Thursday, August 18, 2011

Edinburgh (Scotland) Book Festival, August 2011

I am completely sold on the value of book festivals to kids (of all ages) and to the communities they become a part of and enrich in the process. Here's a young man, Patrick, doing an excellent job interviewing Neil Gaiman. I'd love to "read" his "What I did this summer" essay, glog, mashup, or podcast :) Enjoy!

Monday, August 15, 2011

Brushes - an iPad App

This 2.5 minute video briefly explains the iPad app that allows one to paint using only one's fingers.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

From Guys Read...Joke Books in the Library.

Looking up authors who will be appearing at this year's National Book Festival, I came across this bit of collaborative fun with Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett*, Adam Rex, David Yoo, Paul Feig, Kate DiCamillo, Christopher Paul Curtis, Eoin Colfer, Jack Gantos*, David Lubar, and Jeff Kinney.

* Starred authors will be appearing at the 2011 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011