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Kids' Book Website Wednesday, - a weekly look at websites and blogs dedicated to sharing and reviewing Children's Books.
Storyline Online presents books read aloud by members of the SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actor's Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists). The text and illustrations are revealed alongside and below the people reading.
Besides viewing, and listening to, well read books, children and parents can download activity guides for dozens of books, purchase the books presented, and sign up for an e-newsletter.
This site is NEWS to me and I can't wait to share it with my librarian and parent friends.
Buggy and Buddy, an early learning blog, offers a
great list of art activities and games based on favorite picture books. Storytime folks, librarians, parents and teachers can add this list to their resources. I will.
It is KBWT (Kids' Book Website Tuesday). The website I am featuring today will look very familiar to you.
The blog is Books Your Kids Will Love. Yes, that is the same template that I use, and yes, she reviews a LOT of books, maybe even more than...actually way more than I do. So, check out this blog for great books that you and your kids will love.
On to other more important - to me - things.
Thing 1: Holiday greeting cards are done. And, I sadly admit, I actually wrote a "Christmas letter" this year because 2011 was a very busy year.
Thing 2: I need to post a pic of my granddaughter. I promise not to do this often but...
Right?? Is that not adorable??? There is Daddy reading to sweet little Dulci (which
means sweet!) about the birds of North America. And she, of course, is listening raptly because what one month old baby
doesn't want to hear about birds of North America?? None that I know of!
Keep up the good work, my son. You make me proud.
Yesterday, I stumbled across Figment, a young writers' and readers' community and website. The audience is teens and above and the books featured are mostly YA fiction. Young authors can read each others works. There are throwdowns in which literary characters are pitted against each other and submitted to a vote. Right now, a Gritty Girl contest is waging, with Hermione Granger besting Katniss Evedeen but in a stalemate against Buffy.
Best-selling YA books can be purchased through this site. Sometimes there are author interviews. Plenty of forums are offered for people who want to interact with other members of the Figment community. The site even has a forum dedicated to GRAMMAR. (Wow!)
I joined, for what that's worth. I'm a lurker right now.
Yesterday (approximately 53 minutes ago) was Kids' Books Website Tuesday - the day I share a blog or website (or two) devoted to children's books. Enjoy.
A Fuse #8 Production is written by book blogger and librarian, Elizabeth Bird. The blog is hosted/sponsored/part of School Library Journal's amazing Internet resources for people who like schools, and libraries, the materials found in those institutions and the people who frequent both. Book reviews - lots of book reviews - commentary on what's happening in the publishing world for children and teens - interesting stuff about authors and illustrators - it's all on this blog. I check with Betsy's blog to keep on top of what's new and different in writing for young people.
For those of us who sometimes need picture books on a theme, check out
5 Great Books, a blog written by author and literacy consultant, Anastasia Suen. Suen lists five recommended books on different topics. Her choices are designed to appeal to beginning readers.
Suen writes for this age group, too, and she features one of her books every week on another blog,
Anastasia Suen's Book of the Week. If you read the sidebars of these blogs, you will find links to Suen's other online presences including a daily blog on Picture Books and another one on Chapter Books and an e-newsletter. Fun, helpful and informative! Thanks, Anastasia.
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It's Kids' Book Website Tuesday and it's two days before Thanksgiving so... Take a look at Dallas Clayton's
The Awesome Book of Thanks. It is pretty awesome. To learn more about Clayton and his Awesome books, check this
interview on Reading Rockets, one of my favorite reading sites.
Talking about awesomeness and books and Thanksgiving, my favorite new Thanksgiving book is
Balloons over Broadway : the True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet (who also drew the pictures). Tony Sarg, a puppeteer and toy designer, made mechanical displays for Macy's windows. He was the genius behind the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. This book describes how the parade evolved into one of America's favorite Thanksgiving traditions. I love watching the parades - with the mute button on. (That's how we watch football games in our house, too. Don't those people ever stop talking to breathe??). But I digress...
I hope to post before Thursday but if life intervenes - as it often does - have an AWESOME Thanksgiving! Remember turkey has a soporific effect on humans so do NOT operate heavy machinery after eating Thanksgiving dinner.
