To PaperTigers Readers: A Farewell Post from Sally Ito
I joined the PaperTigers team in 2008. At that time, there were five of us on the team — Aline Pereira, Marjorie Coughlan, Corinne Robson, and Janet Brown. Based as we were in different locations — Aline in the U.S., Marjorie in the U.K., Corinne and I in Canada, Janet in Thailand, we made quite a cosmpolitan group. All of us were enthusiastic about the rapidly developing online world of communication on and or about children’s books. I joined the team as a blog contributor and reviewer; I was thrilled at the prospect of being able to write about multicultural children’s books on a weekly basis for a blog. The position came up on the heels of my having just experimented with blogging on the late Canadian poet Margaret Avison (see: Month with Margaret blog) and I was eager to explore the world of children’s books thru blogging.
Well, as they say, all good things come to an end, and so has my time with PaperTigers. It’s been a wonderful ride these past few years. I have been introduced to many interesting and engaging writers, illustrators and fellow kidlit bloggers, and my reading life with my children has been deeply enriched by my involvement in this fine on-line publication. Corinne and Marjorie will be staying on as editors, and they will be introducing guest bloggers (see already featured Holly Thompson and Tarie Sabido) as the year goes on, so do stay tuned! I’ll be moving on to other things in my writing career but I might pop in here and there with a post or review. Until then, I bid you farewell, faithful PaperTiger reader, and wish you a happy summertime of reading to your children!
June 27th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
I enjoy all of you so much at Paper Tigers! I wish you well!
June 27th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
All of us at PaperTigers are deeply grateful for all that Sally has contributed over the last four years. She has helped us all explore the world of children’s books in many engaging and insightful ways. Although Sally is, as she says in her farewell post, moving on to other things in her writing career, we really do hope that she will be “popping in here and there with a post or review.” This is something that Aline, our previous editor has also been doing, and we look forward to welcoming Sally back in a similar way. In the meantime, a very warm thanks from us all to Sally and all the very best to her in her poetry and other writing.
June 28th, 2012 at 3:06 am
Sally, I echo Peter’s words – and look forward to remaining in touch, both through PaperTigers and personally. And wishing you continued success with your own creative writing.
June 28th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
I’ve enjoyed all of your posts, Sally. Thank you so much for all the good work you’ve done here. You will be missed.
July 1st, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Thank you for your wonderful posts and I’m so sorry to see you go! Best of luck in your new endeavors!