By: VictoriaD,
on 7/21/2015
It’s that time of year again! Summer concerts are warming up and festivals are in full swing. Cities around the world are putting on some of the best shows for locals and tourists to enjoy. Check out what concerts Oxford University Press employees love attending every year. You just might stumble upon your new favorite band.
The post What’s your go-to summer concert? appeared first on OUPblog.
Brazil Kids Art lesson!
We learned about the country of Brazil, the Amazon rain forest and artist Romero Britto today.
We started off class learning about Romero Britto, a Brazilian Neo-Pop artist whose work really resonates with children. I’ve attached several examples here:
Then we created our own Romero Britto inspired art using crayola markers and black line work.
Flying Heart by Katie, age 7
I Love Olivia, by Vivian age 5
White Rabbit by Jeffrey, age 7
We also learned about the Scarlet Macaw and the Brazilian carnival.
Scarlet Macaw
We even made our own carnival headdresses!
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By: Jerry Beck,
on 3/4/2014
Media conglomerates export American culture throughout the world, but other countries often don't consume that culture in its intended manner. Here's a great example: a performance that took place yesterday at Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 6/11/2013
4 Stars Drummer Boy of John John Mark Greenwood Frané Lessac Lee and Low Books Pages: 32 Ages: 4+ Jacket: Carnival is coming and the villagers of John John, Trinidad, are getting ready to jump up and celebrate with music dancing, and a parade. Best of all, the Roti King has promised free rotis—tasty friend [...]
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By: Brimful Curiosities,
on 3/21/2011
This month I'm hosting the I Can Read Carnival meme. For more about this monthly meme, visit Scrub-a-Dub-Tub. If you've reviewed easy readers or illustrated chapter books in the past year or have written a post about encouraging beginning readers, please leave a link in the comment section and I'll add it to the end of this post. I'll keep comments open until Friday.
My post focuses on sight words and introduces the first book my daughter read by herself. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll consider joining the March I Can Read Carnival!
"Reads kindergarten sight words." That's one of the reading readiness standards listed on my daughter's performance report for kindergarten. On the first day of kindergarten, she was given a list of 37 words that she needed to learn by the end of the year. I'm sure the list of sight words varies by school, but in case you are a first timer like me, here is the list the students in our area must learn:
a • and • are • come • do • down • for • give • go • good • have • he • here • I • like • little • look • me • my • one • out • see • she • that • the • there • they • this • to • two • up • want • we • what • where • who • you
Even though my daughter's class spends most of their time concentrating on phonics, the sight words are also important because they provide a foundation of sorts for a beginning reader. Sight words are high frequency words and words that a reader cannot sound out. The reader is expected to know them immediately on sight.
My daughter can name all 37 words already and is well on her way to becoming a strong reader. At the beginning of the school year she really didn't have much interest in trying to learn to read because every time she opened up a book and saw all the words, she seemed overwhelmed and was afraid of failure. I didn't push it much and just kept reading aloud to her, pointing out words along the way and sometimes reading more slowly than normal. Knowing some sight words helped boost her confidence. Then right around Christmas things finally clicked with the book, My Dragon and I.
The paperback book, My Dragon and I, by Maria Fleming, tells the story two unlikely friends. A girl and her green dragon do everything together. They swing, slide, hop and hide. They even read books together about knights and dragons. The text focuses mainly on four sight words: my, and, I, like. The four sight words appear in bold throughout the book. The easy to read sentences use lots of repetition and rhyme. Most importantly, at least in my daughter's opinion, the illustrations by Mike Gordon are eye-pleasing and cute, making the book fun to read. The back of the book includes a sight word review and other activities to help the child recognize the sight words.
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By: Melinda Palacio,
on 3/3/2011
A family celebrates Mardi Gras Nola style on St. Charles Avenue
Call it a coincidence that Letting Go is the theme at the Wild Lotus Yoga Studio in New Orleans. When I’m in town, I benefit from blissful moments at Wild Lotus, although yesterday’s class left me slightly crippled (what I get for taking a vacation from exercise as well). During the crazy carnival season, ‘letting go’ is an important reminder. Simple errands, such as making groceries (as they say in New Orleans), can be impossible if you lose a good parking spot or are in a hurry to see the next parade.
