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MySpace launches its redesigned interface today (though the overhaul won't be complete until mid-November. A new design is part of the struggling site's shift toward music and movies — an attempt to transform the social network into a "social... Read the rest of this post

Last Wednesday, Eight O’Clock Coffee teamed up with First Book to host a fun-filled day of off-site learning for local second graders at Eight O’Clock Coffee’s Landover, Maryland roasting and packaging facility. At the event, Eight O’Clock also proudly announced the production of 5,000 co-branded copies of the Sesame Street Workshop book, We’re Different, We’re the Same, now available to children nationwide on the First Book Marketplace.

The day’s events included a tour of the plant and reading activities with 63 second graders from nearby Woodridge Elementary School. Students got to see what goes in to every bag of Eight O’Clock Coffee and enjoyed reading We’re Different, We’re the Same with Eight O’Clock Coffee employee volunteers. A tasty Sesame Street-themed lunch followed, and the event ended with each child taking home two brand new books in an Eight O’Clock Coffee tote bag.

“We love hosting the First Book events and spending the day with the kids—they really light up when they get new books,” says Alisa Jacoby, Senior Brand Manager at Eight O’Clock Coffee. About the book We’re Different, We’re the Same, Jacoby adds, “Having recently changed our Eight O’Clock Coffee packaging, we can relate to the idea of being different on the outside, but the same on the inside!”

Through the First Book and Eight O’Clock Coffee partnership, 580 books will be donated to Woodridge Elementary School, two for each student. Kyle Zimmer, President of First Book, commended Eight O’Clock Coffee’s efforts, “Their continued dedication to promoting literacy helps to ensure that all children have ‘the same’ educational resources and opportunities.”

Scholastic turns 90 (with the launch of  global literacy campaign, Read Every Day. Lead a Better Life that will target kids, parents and teachers alike. As part of the classroom component, Taylor Swift will appear in a live webcast exclusively for... Read the rest of this post

Corona Light goes after the Facebook generation (with a new young adult-targeted social media campaign that lets online fans contribute photos to a giant Times Square billboard the company will be running from Nov. 8 to Dec. 6 — part of... Read the rest of this post

My writing group gave my baby-to-be a great gift–a library full of their favorite picture and board books. I am thrilled–it is such a generous gift and great idea. Two of the books that I received were Little Golden Books, which of course brought back fond memories of my own Little Golden Books. I used to ask for these all the time when we went to the grocery and drug store. I wanted the ENTIRE collection, of course. But I thought I would revisit these today with the couple I got from my writing group–Nurse Nancy and The Monster at the End of this Book (starring Grover).

Before I do, I want to talk about how important inexpensive and quality books are for young readers. Study after study has been done about literacy, and one of the important points that always pops up is that a child needs books at home. Okay, so Little Golden Books are no longer like 39 cents (they are about $3.99), but that’s still cheaper than many of the gorgeous, but expensive, picture books at the bookstore that sell for $15.95. So, if you are on a budget, think about Little Golden Books for your young reader or your preschool/kindergarten classroom.

So, the first book I received was Nurse Nancy by Kathryn Jackson with illustrations by Corinne Malvern. This book comes with band-aids attached to the title page. I love it! My daughter will love it! It’s about a little girl named Nancy, who likes to play nurse with her dolls. But not only does she take care of her dolls, she also helps her mother and her brother, Tom, who gets a cut when he is running from some bees. This book shows the first aid steps–from cleaning out the wound to bandaging it. And soon her brothers are joining in the fun with a wagon for an ambulance. The illustrations are darling, the book is still timely (remember when we all used to play and pretend things instead of watch TV, go on the computer, and play video games?), and your child or your students will love it!

There’s a Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone is one of my very favorite books of all time. It’s not just because I love GROVER–I mean, who doesn’t? But it’s a funny, funny book, and I can’t wait to giggle over it with my daughter. If you aren’t familiar with it, then you need to get familiar with it–WOW! That ‘s a strong statement. And it’s now A Little Golden Book, so the price is right. Grover finds out that there’s a monster at the end of the book, and he is SCARED. So, who is this mean monster? Well, what is Grover after all?

Check out everything that Little Golden Books still has to offer here: www.goldenbooks.com

Facebook to the rescue (of Newark's public education system? CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to donate $100 million to one of New Jersey's most troubled school districts. If "The Social Network" portrays the 26-year-old as poorly as his company... Read the rest of this post

You’d think being a teacher by profession would make you a natural for teaching your own kids. While it’s true those called to teach have a certain approach to the world inevitably shared with the children they’ve brought into a family, the complicated nature of formal teaching (and the complicated nature of parent-child relationships) can challenge even the most skilled educator when it comes to their own small people. Much like any part of parenting, each parent has to choose a method that works for them. Sometimes you can teach any kid anything--except your own kid. I tried to work in Keilana’s classroom from preschool all the way through sixth grade, and we never could quite make it work. There was something about my presence in her learning domain that just brought out the most frustrating aspects of our relationship. Connor, on the other hand, would completely revert to earlier days and spend the whole time being my “baby” instead of branching out and participating. Addison, my strict little fraulein, had/has such a need for control, that having another person telling her what to do during the learning process was one person too many. So, despite having taught over three thousand other peoples’ children, the first three of mine have been unimpressed with my academic credentials. And now there’s Scarlett. We’ve been working together a lot lately and I think it’s going pretty well. In Susan Hood’s The Schoolhouse, Elmo and the Sesame Street crew go to school…without their mommies.

