NAMING NAMES: CYBILS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Valentines Day brings the annual announcement of the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards (also known as the CYBILS). I took part in the fiction picture book category as a first round judge and was pleased to see that Me…Jane ended up taking top honors. Click here to see all the winners – a fine group.
THE READING TUB
Literally:
(Thanks to Stephen’s Lighthouse for the link)
E-READERS: OVER?
Oh, the simple days when you could buy an e-reader and use it for reading books. What with all the tablet whizbangery these days (think Kindle Fire), is it only a matter of time before traditional e-readers fade away? Click here to read.
PUTTING PINS IN THINGS
A quick note to say I’ve been on Pinterest for a week of so and it’s been a good time. I’m calling it the Twitter of images (I’m guessing I’m not the first one to say that). Up for being friends (or whatever it is they call friendship there)? Click here. The ALSC Blog also recently posted about the service. Click here to read it.
About Travis Jonker
I didn’t want to like Pinterest, but I find it fun and addicting.
It is pretty fun. Time will tell if I keep using it, but it seems to be a source of good ideas.