I began the carnival season with the intention of forgoing the idea of experiencing carnival in Panama. My sister used last year’s dates for carnival when she booked our airline tickets, an easy mistake if you don’t celebrate Mardi Gras or Easter regularly. I told her that I would be spending Mardi Gras in New Orleans with friends and family. She assured me that Carnival in Panama was different than Carnival in New Orleans or Brazil or the rest of the world celebrating the Catholic festival. The calendar mix-up ensured we had a more authentic experience and enjoyable trip to the Panama. She didn’t realize that Mardi Gras and Easter are dependant on the ever wavering cycles of the moon. The festivities last for weeks on end, before Fat Tuesday and the ensuing fast for lent. However, New Orleans will certainly break the lent fasting shortly after Mardi Gras for the St. Patrick’s Day parade next weekend. Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, March 8. Mardi Gras can occur as early as February 3 and as late as March 9. This year leaves very little wiggle room for the lent respite of the St. Patick’s Day and St. Joseph Day celebrations.
As someone who has experienced Mardi Gras for seven years, since before Hurricane Katrina, I know that the city’s people population seems to double in size. Dining at a favorite restaurant like Jacques-imo’s can be a challenge, sometimes impossible the weekend before Mardi Gras day. This year HBO has decided to make things on my block a little more interesting. The Episode Manager left a flyer on my doorstep, “Filming Night Parade, Muses, in Your Area.” The all-female krewe has been a favorite parade for over a decade. Add HBO to the mix and I must be homebound and parade bound for the evening. Although the letter assured us the cable show’s “footprint” would be small, I let go of the idea of accomplishing anything other than parading that evening with the cast and crew of Treme, my neighbors, and all the tourists from the North Shore crowding for a chance to catch some girly throws and plastic beads made in China. I had high hopes of going to yoga today, but I let go of that idea as well.
Next week, Mardi Gras gives way to lent and the St. Patrick's Day parades. I will be driving back to California. On Sunday, March 13, I join the Hitched: Writing in Political Oppression Poetry Series at Beyond Baroque, along with Sholeh Wolpe, Alicia Partnoy, Ramon Garcia, and Bilal Shaw, hosted by Xochitl-Julissa Bermeo at 4pm, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
By: Melissa Wiley,
on 1/30/2010
Recently, there have been GW sightings in Virginia. Apparently he’s been palling around with Pat Buchanan closing all of the political bars said to be in, “A Disturbed state of vengence, bent on payback.” Pat’s been antagonizing him to strap on a a pair of titanium balls and get a back bone regarding aggressive plans to attack Iraq.
Pat barks.” GW, Where’s your direction boy? You mean to tell me between You, Dick, and Big Daddy you can’t hash out a pow-wow with the Arab Princes to gang rape Saddam Hussein? “You are all pathetic.” “To Hell with Bin Laden!” “He’s more valueable alive than dead.” ”Don’t let family vendetta’s cloud your judgment boy.” ”Go for the gusto and break some Arab balls!”
Pat keeps barking, “Surrounding Arab nations will pick through the bones.” “Rumor has it, Castro’s been showing interest in broken nation re-building.” ”Damn….with that in mind, we can bang the cold war gong another Fifty years or so.”
NEWS BRIEF: A local news reporter was said to be kidnapped and poisoned with chlorophorm after printing an accurate account of recent weekend benders by the two scoundrels. Apparently both GW and PB were double fisted with Jose Cuervo and Corona’s when they stumbled upon a travelling circus carnival and rousted a few clowns from their trailer. The clowns woke up to GW and PB demanding their political party alliance to the Republicans. Wnen they realize the clowns disinterest in Republican idealogue they flew into drunken rages.
They decide to strap these poor fellows to their bunk beds and douse them with Tequilla and Beer and lock them in tight. For vengence and spite they pushed the trailer down a steep ravine, careening into a Virginia swamp, all the while screaming.”Who’s your Daddy boy?, Who’s your Daddy?” Gw was just following and hanging around Pat. Totally clueless, looking up to him like a father figure. Unexpectedly, Buchanan’s Irish temper took hold and in a blind rage he scoops GW up and body slams him to the ground, proceeding to place a rear naked choke hold when secret service intervenes.
They whip out two Executive model stun guns and jolted Buchanan with 20,000 volts of lightning therapy treatments. Witness’s state, “It lit him up like a christmas tree in Central Park. His eyes bulged out like a raped ape.” GW is quoted, “It’s just the typical political rumors the Democrats have been spreading from day one. I’ve been sober for Ten years.”
