Cybils

New Blog Announcement: Booklights

I am happy to announce the launch of a new children's book blog from PBS Parents, Booklights. Pam Coughlan (MotherReader), Susan Kusel (Wizards Wireless), and I (Jen Robinson) will be working with Gina Montefusco from PBS, along with various guest contributors, to bring literacy and reading content to the PBS Parents audience. The goal of Booklights, in line with the goals that Susan, Pam, and I have for our personal blogs, is to help people to inspire a love of reading in children. (Well, Susan and I have that stated goal - click here to see Pam's more entertaining response.)

Currently we're in "soft launch" mode, which means that PBS won't be announcing the blog anywhere until next week. But we wanted to let you, our Cybils blog-reading friends, know about it now. We have some early introductory posts and lists of favorite picture books now available. And I suspect that a list of Cybils winners would make a good post sometime soon, don't you?

Anyway, I hope that you'll check out the new blog, and that you'll consider adding it to your regular blog reading. Thanks!  

-- Jen Robinson, Cybils Literacy Evangelist

The Amazing Gregory K.

Crap! I totally forgot to publicize Gotta Book's poetry blitz.  That was SO on my list of things to do for this month.  I'm such a bad virtual friend.  Actually, since I've met Gotta Book's Gregory K. in person, I'm a bad friend, period.  I hope he still loves us and comes back to judge again next year (gulp).

Here's the deal: for the entire month of April, that being this here month we're in right now, he's lined up a new poet every day.  It's called 30 Poets/30 Days and it ROCKS.  All are original compositions in honor of Nat'l Poetry Month.

Jack Prelutsky's already got a poem up.  Jane Yolen is promising one later in the month.  Where else can you see children's literary history being made?

What are you still doing here?  Get thee to Gotta Book!

--Anne the Editor