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	<title>Needle and ThREAD: Stitching for Literacy</title>
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	<description>Jen Funk Weber on needlework, reading, writing, and life.</description>
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		<title>Screens for Teens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my writing critique partners, Mary Beth Schewitz, was just selected as an &#8220;everyday hero&#8221; by Real Simple magazine for her work with the Max Schewitz Foundation.
Mary Beth lost her seemingly healthy 20-year-old son, Max, to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in 2005. The Foundation that bears his name raises funds for the research and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stitching for Literacy Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first bookmark from the Stitching for Literacy Flickr Pool! This is a Teresa Wentzler design stitched by poppyseed53. 
I hope you&#8217;ll post images of the bookmarks you stitch in our Flickr pool. Note that one of the group rules is that posting there gives me permission to re-post your images here. 
We have two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jenfunkweber.com/needlework/stitching-for-literacy-update-59.php</link>
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		<title>SLJ BoB Brackets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 Gifts

Sweethearts of Rhythm
When You Reach Me

Round 2

Fire
The Last Olympian
A Season of Gifts
When You Reach Me

Round 3

Fire
A Season of Gifts

Round 4

Undead: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Winner: The Evolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share a Story Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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
Please send your mailing addresses to 
mail [AT] funkandweber [DOT] com 
ASAP so I can get your Puzzle Bears books in the mail.
Thanks to everyone who followed the tour!
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		<title>Weekend Site Seeing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know how I&#8217;m forever saying that picture books should be made for all ages? Well check this out!

I can&#8217;t wait to see this!
Thanks to Fuse #8 for the heads up.
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		<link>http://jenfunkweber.com/reading/weekend-site-seeing-34.php</link>
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		<title>SLJ Battle of the (Kids&#8217;) Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s back! School Library Journal&#8217;s Battle of the (Kids&#8217;) Books&#8211;aka BoB&#8211;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&#8217;m going to pay close [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jenfunkweber.com/reading/slj-battle-of-the-kids-books.php</link>
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		<title>rgz Bookmark Tutorial is Up!</title>
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The readergirlz bookmark tutorial is up! There&#8217;s still time to order a kit, so if you know a readergirl who might be interested, send her a link.
And now here&#8217;s an idea for all you already-stitchers. In the intro video and tutorial, I encourage readergirlz to stitch an extra bookmark or two to include in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jenfunkweber.com/needlework/rgz-bookmark-tutorial-is-up.php</link>
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		<title>Literacy: Off the Beaten Path</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jenfunkweber.com/childrens-writing/literacy-off-the-beaten-path.php</link>
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		<title>Stitching for Literacy Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bookmark by Marion Scoular. I have two of these, and I am sorely tempted to keep one. But now that I&#8217;ve said it out loud, I won&#8217;t. I promise to pass them both on to deserving young readers.
The Monday &#8220;What have you done lately?&#8221; accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jenfunkweber.com/needle-thread/stitching-for-literacy-update-58.php</link>
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		<title>Steampunk Embroidery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alan, the Bookmark Collector (both the physical kind and the electronic kind) and the main brain behind the Bookmark Collectors&#8217; Virtual Convention, left this comment after I wondered about steampunk embroidery. Since not everyone reads comments, I&#8217;m re-posting it here because I want everyone to see it. 
Alan&#8217;s comment altered to make live links:
Oh Jen [...]]]></description>
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