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seven little houses from Lesley Barnes on Vimeo.

this animation was produced for the aniboom sesame street animation compettion
http://www.aniboom.com/animation-video/439117/seven-little-houses/

It was a collaborative effort by Lesley Barnes and Thereza Rowe with sound design by Al Paxton.

Who are the People in your Neighborhood is the latest set of letterpress prints from the Cloudy Collection. Meet the neighbors of our first-edition-of-the-year artists: Bob Flynn (previously), Dustin Harbin (previously), David Huyck (me!), Scott MacDonald (previously), Laura Park (previously), Claire Robertson (previously), and (making a Drawn! debut) Dave Taylor. As usual, the full set of seven prints is just $35, with free shipping to the US and Canada! Oh so good!

And for those of you who will be buying all four sets this year, why not save a few bucks and get a t-shirt designed by Elio (previously) and me along the way? Subscribe to Volume II here!

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I was talking to KB about sesame street and we started listing our favorite muppets. I seem to love the ones who don't speak english (well): Beaker, Swedish Chef, Animal & the aliens who go "yepyepyepyep uh huh uh huh." All time favorite though, ever since I was a lil kiddie, is Ernie. I just love his optimism, his laugh and in my opinion, he had the best songs: "Put Down the Duckie," "Rubber Duckie," "Dance Myself to Sleep" and my all time favorite "I'd Like to Visit the Moon." This song definitely goes on my travel mix.

Whenever the song came on Sesame Street, I stopped whatever I was doing to give it my full attention, and after rewatching the video, I see where I get my sitting on the moon sketches :)

Scarlett has only lived in an apartment. Her backyard is a tiny cement patio bordered with about five feet of scrubby grass. There’s no room, or even allowance, for most pets, especially dogs. Although both Nick and I had dogs growing up, since we aren’t planning on moving (or being able to afford moving) for quite some time, it seemed Scarlett would not experience all that comes with sharing space with man’s best friend. And then, when Scarlett was a year old, her Grandpa Dan brought home a little blonde bit of scruff and needle-sharp puppy teeth named Abbey. Scarlett was a baby who didn’t realize how hard you can squeeze a puppy. Abbey was a baby who didn’t realize how little force it takes to knock down a toddler. Somehow it worked. They have a very interesting relationship of antagonism and attachment that seems more sibling than owner and pet. Scarlett insists on putting Abbey on the leash and “walking” (which sometimes resembles dragging) her, even in the house. Abbey gets jealous of the attention Oba and Grandpa pay to Scarlett, and steals binkies every chance she gets. They are lucky enough to play and fight and grow together while we are lucky enough to watch. In Susan Hood’s The Furry Arms Hotel, Elmo and Baby Natasha play hide-and-seek with a little black puppy who may or may not be in any one of the many environmentally-diverse rooms. Only Natasha finds him, ‘cause babies are meant for each other.


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When I was little, the “Boogie Man” was represented by the cartoon devil from the Underwood Deviled Ham package. Don’t ask me how that happened. I had nightmares of him hovering over our house in a helicopter, lowering himself down by a rope to pluck me out of bed and take me away forever. The shapeless “monster” of finding myself separated from loved ones turned into an actual dancing devil monster. I’ve only had one child given to night terrors, but that was enough. She would enter that shady twilight between waking and sleeping and begin screaming about “mah-sters.” My son potty-trained himself at eighteen months, but went right back to diapers when his sister told him that the faint clinking sound in Nana’s bathroom vent was monsters. Even though most of my childhood fears have morphed into adult-sized monsters, I still can’t stand right next to a bed while getting in and it’s not just for the kids that a nightlight gets left on. Because we all have scary stuff to deal with, popular culture often works at helping us face our fears--or at least desensitizing us to them. Case in point: the runaway success of slasher films. For the preschool set, Sesame Street has fully reclaimed monsters, turning them harmless and endearing. And Tedd Arnold hijacked the familiar song about monkeys and jumping and beds for Five Ugly Monsters. The illustrations are great but the best part is getting to open up a can on the naughty monsters.


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Gilette presents 'Uncut' (targeting young guys with a digital documentary series spotlighting artists like will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas. Also Dr Pepper announces a year-long partnership with Electronic Arts to hook games up with exclusive online... Read the rest of this post

'New Moon' at midnight (doesn't disappoint fans. Shocker. Also see YAB member Chelsea's review for more. Plus Sweden rethinks its original restricted rating. And the livestream of the 'New Moon' premiere on MySpace draws more than 2 million unique... Read the rest of this post

Sesame Street turns 40 today. And I can only hope that, someday, any of my 40 years (and counting) on this planet will have been able to touch even one person as deeply as Sesame Street has touched me and our kids and so many countless others in its first 40 years (and counting) on this planet.

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