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Recently, there have been GW sightings in Virginia. Apparently he’s been palling around with Pat Buchanan closing all of the political bars said to be in, “A Disturbed state of vengence, bent on payback.” Pat’s been antagonizing him to strap on a a pair of titanium balls and get a back bone regarding aggressive plans to attack Iraq.
Pat barks.” GW, Where’s your direction boy? You mean to tell me between You, Dick, and Big Daddy you can’t hash out a pow-wow with the Arab Princes to gang rape Saddam Hussein? “You are all pathetic.” “To Hell with Bin Laden!” “He’s more valueable alive than dead.” ”Don’t let family vendetta’s cloud your judgment boy.” ”Go for the gusto and break some Arab balls!”
Pat keeps barking, “Surrounding Arab nations will pick through the bones.” “Rumor has it, Castro’s been showing interest in broken nation re-building.” ”Damn….with that in mind, we can bang the cold war gong another Fifty years or so.”
NEWS BRIEF: A local news reporter was said to be kidnapped and poisoned with chlorophorm after printing an accurate account of recent weekend benders by the two scoundrels. Apparently both GW and PB were double fisted with Jose Cuervo and Corona’s when they stumbled upon a travelling circus carnival and rousted a few clowns from their trailer. The clowns woke up to GW and PB demanding their political party alliance to the Republicans. Wnen they realize the clowns disinterest in Republican idealogue they flew into drunken rages.
They decide to strap these poor fellows to their bunk beds and douse them with Tequilla and Beer and lock them in tight. For vengence and spite they pushed the trailer down a steep ravine, careening into a Virginia swamp, all the while screaming.”Who’s your Daddy boy?, Who’s your Daddy?” Gw was just following and hanging around Pat. Totally clueless, looking up to him like a father figure. Unexpectedly, Buchanan’s Irish temper took hold and in a blind rage he scoops GW up and body slams him to the ground, proceeding to place a rear naked choke hold when secret service intervenes.
They whip out two Executive model stun guns and jolted Buchanan with 20,000 volts of lightning therapy treatments. Witness’s state, “It lit him up like a christmas tree in Central Park. His eyes bulged out like a raped ape.” GW is quoted, “It’s just the typical political rumors the Democrats have been spreading from day one. I’ve been sober for Ten years.”
By: Susan Taylor Brown,
on 3/30/2009
Yipee! It's carnival time!
The March Carnival of Children's Literature is now available courtesy of Jenny Schwartzberg at Jenny's Wonderland of Books.
Don't know what the Carnival of Children's Literature is? Read on. Every month a new kidlit blogger hosts the carnival. Sometimes they suggest a theme and sometimes they just ask for favorite posts from kidlit bloggers for that month. Then the hosts rounds them up in a fabulous post like this.
Go. Read. Enjoy!
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By: Cat Bauer,
on 2/24/2009
(Venice, Italy) Carlo Goldoni was one of Venice's most famous playwrights, and to see a contemporary version of his play, The Impresario from Smyrna, directed by Luca De Fusco at the Malibran Theatre, was a real delight. (The image you see is Eros Pagni and Alvia Reale.) In 1737, Goldoni himself was in charge of the Malibran Theatre (then known as the San Giovanni Grisostomo), where many of his works were performed.
From Wikipedia:
Designed by Thomas Bezzi for the Grimani family, the theatre was inaugurated during the 1678 carnival with Vespasiano by Carlo Pallavicino. It became the biggest, most luxurious and extravagant stage in Venice, known for its sumptuous productions and high quality singers such as Margherita Durastanti, prima donna between 1709 and 1712.
I attended the show with a real, live Venetian:), who was thrilled to watch the ancient words come to life in the ancient venue during Carnevale. The theater itself was packed with many locals; everyone seemed to be having a great time. It was a glorious Venetian oasis, safe from the rowdy crowds out on the streets.
There is a strange phenomenon in Venice this Carnival, and I am not the only one who has noticed it. It is as if there are many different currents flowing through the town, and if you wade into the right stream, it is possible to catch a whiff of genuine Carnevale.
You won't find it around my house, close to Rialto. Over here, there seems to be nothing but loud rock and roll, and masses of drunken youths wandering aimlessly through the calli. Not that I'm against drunken youths -- they are electric when properly confined in arenas:) -- but, to me, it's not what Carnival in Venice is about.
