It may still be Day 1 here in the Western Hemisphere, but it's already Day 2 in Australia, where Susan Stephenson (
the Book Chook) lives, so ...
Welcome to Day 2 of
Share a Story ~ Shape a Future. If you're just joining us, then double welcome! We're glad you've found us and can't wait to hear your stories and ideas. (image credit: It Takes a Village logo created by Susan Stephenson at
ToonDoo.com)
When we started brainstorming about the idea of a literacy blog tour way back in the Aughts (08 to be exact), we knew early on that we wanted to create a venue that showed how reading is relevant to a child's development, but also to offer literacy ideas in ways that were accessible to everyone.
Well, today's host, Susan Stephenson of
The Book Chook, has taken that idea to a whole new level (and another continent)! She and her guests are talking about everything from "low-tech" storytelling and singing to letting kids create stop-motion videos. So let's get started ...
We hear stories before we read them, so it only seems natural that Susan opens the day with a pair of interviews with storytellers. Join her for her chats with Francie Dillon and Helen Evans at the
Book Chook. Then *hear* some more stories ...
Sometimes we have to be a little creative when it comes to getting kids interested in activities related to reading. If you're looking for ways to sneak in some literacy ...
- Join Joyce Grant at Getting Kids Reading to get ideas on ways to Get Active Kids Reading.
- Pull out all stops. Amy Mascott shares some of her tips for getting a little sneaky at Teach Mama.
- Think pictures. Rebecca Taylor talks about Combining Art with Liter
Amidst the whirl of celebrations for the release of Pearl Verses the World, and some wonderful feedback in the form of reviews and emails and nice comments from lots of sources, I have to confess that the book got a bad review.I’m not naming the publication or reviewer (though will say the review is not, to my knowledge, online), because obviously I don’t want to send you off to read something
Good morning.Thanks for dropping in to see what is happening on Day 6 of my blog tour to celebrate the release of Pearl Verses the World. Today I am due to appear at Just Listen Book Reviews where the delightful Allie will be reviewing Pearl. I am also delighted to discover that, separate from the blog tour, Pearl has received two other wonderful reviews online. Susan Whelan has posted a
One of the more venerable online literary magazines, Failbetter.com, has now reached a milestone: its twenty-fifth issue. Published quarterly since the fall of 2000 (when, coincidentally, one of the other venerable online magazines, Strange Horizons, also began), Failbetter has been a model of what can be accomplished on the web. They've consistently offered interesting fiction, poetry, art, and interviews -- indeed, their very first interview was with pre-Pulitzer Michael Chabon, and they would go on to interview a number of other authors only a few months or even weeks before they, too, would be bestowed with prizes.
Of course, the web has changed a lot since 2000, and Failbetter has changed too. Now they've got an RSS feed and are releasing content every week rather than just four times a year. The quality is still high, though, and the diversity of content exciting.
I can't claim impartiality -- one of my first publications of fiction as an adult came with "Getting a Date for Amelia" in the Summer/Fall 2001 issue. Editor Thom Didato and I had met at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference the summer before, and Thom promptly rejected two other stories of mine, saying they were well-written but dull. I'm glad he said that, because "Amelia" is a story I'm still fond of (even if it's a bit too much of a George Saunders pastiche), and I only sent it to him out of spite, thinking, "Well, this may be junk, but at least it's not dull!"
I've seen a lot of literary journals -- in print and online -- appear and disappear during the past few years, but Failbetter has remained strong and reliable, and in these times when so much attention runs a deficit, and so much of what we encounter is ephemeral, I think Failbetter's relative longevity and consistently high quality is a real accomplishment.
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Wow!!! I finally finished going through all of these great links and that is all I can say!! There is so much good stuff here that I have no idea where to even start!! Thank you!!
Once again, here is a post with my thoughts . . . http://www.tiftalksbooks.com/2010/03/share-story-shape-future-day-2-literacy.html