Podcast appearances and mentions of laura amy schlitz

Join Allegra & Aurora for a review of Percy Jackson: The Musical, which they recently saw performed by a youth theater company down the road! Also, Allegra gives a tepid review of Spin with Me by Amy Polonsky; continues to immerse herself in the Osemanverse; and is revisiting Laura Amy Schlitz's luminous Amber and Clay. Aurora is getting ready to read C.S. Lewis's Narnia books and Madeleine L'Engle's sequel to a Wrinkle in Time, which she recently loved, and gives high marks to Marjorie Liu and Teny Issakhanian's debut Wingbearer.

Last one of our special series of episodes where we challenge ourselves to find a book that is not in their wheelhouse for one of our book friends. Let's see how Virginia liked the books suggested by Corene, Fiona, Liz, and Sadie. Books mentioned in this episode: History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera, Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz, The Vanishing by Jayne Ann Krentz, and Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez. Listen to the rest of the series: We Recommend to Corene We Recommend to Sadie We Recommend to Liz We Recommend to Fiona --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

Today's book is the often heartbreaking but always beautiful Amber & Clay, by Laura Amy Schlitz. Set in Ancient Greece, the the story follows two kids tied together by the gods. However, when they meet one of them is a ghost, struck down by Zeus's lightning and cursed to stay in the world of the living. BTW, the logo is new but the podcast has not changed! Find Amber & Clay on Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/books/amber-and-clay/9781536201222

This week we're talking to Laura Amy Schlitz, author of AMBER AND CLAY, out now! Find out more on her author page with Candlewick Press! Thank you to our amazing listeners, including our Patrons at https://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope. Don't forget to go grab new Beyond The Trope merch over at https://BeyondTheTrope.Redbubble.com. Mentioned in this episode: GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES by Laura Amy Schlitz The Newbery Medal Charles Dickens Anthony Trollope

On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Dan, and Jamilah counsel a parent whose kid felt hurt and slighted when her Zoom playdate abruptly ended. Then they tackle a close quarters situation: a little kid is asking for privacy in the mornings. But the family has two other kids to dress and a limited amount of space in their apartment. What should they do now that her morning routine is making it hard for their entire family to get out the door?  In Slate Plus: Gabe Roth, Slate's editorial director for audio and former Mom and Dad are Fighting co-host, joins to vent about the Netflix movie, Yes Day. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Recommendations: Jamilah recommends Coca-Cola With Coffee’s Dark Blend flavor. Dan recommends Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz.  Elizabeth recommends Welly bandages.  Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes.    Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Dan, and Jamilah counsel a parent whose kid felt hurt and slighted when her Zoom playdate abruptly ended. Then they tackle a close quarters situation: a little kid is asking for privacy in the mornings. But the family has two other kids to dress and a limited amount of space in their apartment. What should they do now that her morning routine is making it hard for their entire family to get out the door?  In Slate Plus: Gabe Roth, Slate's editorial director for audio and former Mom and Dad are Fighting co-host, joins to vent about the Netflix movie, Yes Day. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Recommendations: Jamilah recommends Coca-Cola With Coffee’s Dark Blend flavor. Dan recommends Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz.  Elizabeth recommends Welly bandages.  Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes.    Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss How Beautiful We Were, Women and Other Monsters, The Ghost Variations, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep by Andrew Kelly Stewart Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue  Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman  The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories by Kevin Brockmeier Decoding Despacito: An Oral History of Latin Music by Leila Cobo Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt  Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira WHAT WE’RE READING: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora Fatal Fried Rice: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien  Her Here by Amanda Dennis The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Walter Isaacson  Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo My Old Home: A Novel of Exile by Orville Schell  The Impudent Ones by Marguerite Duras, Kelsey L. Haskett (Translator) I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement by Jessica Zucker  The Darkest Glare: A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles by Chip Jacobs The Plum Trees by Victoria Shorr Off the Wild Coast of Brittany by Juliet Blackwell  Search for Her by Rick Mofina Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans  Hungry Hearts: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging by Jennifer Rudolph Walsh Bedside Matters by Richard Alther The Ultimate Evil: The Search for the Sons of Sam by Maury Terry The Western Front: A History of the Great War, 1914-1918 by Nick Lloyd All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul?: Essays by Jesse McCarthy The Arsonists’ City by Hala Alyan Things That Grow by Meredith Goldstein Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison Edie Richter is Not Alone by Rebecca Handler Tethered to Stars: Poems by Fady Joudah The Recent East by Thomas Grattan The Second Bell by Gabriela Houston Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature by Angus Fletcher American Betiya by Anuradha D. Rajurkar The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson Demos: An American Multitude by Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction by Michelle Nijhuis The Rose Code by Kate Quinn The Salt Fields by Stacy D. Flood Tono Monogatari by Shigeru Mizuki, Zack Davisson (translator) Abby, Tried and True by Donna Gephart The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town by Brian Alexander Northern Light:  Power, Land, and the Memory of Water by Kazim Ali Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time by Craig Taylor Cloudmaker by Malcolm Brooks When We Were Infinite by Kelly Loy Gilbert Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz, Julia Iredale Love Like That: Stories by Emma Duffy-Comparone The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, Celia Hawkesworth Model Citizen: A Memoir by Joshua Mohr The Fourth Child by Jessica Winter Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter  Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales Starfish by Lisa Fipps A Rogue to Remember (League of Scoundrels) by Emily Sullivan Brood by Jackie Polzin Say Your Word, Then Leave: The Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and the Power of the Truth by Karen Attiah Cosmogony: Stories by Lucy Ives A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power by Tamara Winfrey Harris The Wild Huntsboys by Martin Stewart Sarahland by Sam Cohen Absentees: On Variously Missing Persons by Daniel Heller-Roazen  The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett  Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore  Sing Me Forgotten by Jessica S. Olson Martian Ghost Centaur by Mat Heagerty, Steph Mided Light Chaser by Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell  The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein  It’s Kind of a Cheesy Love Story by Lauren Morrill Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution by John Archibald Ravage the Dark by Tara Sim Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan Reality and Other Stories: And Other Stories by John Lanchester Midnight in Cairo: The Divas of Egypt’s Roaring 20s by Raphael Cormack Olive by Emma Gannon  Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920 by Don Zminda In Search of Mycotopia : Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms by Doug Bierend See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blown away by how amazing this was! You'll love Amber & Clay, coming out March 9th! Make sure you preorder your copy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jen-lowry-writes/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jen-lowry-writes/support