In any event, back to the good folks who brought us such an enjoyable evening. We do have some creative entities in town like La Biennale, The Goldoni Theater, and La Fenice. It was nearly impossible to bring these different organizations together to put on a show, but because of some inspirational leadership, it did happen. At the press conference, we were asked not to forget to mention the money folks at Fondazione Antonveneta, and I have absolutely no problem doing so. The talent was top-rate, and Maurizio Millenotti's costumes and Antonio Fiorentino's sets -- a vivid assortment of different "reds" -- were spectacular. There were even live musicians from La Fenice!
The Antonveneta Foundation is active in cultural, social welfare and scientific research and supports projects initiated by individuals who operate without a profit. http://www.antonveneta.it/media/fondazione-.aspx
I had a little difficulty with the opening because of the rapid Italian exposition and inside Venetian jokes. (My Venetian friend had no problems at all, and laughed throughout the whole show.) The story slowly started coming into focus, however, and soon I realized it included one of my favorite themes, which is: Sneaky Female Tricks and How Otherwise Intelligent Men Succumb to Them. I continue to be astounded by how many smart guys fall for Girly Machinations 101.
An impresario is someone who produces an event; Smyrna is an ancient town in Turkey, and the rivalry between the Turks and Venetians colors the play. I pondered if tourists visiting Venice at Carnival would have enjoyed the show, and have decided yes, because more than that, the show was about: who is the prima donna and are these chicks gonna rip each other's hair out -- a topic always good for a laugh.
Here is an accurate Wikipedia definition:
Originally used in opera companies, "prima donna" is Italian for "first lady". The term was used to designate the leading female singer in the opera company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given. 
The prima donna was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano. Legendarily, these "prima donnas" (prime donne in Italian) were often regarded as egotistical, unreasonable and irritable, with a rather high opinion of themselves not shared by others. Although whether they are truly more vain or more hot-tempered than other singers (or than any other people in the opera houses) is not substantiated, the term often describes a vain, obnoxious and temperamental person who, although irritating, cannot be done without.[2]
The brilliance of the play was that the prima donna appeared to be a sweet, innocent girl from a good family. While her competitors were more obvious about their machinations, the outstanding Gaia Aprea, who played Lucrezia, took another tact and pretended to be virginal before taking off her mask and ending up in bed with the Count, played by Max Malatesta. The other two competitors, Anita Bartolucci as Tognina and Alvia Reale as Annina, used Gossip, the All-Venetian Weapon, to destroy her. One of the best moments was when Eros Pagni, who played Alì, the Turk who was financing the whole production, said simply, "I'm confused..." It was a classic Venetian scheme, and required watching for any outsider thinking of doing business in town. Even though L'impresario delle Smirne was first produced in Venice in 1761, it still holds up today.
Ciao from Venice, Cat http://venetiancat.blogspot.com/
Teatro Malibran
Saturday February 21 at 8:30 p.m.and from February 22 to March 1
L’impresario delle Smirne [world premiere]
by Carlo Goldoni
directed by Luca De Fusco
original music Nino Rotaadapted by Luca De Fusco, Antonio Di Poficast Eros Pagni (Alì), Alberto Fasoli (Beltrame), Max Malatesta (Conte Lasca) , Paolo Serra (Carluccio), Gaia Aprea (Lucrezia), Enzo Turrin (Nibbio), Anita Bartolucci (Tognina), Piergiorgio Fasolo (Pasqualino), Giovanna Mangiù (Maccario), Alvia Reale (Annina), Matteo Mauri (a servant) clarinet Giorgio Lavorato, viola Marco Albano, piano Antonio Di Poficonductor Antonio Di Pofi
lighting design Emidio Benezzi
sets Antonio Fiorentino
costumes Maurizio Millenotti
production Teatro Stabile del Veneto, Teatro Stabile di Catania, Fondazione Antonveneta
with the support of La Biennale di Venezia
in collaboration with the Fondazione Teatro La Fenice
http://www.labiennale.org/en/theatre/program/2009/en/80539.html
By: Susan Taylor Brown,
on 6/23/2008
Welcome to the June 2008 Carnival of Children's Literature. The theme of fathers in children's books brought posts of the good, the bad, and even a bit of Dr. Seuss.
SPECIAL DAUGHTERS, SPECIAL DADS
To get us in the fatherly mood, a pair of special daughters give us a glimpse of what it was like to grow up with a pair of special dads. Terry at the Reading Tub shares thoughts on her dad and books and Kelly Herold tells us what it was like Growing up with a Rockstar.
