Eve Yohalem

Advice from Charles Dickens

eveyohalem — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:19:45 +0000

Dickens by Alfred Bryan, courtesy of The Morgan Library website

The Morgan Library, one of best places to spend an afternoon in New York, is having a Charles Dickens exhibition with things on display like the manuscript for A Christmas Carol, original illustrations for his books, and personal letters.

This kind of show always [...]

Shhhh…Let me tell you a secret.

eveyohalem — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:59:57 +0000

credit: Ben Walsh, Business Insider

You don’t have to be a Trekkie to appreciate the Vulcan patriotism displayed by president and COO Bradley Abelow at his congressional subcommittee hearing for the MF Global debacle. Live long and prosper, indeed!

Like many people, I was thrilled to see this picture [...]

I have magic powers.

eveyohalem — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:15:29 +0000

Abracadabra!

It’s true. I don’t care what Richard Dawkins says about the only real magic being the kind we witness in the universe, I know my powers are magical and I have proof they exist.

My magic powers are special abilities that I possess for which is there is no scientific explanation. I have [...]

Escape Under the Forever Sky is out in paperback!

eveyohalem — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:33:09 +0000

And look – it has a lovely new cover! Also, Escape made the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List for 2012-2013. I’m really excited about my visit to the Ethical Culture School on December 12th to talk with the 4th graders about Ethiopian adventures.

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Real Magic

eveyohalem — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:08:59 +0000

Just finished THE MAGIC OF REALITY: How We Know What’s Really True by Richard Dawkins. I loved it. It’s got the easiest and best explanation of evolution that I’ve come across, which is great because I find that when it comes to profound concepts I need multiple explanations, the simpler the better.

My favorite part [...]

Is this offensive?

eveyohalem — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:33:20 +0000

Versailles used to really stink.

Of course it’s all a matter of perspective and taste. What I think is hilarious, you find appalling. What you think is gross, I think is fascinating. And isn’t it great that the world is full of different opinions, otherwise it’d be a really boring place to live?

Except [...]

Is obedience overrated?

eveyohalem — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:10:05 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot about Stanely Milgram, the social psychologist who ran the (in)famous experiments in the early 1960s that looked at people’s willingness to commit acts of cruelty in the name of obedience.

Milgram was trying to figure out why so many Germans stood by or participated in Nazi acts of atrocity. He [...]

Why write ebooks for kids when kids don’t read ebooks?

eveyohalem — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:17:14 +0000

You see the stats everywhere: ebook sales are exploding, ereaders are flying off the (virtual) shelves. Everybody’s smartphone has an ereader app. Or two. But not for kids. Not yet.

It’s driving me crazy, but I can’t find the article I read a couple of months ago that broke down ebook sales for kids by [...]