Maud lives in an orphanage and sees no hope of being adopted, until two old sisters come asking for a clever girl. At first Maud can’t believe her good luck. However, over time, she realizes the Hawthorne sisters want her to play a part, a very important acting role and if Maud pulls it off, all their lives will be changed forever.Recommended for 7th grade and up.

Brian Selznick and Laura Amy Schlitz take us behind the scenes of the unforgettable 2008 Newbery and Caldecott awards.

Recording Date: October 11, 2017  Hosts: Julie Dina and Lauren Martino  Episode Summary: We talk with horror fiction fans Tom Palmer and Heather Wright about horror books and movies. Why do people find such fiction appealing? What’s the scariest book they’ve read? Have they ever had to stop reading a book because it was just too scary or horrifying? Join us in our exploration of this gruesome genre, if you dare!   Guests: Tom Palmer and Heather Wright  Featured MCPL Service: Librarian's Choice, reviews of recent books our librarians have enjoyed.  What Our Guests Are Currently Reading:   Tom Palmer: American Gods by Neil Gaiman. The old gods of ancient mythology weaken as belief in them declines while the power of new gods, manifestations of modern technology, grows.    Heather Wright: The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donahue and Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz. In The Motion of Puppets, a circus acrobat becomes trap in a toy store when she’s transformed into a puppet. Splendor and Glooms is a childrens’ book about a girl who is kidnapped by puppeteers who perform at her 12th birthday party.   Books, Movies and Authors Mentioned During this Episode:   American Horror Story: A television series about a family that the moves into a Los Angeles area house that is haunted by demonic forces.   Black Mirror: A BBC series of standalone dramas billed as the modern Twilight Zone. The stories explore people’s collective unease with the modern world.   Carrie by Stephen King: A teen girl discovers a frightening power within her, much to the misfortune of her abusive mother and the classmates that bully her. A movie was made based on the book.   Coraline by Neil Gaiman: A girl discovers a parallel world that at first seems better than her own, but she soon discovers disturbing differences. See the movie version as well.   Dracula by Bram Stoker: The famous vampire of Transylvania travels to England seeking new blood. Here are a few of the many movies inspired by Stoker’s book.   The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty: A girl is possessed and the family seeks the help of a priest to exorcize the demon. The book was made into a well known film.   Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: Dr. Frankenstein uses electricity to animate a hideous monster. MCPL has the movie Young Frankenstein.    I Am Legend by Richard Matheson: The story of the last man alive, who is attempting to survive amidst hordes of the undead. This classic sci fi/horror book has inspired several films, including one starring Will Smith.   It by Stephen King: A shapeshifting evil feeds off the fear and death of children in a small town.  Stephen King: American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense. Dean Koontz: American author of thrillers with frequent horror elements.  My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf: A high school friend of the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer explores Dahmer’s complex formative years.   Never Let Me Go by Kauzo Ishiguro: Three childhood friends reunite, but soon the dark secret of their old school forces them to confront a horrible truth.   Penny Dreadful: A psychological thriller series set in Victorian London featuring classic literary characters such as Dr. Frankenstein and Dorian Gray.   Edgar Allan Poe: A 19th century American writer, best known for his mysteries and horror stories.    Revival by Stephen King: A disillusioned preacher discovers a horrific world of torture and fear awaiting those who die.   Stranger Things: A sci fi/horror television series about the disappearance of a young boy and the supernatural events that occur in his small town.   Peter Straub: American horror novelist. The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer: Teen series about vampires and werewolves. The Walking Dead: Television series about survivors of a worldwide catastrophe who must survive in a world filled with flesh eating zombies. Several seasons of this show have been filmed outside Senoia, Georgia, which is near host Lauren Martino’s hometown.   X-Files: FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate paranormal phenomena.   MCPL Resources Mentioned During this Episode: Readers' Café What Do I Check Out Next?  

Laura Amy Schlitz, author of Newbery medal-winning Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!, shares Princess Cora and the Crocodile, her new early chapter book illustrated by Brian Floca.

This week, Jeff and Rebecca answer listeners' holiday book recommendation requests.  For a list of the books recommended, go here.  This episode is sponsored by A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo Retro Photo by David Ellwand The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

Laura Amy Schlitz, award winning author of The Hired Girl, speaking at the Association of Jewish Libraries conference where she accepted the Sydney Taylor Book Award. www.bookoflifepodcast.com

Laura Amy Schlitz appears at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: The Newbery Medal went to Laura Amy Schlitz in 2008 for "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village." A librarian who lives in Baltimore, Schlitz is also a professional storyteller. Her other books include "The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm," "A Drowned Maiden's Hair" and "The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy." She has just published "Splendors and Glooms." For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=5662.