Tiny Treasury

That’s right, even more Seuss birthday news: You can click here to send a birthday card for the Cat In the Hat (kids can virtually paint on the site, too!). Yep, in addition to this being Dr. Seuss’ actual birthday week, it’s the 50th birthday of one of his most beloved books. For every card received, Random House will donate a book to First Book, a non-profit whose mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. It’s a cool project.

Once you send your card, the site gives you a count of the participants and also ranks your state’s participation. If you send a card, chime in to the comments below with the name of your state and the rank!

(and psst, don’t forget our contest!)

Dr. Seuss is perhaps one of the best loved children’s authors of all time. His style has been copied and imitated, but never quite duplicated, throughout the years. March 2 marks Dr. Seuss’ birthday. In honor of Dr. Seuss, I’m hosting a contest! Here is your chance to create your own Dr. Seuss style rhyme about anything so long as it’s not defamatory or offensive (see below).

The winning entry will be posted on my site and the author will receive a free Dr. Seuss book.

Here are the rules:

1. Your entry must be 100 words or less.
2. Entries must be posted in the comments below or sent via email to me by the deadline.
3. Plain text only, no attachments.
4. Include your name, location (city and state or country is sufficient) and email address with your submission. I won’t publish your email address, but I do need to be able to contact you.
5. You retain the rights to your rhyme, but if you enter the contest, you’re giving me permission to post any part or all of your rhyme, first name and location on my site.
6. Entry deadline is 11:59p.m. EST on March 2, 2007.
7. The winning entry will be determined by me, in my sole discretion.
8. Offensive entries (whether an entry is offensive will be determined by me and will include but isn’t limited to language which is sexually explicit or includes profanity or slurs) will be disqualified and deleted from the site.

Good luck! May the best rhyme win!

Dr. Seuss, contest

Running Press Publications announced this week that they have acquired the primary PEANUTS children’s publishing license from United Media, the agency that syndicates and licenses PEANUTS by Charles M. Schulz. The deal will result in a line of a novelty children’s books focusing on the PEANUTS comic strip and popular television specials. The first in line is a 2007 fall release of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”

For the complete press release, click here.

Charlie Brown, Peanuts, Charles Schulz

While I certainly intend to review books which are out in the mainstream, I am also looking to post about books which are not promoted as heavily. If you author or illustrate a book that you would like to add to my queue, definitely contact me. Remember that this is a children’s book site so keep your suggestions age appropriate.

children’s books, illustrators, authors