COULD DR. SEUSS BE A FATHER FIGURE? Susan Gaissert presents Hop on Pop: A Critical Analysis.
THE BEST AND THE WORST OF FATHERS
Jen Robinson posts about the five best and five worst fathers from children's and young adult literature that she's read about this year.
I share Erica Harrington's post about my book, Hugging the Rock, in which she suggests that maybe the father wasn't such a rock after all.
MISSING FATHERS
Jeannine Atkins talks about The Power of Absent Fathers and Becky Levine ponders the absence of fictional fathers on her own bookshelf.
FATHERS - HERE, THERE and EVERYWHERE
Joyce Moyer Hostetter shares some thoughts on fathers in children's literature as well as a sneak peak into the sequel to her novel BLUE.
Libby at Lessons from the Tortoise presents a potpourri of ideas about fathers in books.
In a comment in my blog, Annie Mitchell shared her thoughts about the fathers in Bridge to Terabithia.
Fran Cannon Slayton talks about Sounder and the grandfather she never met until she wrote her book, How to Stop a Moving Train
BOOK REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Jules at 7 Imp give us Father Knows Best, a review of How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevtiz
Becky's Young Readers reviews Happy Father's Day by Dan Yaccarino.
Because I Love You by Max Lucado is reviewed at Quiverfull Family Blog
Nancy Arruda writes about the Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Lester.
Becky's Book Reviews presents Going for the Record by Julie Swanson.
Franki and Mary Lee at A Year of Reading offer the Author Interview: Shelley Harwayne.
Mary Burkey points us to her Audiobooker blog, featuring the Odyssey Award, which was won this year by the producer of the audiobook of father-and-son team Walter Dean Myers & Christopher Myers’ book Jazz. The Myers are also featured here and here.
Book Moot, reviews Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica in Audio Books That Charm.
Kelly Herold reviews Cosmic, by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
LISTS OF CHILDRENS BOOKS WITH STRONG FATHER CHARACTERS
Daddy Dialectic
The Friendly Book Nook
Book Buds reviews books about dads
Peter at Collecting Children's Books
Fathers and Daughters in Children's Books at Susan Writes
Mitali Perkins:A Baker's Dozen of Father Daughter Books
Thank you everyone who submitted to this carnival!
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By: Susan Taylor Brown,
on 6/14/2008
By: Cat Bauer,
on 5/27/2008
Let's start with the Venetian costumer, Stefano Nicolao, because I was just about to write about him, but instead ran out to the supermarket before it closed. I dashed into the Billa, and who should be standing in the produce section, but Stefano Nicolao.
Here was our conversation:
Cat: I was just about to write about you, and here you are. I was going to write that only a man with coglioni can cry in front of an audience. And everyone clapped! When you spoke about your great appreciation for your family... it made me cry, too.
Stefano: You have to understand that I hadn't seen many of those people for 10, 20 years. And that moment... as I was speaking about my family and the culmination of 40 years of work, it just hit me...
Cat: After your speech, after the food, right before the show, I found myself sitting in the theatre next to your aunt. She told me that your mother supports you, sacrificed for you. She said that your father supports you; your daughter loves your work; she said that your wife was your assistant. She said the entire family was involved. Your aunt said that all this family energy lifts you up, up, up... and I was so moved to hear it. Because it'
s the opposite for me... and I imagined how different life would be to have the support of an entire family... to have all that extra energy instead of doing things on one's own. That's another reason why I was crying.
(Stefano's made costumes for Elizabeth, The Merchant of Venice, Casanova, etc., etc.)
We spoke in further detail, and then agreed that we must shop before the store closed (it was just about to close, and we were both just beginning to shop), so I zipped off past the jams.
HOW WE ARRIVED AT THAT CONVERSATION
I had an invitation to go to the Theatre of San Gallo to celebrate 25 years of the Nicolao Atelier di Stefano Nicolao, and then afterwards, to see Carnival The Show. I had been curious about Carnival, The Show, because I'd seen the advertising around town. To me, it sounded very touristy; not something that locals would be interested in. So, this is something I would not ordinarily attend, except that there was the Venetian costumer, Stefano Nicolao, before the dinner and the show. I honestly did not know what to expect... and I wasn't going to stay after Stefano Nicolao... except the dinner I was supposed to attend got confused, so at the last minute I decided to gulp down some food and stay for the show.
