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 sport with me. Could it be a contest promo for their Doodle4Google kids’ illustrations I wrote about here? (after all, registration is coming up on St. Patty’s Day and doodles need … [Read more...]
A Salute to Seuss By Google: Read, Kids, Read
Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 105th birthday Dr. Seuss, ALA, books, cartoon art, Cat in the Hat, Cat-A-Van, Doodle4Google, Dr. Seuss, Google, Green Eggs and Ham, home page art, Kids, library, NEA, Read Across America, reading, SLJ, Theodor Geisel
Twilight Teens, GirlChild Press & A Manifesta: Read, Kiddo, Read!
Whether you’re sucking up the plotlines with girls of all ages and stages as part of the Twilight saga book series or are completely unaware of Twilight author Stephenie Meyer as the up and coming J.K. Rowling phenom-in-the-making and need a “Twilight beginner’s guide” to sort out all the 'will she/won’t she' vampire innuendo... ...Chances are, … [Read more...]
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