'Reading' Category
SLJ BoB Brackets
Okay, here are my predictions for the School Library Journal Battle of the (Kids) Books.
Round 1
Charles and Emma
Fire
The Last Olympian
The Lost Conspiracy
Marcelo in the Real World
A Season of GiftsSweethearts of Rhythm
When You Reach MeRound 2
Fire
The Last Olympian
A Season of Gifts
When You Reach MeRound 3
Fire
A Season of GiftsRound 4
Undead: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Winner: The Evolution [...]Share a Story Winners
Original art by Elizabeth O. Dulemba.
Winners from the Literacy: Off the Beaten-Path post from the Share a Story, Shape a Future Literacy Blog Tour are
Tif and Kristie
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Thanks to everyone who followed the tour!Weekend Site Seeing
You know how I’m forever saying that picture books should be made for all ages? Well check this out!
I can’t wait to see this!
Thanks to Fuse #8 for the heads up.SLJ Battle of the (Kids’) Books
It’s back! School Library Journal’s Battle of the (Kids’) Books–aka BoB–gets underway on Monday, March 15. Sixteen of the best books published in 2009 will go head-to-head, being read and judged by celebrities of KidLit. There will be a match every weekday until one book stands alone on April 5.
I’m going to pay close [...]Literacy: Off the Beaten Path
A puzzle book filled with natural history facts, jokes, and images of Alaska.
The Share a Story, Shape a Future theme today is Literacy Your Way, Literacy My Way.
As the theme suggests, there is more than one path to literacy. Reading with kids may be the expressway, but there are scenic byways that offer fresh views [...]Literacy Blog Tour
Share a Story, Shape a Future. Logo art by Elizabeth Dulemba.
The Share a Story, Shape a Future week-long Literacy Blog Tour starts on Monday (March 8 – 14). This year’s theme is It Takes a Village to Raise a Reader.
Every day is hosted by a different blog and has it’s own theme.M: The [...]
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Do you suppose we’ll ever have a national holiday celebrating Dr. Seuss? I mean, we have National Hotdog Month.
Dr. Seuss taught me to read. Nowadays early readers are abundant, but I don’t remember any books but Dr. Seuss’s from my preschool days. Were there any others?
My sister inherited the family collection, but her children are [...]Weekend Site-Seeing
Here’s a really fun post on the Bookscoops blog.
One of my career paths not taken was children’s party planner and host. This is precisely the kind of party I would host.Readergirlz Chat
Last night was the live readergirlz chat with Sharon M. Draper, author of Copper Sun, this month’s featured book.
I love the readergirlz chats, so much so that I’ve decided to attend even when I haven’t yet read the book–I am severely book-acquisition challenged, as you know. Hearing the author discuss his/her book, research (Sharon [...]The Cybils
The 2009 Cybils winners were announced on Sunday. The Cybils are Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards. The reading public nominates books, and the bloggers choose the winners.
Cybils winners automatically go on my Recommended Reading list. I tend to think these are the real cream of the crop, that of all the kidlit [...]
