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Shaping Youth: Freecycling Kids Books Throughout December

December 4, 2010 by 9 Comments

Dec. 4, 2010 Black Friday? Cyber Monday? Bah. Other than maybe beach towel joke gifts (silly kilt wraps, hula skirts for our wakeboarding tribe) they didn’t get much outta me this round, as I … [Read more...]

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Media Morsels for Lil’ Goblins: Next to New BOOks as Treats!

October 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment

Oct. 29, 2009 Every year I try to come up with ‘green Halloween goodies’ or attempt to find ‘healthier’ ideas that are not a snore or a bore... just to balance out the gobs of candy kids receive and … [Read more...]

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Storybird Kids Online Book Community Hatches Creative Fledglings

September 10, 2009 by 15 Comments

 Update 11-19-2014: Storybird Studio (Q&A here) launches for educators today, as a "suite of easy-to-use creative, administrative, and social tools for writing, reading, and storytelling" … [Read more...]

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Teen Book Publishers Premiere Louder Than Words TV

August 10, 2009 by 6 Comments

August 10, 2009 It doesn’t get more real than this. Louder Than Words teen series developer Deborah Reber hosts a live chat online all this week with the fresh voices and real issues of the teen … [Read more...]

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Free Books For Kids From Shaping Youth’s Virtual Garage Sale!

July 6, 2009 by 3 Comments

July 6, 2009 Back to wrap up healthGAMERS Part 3 soon, but today my teen begrudgingly started three hours of summer school---(don’t ask, don’t tell, it was her own ‘deal’ gone awry at 'College for … [Read more...]

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Teen Lit Day to ‘Rock the Drop’ And Leave Books In Public Places!

April 16, 2009 by 5 Comments

April 16, 2009 Quick post today as I’m on the road en route to L.A. so will ‘Rock the Drop’ in Santa Barbara my old alma mater and spread the word with our teen team, as we make our way down Highway … [Read more...]

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A Salute to Seuss By Google: Read, Kids, Read

March 2, 2009 by 5 Comments

Mar. 2, 2009 When I saw today’s splendid nonsensical-Seussical-Google-doodle (say that three times fast) altering their home page again, I smiled realizing this guessing game has become a bit of a … [Read more...]

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