Bellairsia: January 2013

Friday, January 25, 2013

Something About View-master Slides

Labels: house with a clock in its walls annotations, things - product placement

Real by real.

Survey: Your Favorite Edward Gorey Artwork in "House"

Labels: fans - survey, house with a clock in its walls, names - gorey edward, series - lewis barnavelt

Edward Gorey created 12 full page illustrations for The House with a Clock in its Walls and, in celebration of its 40th anniversary, we want to know which one is your favorite.

Lewis Barnavelt, Fat-Positive Role Model?

Labels: fandom, figure in the shadows, house with a clock in its walls, letter the witch and the ring

We stumbled upon a blog post recently that Rebecca Rabinowitz wrote for the Shapely Prose blog a few years ago about fat-positive children’s books (parts one and two). Her criteria was to find overweight main characters and those portrayed in a positive light. A comment on part one brings Bellairs into the mix, mentioning briefly Lewis’ weight issues:

Something About the Queen of Spades

Labels: house with a clock in its walls annotations, things - cards

Carded.

He Was Wont To Shine At Seventy-Five

Labels: birthday, fandom

John celebrates his semisesquicentennial birthday this year. Hmmm...while that Latin does sound impressive, "75th birthday" actually sounds more practical.

Cheers, John!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Something About the Calhoun County Courthouse

Labels: house with a clock in its walls annotations, places - us - michigan, things - buildings

Judiciously!

Who’s Who: John Stoddard

Labels: 19 century, house with a clock in its walls, people - authors

A book Lewis finds in his uncle’s house is Volume IX of Stoddard's Lectures, labeled "Scotland, England, and London" [The House with a Clock in its Walls; 18-9].

Librarian Shares Her Love Of Reading

Labels: fandom

An interview with Spreckels Elementary School librarian Libby Foucht who still believes that one of the best ways of turning non-readers into readers is to read aloud to them, according to this Jan. 3 story from the California.com. Of note:

Something About Big Mac

Labels: house with a clock in its walls annotations, things - clothing, things - product placement

Hopefully they don't let you down when you need 'em.

BiblioFile: A Maldição do Relógio

Labels: bibliofile - portugal, house with a clock in its walls

The works of John Bellairs branched into Portugal with A Maldição do Relógio released by Editorial Presence in 2006. From what we can tell, however, the introduction was short-lived as this is the only book that was published and nothing more ever followed. That's too bad - if anything, it gives us a sense of how popular the book was for that country's readers.