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There’s only three days left in our call for illustrations for our Love of Reading Gallery. The submissions continue to arrive and we expect that there will be a rush as we head towards the June 15th wrap-up.
We are now conducting interviews with the participating illustrators (children included) about their submissions, style and the of impact children’s books have had on their lives. We’ll begin publishing those interviews as part of our 400th episode/2nd anniversary celebrations.
Details on how to participate in our Love of Reading gallery are available on the gallery page.
Illustrations for our Love of Reading Gallery continue to arrive on a regular basis. It’s exciting to receive the amazing artwork and we’re extremely happy that so many illustrators and children are participating. Be sure to check out the amazing artwork in our growing gallery.
We are preparing to invite all of the participating illustrators (children included) for interviews to discuss their submissions, style and the of impact children’s books have had on their lives.
Details on how to participate are available on the gallery page.
We continue to receive fantastic illustrations for our Love of Reading Gallery, and have even spied a sneak preview of a work in progress by one illustrator. Yesterday, we were surprised when we received the illustration that appears at the right of this post. Can you guess who created it?
Don’t forget to stop in to our Love of Reading Gallery to see the great artwork that’s on display for everyone to enjoy.
We have been receiving submissions for our Love of Reading illustration event — a part of our 2nd anniversary/400th episode celebrations that will take place in July.
We are currently preparing to interview our contributors. In the meantime, we are pleased to announce the launch our…
…so that everyone can enjoy the great illustrations.
Illustrators of all backgrounds are invited to submit a logo-like illustration that can be resized nicely and featured on our website for everyone to enjoy. Illustrators submitting artwork will be invited to be guests of Just One More Book!! to talk about their design, the creative process and how their submission helps to promote a love of reading.We ask that all submissions be emailed to
[email protected] in JPG, PNG or GIF format, 500×500 pixels on or before June 15, 2008. Let us know if you have any questions.
I always find it heartening to hear about people making books and reading a part of others’ lives, encouraging children and teens to read. It feels even better when books reach people who really need it. So it felt really good to read about Literature for Life.
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| photo: memh @ Flickr |
Non-profit organization Literature for Life, founded by Jo Altilia, runs book groups for teen mothers in Toronto, picking books that resonate with them, creating a love for reading, and showing them and their babies that books are important. They also learn that language can be a tool to express themselves. Some of the books they read and discuss include The Color Purple, The Lovely Bones, and The Diary of Anne Frank. For many of these girls, these are the first books they have read. Their children also receive books just for themselves. Literature for Life spends $10,000 a year on books, reaching teens in eight maternity homes, shelters and community centres.
Altilia used to be a teacher, and she saw that teen mothers’ children often struggled in school; creating Literature for Life was her way to help those children and their teen moms learn to love books. And it sounds like her program is a success.
You can read more about this story here in the Toronto Star. You can also donate online to Literature for Life at their site, or read more about their program.
Author: Kathy-Jo Wargin
Illustrator: Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen (on JOMB)
Published: Sleeping Bear Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1585361267 Chapters.ca Amazon.com
Gorgeous red and gold warmth entwines with thrashing, raw waves and spray to tell the tragic tale of twenty nine souls struggling against the fury of Lake Superior and of the polished brass bell that forever sounds their farewell.
You can find more information about this tragedy here.
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Very cool…I love these. Perhaps these can be part of JOMB’s future bookmarks?