WITH THAT CAVEAT, I sampled some of the food after the mob had already gnawed at it, and I found it to be bland and ordinary, but served in attractive plastic tumbler things... Well, the appetizers were fine. There was plenty of wine/soda/water to drink. There were so many people attacking the food at the same time that I didn't try too hard to get any, but the little I got was lacking in flavor.
THE SHOW, on the other hand, I really enjoyed. It was unexpectedly good -- the actors were good; it was professional and enjoyable. It made me miss Venice and the way life used to be. It reminded me of a theatrical production I did long, long ago in Southern California. It was an outdoor dinner theatre, and I was playing the part of Karen Andre in Ayn Rand's play, The Night of January 16th. The food was equally strange... I can't remember, like a box lunch dinner, but the show itself was good in a dinner theater kind of way. (I was on trial for killing my lover and 12 people from the audience sat on stage as jurors and had to vote whether I was innocent or guilty every night.) Now, Carnival, The Show, has absolutely nothing in common with the Ayn Rand play except in terms of a dinner-theatre feeling. So, if you have ever been to a dinner theatre production in America, it is sort of like that.
There is a very thin plot, which is that the Atelier, or the studio of this costumer, is creating the costumes for Marchesa Luisa Casati, who lived in Palazzo dei Leoni, which is now the Guggenheim. She was having a grand ball, and running around declaring: "I want to be a living work of art." So, the actors are creating costumes and reminiscing. They say at the beginning that it is not in chronological order. It's a hodge-podge of Venetian history and I just LOVED it. Really. It was strangely moving. I sat next to another journalist, and we both were laughing and crying at the same times. There were lots of Venetians there that night because of Stefano Nicolao, who would not normally be there, so, it was a special night. I cannot judge how it is normally, but based on my experience, I would say: go there for the show, but don't expect great food.
It's a history of Venice show, and I think, actually, we should require ALL VISITORS to watch the show upon arrival. If they watched the show and made an effort to understand it, I am quite sure they would enjoy Venice a lot more.
Ciao from Venice,
Cat
P.S. I did immediately spot an error -- they have a printed Timeline in the program, and they say that "Venice was founded in 421 (conveniently on St.. Mark's Day, April 25)." Well, Venice (as we all know:) was founded on Friday, MARCH 25, 421 at the stroke of noon right downstairs at Rialto at San Giacometto. And another marvelous coincidence is that Stefano Nicolao, too, was born on March 25th!
The February Carnival of Children's Literature is up today at Anastasia Suen's blog, Picture Book of the Day. Head on over and check it out.
I have new appreciation for carnival hosts after I hosted the January Carnival of Children's Literature. It takes some work, but it's a fantastic way to discover wonderful blogs and to meet new people. If you're ever interested in hosting, just get in touch with Melissa Wiley at Here in the Bonny Glen. Melissa recently created a webpage that explains all about the Children's Literature Carnival and contains an archive of every carnival so far.
There's a new carnival in the works for booksellers at the American Booksellers Association Omnibus blog. The first Carnival of Independent Bookselling is about why you decided to become a bookseller (if, of course, you are a bookseller at an independent store). Submit your post through Blog Carnival's submission link, or send an e-mail to sarah-AT-bookweb-DOT-org. Submissions are due by March 21, and the carnival will be posted on March 25.
By: Jennie,
on 1/23/2008
So, after I posted yesterday, I saw that I had missed 2 very important updates!
1. The new issue of The Edge of the Forest is up! Check it out! Lots of awesome articles, plus 2 reviews by yours truly (My Last Best Friend by Julie Bowe and Reality Leak by Jodi Sensel-- both are great reads!)
2. The new Carnival of Children's Lit is up over at Wizard's Wireless. My contribution is actually my Geek Buffet post about the Xela Awards... check it out!
And now, a review of 2 books off the big scary list! (And a break because they're both Adult Nonfiction)
By: Jane Mack,
on 3/18/2007
POD-dy Mouth has closed up shop. Wah!
I loved reading about the print-on-demand books she found, reviewed, and sometimes loved. I even bought one or two that she recommended.
But alas, she's burned out. Understood.
But we need those "needle" awards. And her enthusiastic voice encouraging us to read. (Well, I don't need that. I'll read anyway. But I still love hearing the reinforcement of my habit.)
Goodbye-POD-dy Mouth. Sorry to see you go.
(P.S. I'll leave the link up for a while, but eventually, I'll have to take it off my list. Wah!)
Happy blogiversary!