Happy Friendiversary!

Shannon Miller and I had a wonderful time celebrating Elephant and Piggie's Friendiversary.

Friendiversary is an annual celebration of friendship and reading from First Book and Mo Willems.

From BookMark, The First Book Blog:

"First Book is celebrating Friendiversary this week by providing 7,000 new Elephant & Piggie books to second-graders at Title I schools in Louisiana and Massachusetts. The Elephant & Piggie series is written and illustrated by our friend Mo Willems, whose support makes it possible for First Book able to provide these books. Every book includes a special Friendiversary note from Mo, and his publisher, Disney Publishing Worldwide, is also providing activity kits, stickers and posters free of charge to each classroom."

Shannon and I will celebrate friendship and reading all year long. We hope you will, too. :)

(This is cross-posted on Two Libraries, One Voice.)

Children's Book Week Poster

Children's Book Week (May 7-13, 2012) is a celebration of books and reading. Three-time Caldecott Medal winner David Weisner designed the 2012 poster. The Children's Book Council will send you a free poster and an activity guide.

To receive a free poster(s) with activity guide, please send a 9 x 12 self-addressed envelope (for 1 or 10 posters) or a 10 x 13 self-addressed envelope (for 25 posters) with appropriate postage affixed. Note that Postal regulations have changed. Please use the USPS Postage Price Calculator to determine postage cost, or ask for help at your local post office.

Weight of posters and an envelope
1 poster and envelope: 1.2oz.
10 posters and envelope: 14oz.
25 posters and envelope: 2lb 6oz.

Mail envelopes with postage affixed to:
Children's Book Council
ATTN: 2012 Poster Order
54 West 39th Street, 14th floor
New York, NY 10018

Please note: There is a 25 poster maximum per person.

See if your public library owns 75 Years of Children's Book Week Posters. It is interesting to see how the posters have changed throughout the years.

Lane Smith designed the 2012 Children's Book Week bookmark. Download it here.

On Monday I will post about the 2012 Children's Choice Book Awards.

J.K. Rowling to Write Novel for Grown Ups

We don’t know when or where or what, we only do know that it will happen and, when it does, we don’t need to be told that the world will watch. And closely.J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series and one of the wealthiest women in the world, has announced that she’s signed a deal with Little, Brown for publication in the United Kingdom and the United States. UK publisher David Shelley