle of ditties based on MFD entries was, here’s a little reminder in the form of an album trailer:
Yes, an “album trailer”... Whatever will they think of next?
Anyway, that’s my attempt at topical blogging over with. All I really have to say today is: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT’S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR SINCE THE GENIUSNESSNESS OF THE VERY US ARTISTS’ MY FIRST SING-ALONG DICTIONARY?!?!? Oops, seems I accidentally hit Caps Lock, italics, bold and several extra punctuation marks there, but the point remains... If you’ve forgotten just how good the gang’s gaggle of ditties based on MFD entries was, here’s a little reminder in the form of an album trailer:
Yes, an “album trailer”... Whatever will they think of next?
24 February 2011
14 February 2011
07 February 2011
01 February 2011
Release!
A quick post to let you know that the print version of My First Dictionary is indeed out today in spectacular bookular form. Thanks to everyone who’s bought (or plans to buy) a copy... I hope you enjoy it!
I also got my first review a couple of days ago, in The Boston Globe:
I also got my first review a couple of days ago, in The Boston Globe:
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31 January 2011
30 January 2011
Incoming!
With only a couple of days remaining until the release of the My First Dictionary book, I thought I’d give you a sneaky peek at the back cover:
Alongside words previously featured here on this very blog, the 192-page magnum opus comprises over 50% entirely new content, including vocab tests, flashcards and entries guaranteed never to appear online!
Who makes these guarantees? I DO! (Oh, and my publishing contract.) Besides, have you ever known italics to lie?
Nope.
Click here to buy, or check out your local Amazon.
Alongside words previously featured here on this very blog, the 192-page magnum opus comprises over 50% entirely new content, including vocab tests, flashcards and entries guaranteed never to appear online!
Who makes these guarantees? I DO! (Oh, and my publishing contract.) Besides, have you ever known italics to lie?
Nope.
Click here to buy, or check out your local Amazon.
25 January 2011
Insight!
Here’s a little treat for you today – a snippet from the genuine 1940s children’s dictionary that supplies the illustrations for My First Dictionary. As you can see, the original authors weren’t entirely without their own streak of black humour...
22 January 2011
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24 December 2010
15 December 2010
05 December 2010
28 November 2010
21 November 2010
14 November 2010
07 November 2010
30 October 2010
24 October 2010
21 October 2010
13 October 2010
07 October 2010
Mystery!
I’d like to point loyal My First Dictionary-heads in the direction of an upcoming project by the Very Us Artists, whom you’ll remember were responsible for the brilliantly twisted Sing-Along Dictionary songs earlier this year. Again mixing music, images and suitably dark reading material, they’ve conceived a unique, immersive experience called Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero, which, quite frankly, I can’t wait to get my hands, eyes and ears on... and possibly some other body parts too, depending on how much I like it.Please check it out and, if you like the sound of it as much as I do, please also consider sponsoring it, for which you can receive all sorts of intriguing goodies – the best of which, to my mind, is an official My First Sing-Along Dictionary CD & book set. Yes, you really can get your mitts on one of these rare and wonderful items! But don’t do it because I want you to. Do it because you want you to... and I just know you do!
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