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I've been having kind of a hectic day: work, laundry, doctor's appointment (with shots!) for my daughter, etc. But finally I sat down to my personal email, and found this email from Reading is Fundamental:
"A gift was given to Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) in your honor. The nation’s largest children’s literacy nonprofit, RIF helps get books to kids in need. For many of the kids RIF serves, their RIF books are their only books. The books provided through this gift made in your honor can spark lifetimes of ambition."
There was an accompanying note from Mary Lee Hahn and Franki Sibberson. When I traveled to their wonderful blog, A Year of Reading, I found this post: Celebrating Jen Robinson with a donation to RIF. I had been following Franki and Mary Lee's year-long celebration of their blog's eighth birthday, in which they highlight fellow bloggers whose work has inspired them, and make donations to relevant charities in those bloggers' names. But it never even crossed my mind that they might pick me. I feel so honored and grateful that I am nearly at a loss for words.
Their post is full of reminders of my very earliest days of blogging, when those of us who discovered blogging started coming together. My lists of Cool Girls of Children's Literature and Cool Boys of Children's Literature helped lead to Mary Lee and Franki's list of 100 Cool Teachers in Children's Literature. And the rest is history! We all had so much FUN blogging back then. I mean, I still do, but there was such a relief for me when I first started in finding kindred spirits, other adults who cared about children's books even more than I did.
Later, when my daughter was born, Mary Lee and Franki were among a group of wonderful online friends who had become real friends who gave me a virtual book shower. Franki and Mary Lee sent me two books that remain among my favorites (though my daughter now declares them to be for babies): Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury and Ten Tiny Babies by Karen Katz. I have in turn passed on copies of these books to many other friends and family members in the four years since.
I've been fortunate enough to meet Mary Lee and Franki in person at a conference or two over the years, and I hope to see them in person again before too long. They have brightened my blogging experience over the years, and today they made me stop in the middle of a not so fun day and remember the value of finding kindred spirits. I hope you'll check out their post. Thanks, Franki and Mary Lee! It's an honor to know you.
© 2014 by Jennifer Robinson of Jen Robinson's Book Page. All rights reserved. You can also follow me @JensBookPage or at my Growing Bookworms page on Facebook.
This past Wednesday, March 21 was World Poetry Day as first proclaimed by UNESCO in 1999. I spent World Poetry Day attending a reading of local poets in my town of Winnipeg put on by the poetry magazine CV2. Of course, there were various other events occurring all over the world to celebrate the day and one on-line site that caught my eye was YARN. For World Poetry Day, seven poems were published on the site on the theme of “Measuring the World, the Geography of Poetry” inspired by the ancient poet Eratosthenes. Do check out this great site, especially informative for young adult writers and readers! And congratulations to the poets whose work was selected — an international bunch from far-flung places like Israel, Japan, Argentina and Canada.
This week Poetry Friday is hosted by Franki and Mary Lee at A Year of Reading.
WARNING: Be prepared to have this song in your head all day! Especially after using it in a storytime!
See what librarians and teachers are saying about PETE THE CAT: ROCKING IN MY SCHOOL SHOES by Eric Litwin and James Dean:
“The text invites students to sing along with Pete as he rocks in his new school shoes. It also invites them to jump in with the place in the school where Pete is doing whatever it is he is doing. A perfect book for young children at the beginning of the school year. So many possibilities!” ~ A Year of Reading
“This book is a perfect fit for preschoolers through early elementary, and potentially as fun for the reader as the listener (I suggest belting out Pete’s song right along with him in your jazziest voice!). It might be a comfort to kids who are experiencing first-day jitters, as Pete’s sense of calm and cool is a tad infectious. And just like this cat, school IS cool, after all! My grade for Pete, the coolest cat around? A+.” ~ Book Talk (King County Library System)
“PETE THE CAT: ROCKING IN MY SCHOOL SHOES is the perfect back-to-school story for preschoolers through first graders. You better believe you’ll hear enthusiastic singing and clapping coming from my school library.” ~ Watch. Connect. Read (Mr. Schu)
PETE THE CAT: ROCKING IN MY SCHOOL SHOES
by Eric Litwin and James Dean
Available now
ISBN 9780061910241
Check out the website!
Don’t listen to us gab about the newest picture book from Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace…check out the three starred reviews for THIS PLUS THAT!
“Teachers could use the book, perhaps paired with Betsy Franco’s picture book Mathematickles! (2003), to introduce math equations or to inspire students to create their own verbal equations. But first, just read this unusual book aloud and let it work its magic.” ~ Booklist (starred review)
“Clever premise + artful execution = sure winner.” ~ Kirkus (starred review)
“Corace’s tidy figures echo with prim grace the gentle theme of the book, that life can be parsed into the simplest terms that recombine to create something joyous.” ~ Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
Check out the adorable book trailer:
And check out these other great reviews:
A Year of Reading
Literacy and Laughter (look how she used it in the classroom!)
The BK Club (the Children’s Room at Memorial Hall Library)
The 2009 Cybils (the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards) Finalists have been announced. Click here to see the list.
Tomorrow, January 5th the Announcement of the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature will take place. For the past two years, Jon Scieszka has held this position and has done an absolutely outstanding job! Check out the roundup of thank-you posts to Jon compiled at A Year of Reading.
Look at this!!!! Look at all my friends! I am so excited for all of you who are listed. If you check out my sidebar, you will find MANY of these blogs listed as the Best 100 Book Blogs for Kids. I think it is WONDERFUL!
(I tried to tag all my cyber buds, but there were too many!)
Franki at A Year of Reading has gathered together some fantastic projects by children “to make the world a better place”, including her own daughter and her friends. These are all inspirational stories - do follow up on all her links! I do just have to mention this one though:
How about Capucine who I learned about from Stella at My World-Mi Mundo. Capucine, a four year old, is helping to make sure that her friends in Mongolia have books. She would like to open a library for them. Capucine already understands the power of her words, the Internet, and making a difference.
Mary Lee of A Year of Reading is going to help me out this spring and take over the Poetry Friday scheduling through February, March, and April. If you're interested in hosting, please do let her know.
I'll be back in action in May, and hopefully will begin posting on Fridays again soon.
(P.S. This past week's PF roundup will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. So many good posts, I want to comment on them all.)
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Very sensible of you, Kelly.
Big hugs.
Thanks, Kelly. I need the help.
And, thank you, Mary Lee!! I owe you one :)
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Glad to help. It's a little thing I can do.
Take it easy Kelly and God Bless!
Good for you for learning the definition of the word "delegate!" Look forward to having you back in whatever capacity you choose.
We will miss you but anyways you will come back and that's all that matters.
Thanks for all the hosting, coordinating, and delegating. Enjoy a well-deserved break!