National Geographic Digital Media today announced the launch of "DogEared," a new blog all about reading and literature, created for and staffed by young readers.
Beginning today, at http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/dogeared/ young readers will be able to read reviews and recommendations and participate in a community of avid readers. National Geographic's "DogEared" blogging staff features four boys and four girls aged 8-11. The bloggers are enthusiastic readers who will chime in with thoughts on books of all genres from funny stories and animal tales to the latest in fantasy and adventure for youth.
Dubbed "DogEared" (because page-corners of beloved books are often dog-eared) National Geographic has created a vibrant online community for existing young book lovers where they can share opinions and create personal reading wish lists. "DogEared" is designed to inspire kids to get into reading and return often to the DogEared site for more reviews, tips and reading suggestions.
"DogEared" is the most recent example of several National Geographic online kids' blogging initiatives. On July 29, National Geographic launched the "You Are Here" blog which features David, a 12-year-old American boy living in Beijing. At
http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/you-are-here/beijing/
David blogs about his observations and experiences around the Summer Olympics games.
Earlier this summer, National Geographic's kids site launched the "Global Bros" blog,
(http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/globalbros/)
which follows the adventures of Stefan and Tyler, two tween brothers traveling the world for a year with their parents. The "Global Bros" share photos and commentary from their journeys with the online audience.
National Geographic Digital Media (NGDM) is the multimedia division of National Geographic Ventures, the wholly owned, taxable subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, one of the world's largest educational and scientific nonprofit organizations. At the forefront of the digital media revolution, NGDM publishes Nationalgeographic.com; delivers multimedia content to digital consumers; manages content partnerships across broadband, mobile, gaming and other consumer digital platforms; and provides video and film footage to commercial, theatrical, education and other digital footage markets.
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Useful site - many thanks. I'm always on the hunt for great children's books and have recently discovered Bayard and their series of StoryBoxBooks, AdventureBoxBooks and DiscoveryBoxBooks (which has a special focus on teeth!) They have work by acclaimed children's books illustrator Helen Oxenbury appearing in the Storybox series for September. In addition to this, they also have some great activities for rainy days: http://www.storyboxbooks.com/potatoprinting.php, http://www.adventureboxbooks.com/macaroni-picture-frames.php, http://www.discoveryboxbooks.com/skittles.php Enjoy!
Hello!
Thank you for the great links for rainy day fun.. or any day for that matter.
Keep on readin'
Mickie
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