Just testing my remote blogging software, Windows Live Writer.

And to make this post useful, I want to mention that if you were registered to post on the old site, you will have to register again.  Sorry about that!

Welcome to the new format of Kids Lit.  Hope you like it!

All of your feeds should work well, but please let me know if you see something odd.  We are working to fix things, but sometimes you catch things I don’t.

Thanks for your understanding in case things go horribly wrong.

Trying out the new WordPress blog.  I love it!  Look at those colors, those curved lines, and this interface rocks!

Now to drive Jody crazy with plug in ideas!

My People by Langston Hughes, photographs by Charles R. Smith, Jr.

Langston Hughes’ powerful and simple poem is brilliantly accompanied by Charles R. Smith’s transcendent photographs.  Each photograph illustrates the beauty, depth and soul of being an African-American today.  From close ups of lined hands to the joy of a baby’s giggle, the photographs span ages.  The photographs are clear, purposefully done and gripping.

Highly recommended, this book belongs in every public library.  It is a joy to read the powerful poem and have it illustrated with such skill.  Appropriate for all ages.

Don’t you love online quizzes and this one is as easy as typing in your blog URL.  Typealyzer uses a Myers-Briggs Type psychology test and analyses any blog you like.  Of course I had to do it for Kids Lit! 

And?

My writing style is ENTP – The Visionaries

Here is what the site says:

The charming and trend savvy type. They are especially attuned to the big picture and anticipate trends. They often have sophisticated language skills and come across as witty and social. At the end of the day, however, they are pragmatic decision makers and have a good analytical ability.

They enjoy work that lets them use their cleverness, great communication skills and knack for new exciting ventures. They have to look out not to become quitters, since they easily get bored when the creative exciting start-up phase is over.

So what do you think?  Is that this blog?  I do like the fact that both my blogs got the same results, shows it is more about the writing than the subject matter.

Amazingly six years ago today, I started my first blog, Sites & Soundbytes.  It has changed a lot over the years, becoming more about my personal public-library directing style and approach and less about great web sites, though those are still there too! 

You can check it out, if you want to see my life beyond children’s lit.

Substantial and lasting contribution to children’s literature:

Ashley Bryan

Honor Books

Garmann’s Summer by Stian Hole
Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis

Winner

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit 

Delivered by KT Horning!!!!! Hurrah!

How very very wonderful!!

Congrats KT!