Happy 95th Birthday, CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK!

As they have done every spring for close to a century, the folks at the Children's Book Council celebrates the genre with a gorgeous poster and amazing roster of events. Click here to learn more and look for CBW programs in your community.

It's Children's Book Week!

And today the CBC will be announcing

the Children's and Teen's Choice Book Awards!

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It's Children's Book Week!

The celebrations always include great art.

Here's Lane Smith's bookmark!

Now, go do something book-ish!
Writers, teachers & librarians, go HERE to learn more about the Children's Book Council.
Or click along to find some ideas to celebrate CBW for kids or for teens!
And if you wanna win CBW stuff, click here: http://www.literaryrambles.com/2012/05/childrens-book-week-giveaway-hop.html!

Next week is Children's Book Week!

Just finished writing the reading guide for a cool new middle grade series with some fun regional history elements.  Perfect timing too, as I'm getting ready to chaperone a third grade field trip to a history museum today.  Got my peanut butter sandwich packed already.  I love spending the day with gradeschoolers on a special trip, listening to their lunch table conversations and the hilarious observations that are sometimes very different than the responses for which teachers had been hoping from a given exhibit.  These moments are gifts to writers of children's books.  Before I head out the door, I did want to remind you that next week is the Children's Book Council's annual Children's Book Week.  Check out their website for all kinds of interesting events and, especially, the announcement of the Children's Choice book awards.  Have a great weekend.

www.bookweekonline.com/