Contribute to The Book Chook Cook Book…

Monday, May 24th, 2010

The Book Chook Cook BookSusan over at The Book Chook is putting together a Literacy Cook Book and is inviting contributions:

Here is what I would love you to do: sometime in the next two weeks, send me one recipe that is quick and easy to make, so it gives you more time to spend reading, writing or creating.

and there’ll be a special section of recipes for cooking with kids. The finished book will be available in pdf format, along the same lines as The Book Chook’s other regular feature, the wonderful Literacy Lava. Head on over to The Book Chook for full details… and hurry: I only picked up on this today, one week into the two weeks.

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From around the Kidlitosphere…

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

The Children’s Book Council of Australia has just announced the winners of this year’s awards. I’ve spotted two of my favorite books of the past year among them: Shaun Tan’s Tales from Outer Suburbia (Winner, Older Readers Book of the Year) and Home and Away by John Marsden, illustrated by Matt Ottley (Honour, Picture Book of the Year). Read this rather sobering post from The Book Chook outlining the awards and highlighting possible changes afoot in Australian publishing and their potential effect on the many wonderful small independent publishers in Australia.

Just One More Book has this podcast about Ten Days and Nine Nights: An Adoption Story by Yumi Heo.

Shelf Elf has a review of Mitali Perkins‘ Secret Keeper (you can also read PaperTigers’ review here).

And read Chicken Spaghetti’s great post, “Neesha Meminger on Kids’ Books by South Asian Authors” – including Neesha’s South Asian selection of books she would add to the CCBC’s list of “50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know” – apparently soon to become 75… – Hmmm – take a look at the list and tell us what you would add…

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