Readergirlz and Figment are planning a Rock the Drop event on April 12, 2012. It works like this. Get a book. Put the bookplate, below, in the book. Drop the book somewhere that someone might find it. It's like International Book Giving Day but more subversive.
So do it. Easy enough to share a good read with an unknown "friend".
Battle of the Books:Daughter of Smoke and Bone won its first round - as I predicted. I am buffing my chipped nails on my lapel as you read this. Don't forget to read the commentaries after Sara Zarr's thoughtful judging.
One of the comments to BoB's post mentioned the artwork for today. I like the little bomb shelter sign that Dead End in Norvelt so ineffectively uses as a shield. Thanks to RB for drawing attention to these graphics. So read EVERYTHING on the Battle's page; the decision, the commentaries and the comments. All fun, all worthwhile.
Monday's match. Hmmm. I haven't read The Grand Plan to Fix Everything. It's hard to imagine that it is better than Allen Say's Drawing from Memory. So I'm going with Drawing as Monday's winner. HOWEVER, I might change my mind.
So what happens next? Come on March 31st to see!
I still have two passes to the Elizabeth Ellis performance on March 31st at Northampton Community College. Listen to the interview and story at the link above. Honestly, she is so good we should charge TWICE as much as we are charging. Try something new.
I decided to feature readergirlz for Kids' Books Website Tuesday because I so enjoy reading the reviews on this informative teen-centric blog. Every week, the blog interviews an author about the cover art on one of that author's books. Teens, the primary audience for the books reviewed on readergirlz, are just as likely as the rest of us to "judge a book by its cover". In my days of sharing ARCs with teens, we all gravitated towards certain images and styles of illustration. These interviews tell the reader a lot about the author, the book and the way visual images can enhance the written word.
In between the Cover Stories features, there are reviews and news about the world of writing for young adults. I visit readergirlz almost every day now and always find something I like. For instance, I just discover rgz tv in the right hand column and found a host of cool author/book/teen/reader-y related videos to watch. Why not? There's nothing good on cable anyway! (I strongly suggest that they get John Green back since his new book, The Fault in Our Stars came out.)
But, then I noticed a link to readertotz!! And I fell in love. Oh yeah, a whole blog devoted to reviewing picture and board books! The contributors are picture book authors themselves. Lorie Ann Grover writes for other age groups as well and co-founded readergirlz. Joan Holub writes primarily for the beginning reader group.
Here's the trailer for one of Holub's books, Zero the Hero. Looks good. And check out the readertotz playlist when you stop by!
I have added readertotz to the blogs I follow regularly. I suggest you do the same.
