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In January, we launched the year by celebrating Kevin Hodges.
In February, we celebrated Ruth Ayres.
In March, we celebrated The Nerdy Book Club.
In April, we celebrated Pernille Ripp.
In May, we celebrated Jen Robinson.
In June, we celebrated Mother Reader.
In July, we celebrated Mr. Schu.
In August, we celebrated Kate Messner.
In September, we celebrated Amy Ludwig VanDerwater.
In October, we celebrated Sylvia Vardell.
In November, we celebrated Barbara O'Connor.
We're going to end our year of celebrating bloggers who are children's literature fanatics, teachers, teachers-of-teachers, librarians, authors, and poets who inspire us the most by celebrating those who help to build and maintain the Kidlitosphere "community" itself.
Here's to all the bloggers behind the scenes who curate the webpage, Kidlitosphere Central, organize the yearly conference, KidLitCon, coordinate and judge and blog about the CYBILS (Children's and Young Adult Blogger's Literary Awards), and run the Kidlitosphere Yahoo group.
This is a huge group of volunteers who make the world of blogging a better place by making it feel more like a cozy neighborhood and less like an indifferent city.
To honor ALL of the bloggers who keep the wheels of the Kidlitosphere machinery running smoothly, we made a donation to the CYBILS.
Here's to both of you, Mary Lee and Franki, without whom the Kidlitosphere would not be nearly the strong community that it is. Thank you for this series, and for striving to keep building community, even as the community has grown and become more diffuse.
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy anniversary to you both and your amazing blog. It's one of the few (she says with a great degree of guilt) that I'm still reading regularly.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and many more! There is so much that is exciting about your blog--even after 8 years. Talent and creativity abounds.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to offer my thanks to the CYBILS folks who are allowing me to come back for a third time as a poetry round-two judge.
Happy anniversary! :)
ReplyDeleteThis has been a great year of monthly celebrations with both of you! So many deserving of your notice. Thanks for your generosity and thanks for sharing your reading these past 8 years!
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