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		<title>Every night&#8217;s a celebration with Rainbow Nights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March is Small Press Month, so throughout the month, I&#8217;ll be highlighting books from small presses.
In  Rainbow Nights, a little girl ends her day and lays her head to rest. But Dreamland awaits and &#8220;Dreamland&#8217;s like a vacation. Every night&#8217;s a celebration.&#8221;
The little girl finds there are so many things to do in dreamland&#8211; you [...]


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<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/hooray-humberto/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Hooray for Humberto'>Hooray for Humberto</a> <small>In most children&#8217;s books, a bookworm is literally just that&#8211;...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/poster-girl/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Poster Girl'>Poster Girl</a> <small> Poster Girl (Friends Along the Way Series) is a...</small></li>
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		<title>Battle of the Books has Begun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School Library Journal&#8217;s Battle of the Books has begun and the first matchup is Charles and Emma vs. Claudette Colvin, judged by Jim Murphy.
I love how Murphy kicks off his judging with a confession&#8230;that they were both fabulous ideas and why didn&#8217;t he think of them? This was hilarious&#8211;I think every writer has that initial [...]


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		<title>What would Mozart do in the 21st century</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March is Small Press Month, so for the rest of the month, I&#8217;ll be highlighting books from small presses.
Today, we take a look at Mozart in the Future. . .
Max is really a boy like any other, but he has a talent for music and a strict mother who wants him to be a great [...]


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<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/learning-tree/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Up the Learning Tree'>Up the Learning Tree</a> <small>Many know the importance of an education, however many take...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/coolest-undiary-planet/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The coolest UN-diary on the planet'>The coolest UN-diary on the planet</a> <small> The DUDE! book spawned so much interest in interactive...</small></li>
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		<title>Fish for a Free Book for March 12, 2010</title>
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It&#8217;s time to Fish for a Free Book! Below you’ll find the links of some wonderful blogs that are hosting a children’s -young adult book giveaway.
For those of you hosting a children’s- young adult book-related giveaway, sponsoring a giveaway, or anyone who has found a really awesome giveaway that you’d like to share with us, [...]


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<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/fish-free-book-february-26-2010/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Fish for a Free Book for February 26, 2010'>Fish for a Free Book for February 26, 2010</a> <small> It&#8217;s time to Fish for a Free Book! Below...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/fish-free-book-february-5-2010/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Fish for a Free Book for February 5, 2010'>Fish for a Free Book for February 5, 2010</a> <small> It&#8217;s time to Fish for a Free Book! Below...</small></li>
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		<title>Dragonfly Publishing Inc. announces picture book contest</title>
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What a way to celebrate National Small Press month&#8211;Dragonfly Publishing, Inc. just announced their 2010 Picture Book contest!
Do you have a picture book manuscript ready for submission? Have you ever considered publishing with a small press? If you answered yes to these questions, then you should consider entering the 2010 DFP Picture Book contest. (alright, [...]


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<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/celebrate-small-press-month-with-indie-debut/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Celebrate Small Press Month with Indie-Debut'>Celebrate Small Press Month with Indie-Debut</a> <small> Did you know March is Small Press Month? Small...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/picture-book-workshops-ann-whitford-paul/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Picture Book Workshops with Ann Whitford Paul'>Picture Book Workshops with Ann Whitford Paul</a> <small>Children&#8217;s book author and poet, Ann Whitford Paul has announced...</small></li>
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		<title>Help launch a national read to kids campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us have ideas to bring about change in America, but it&#8217;s a challenge to transform that idea into reality. One way you can bring about change in America is by voting for change.org&#8217;s Top 10 Ideas for Change in America.
Ideas for Change in America is a crowd-sourcing competition that empowers citizens to identify [...]


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<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/read-to-the-top/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Read to the top'>Read to the top</a> <small> U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently kicked off...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://loricalabrese.com/it-only-takes-a-little-to-be-big/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: It Only Takes a Little to be Big!'>It Only Takes a Little to be Big!</a> <small> Besides Scholastic&#8217;s summer reading challenge, have you also checked...</small></li>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s book retells author&#8217;s long journey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[René Colato Laínez is the Salvadoran award winning author of I Am René, the Boy, Waiting for Papá, Playing Lotería, René Has Two Last Names and The Tooth Fairy Meets El Ratón Pérez. His picture books have been honored by the Latino Book Award, the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, the California Collection [...]


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		<title>Get Connected With Teen Tech Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teen Tech Week, sponsored by YALSA (part of the American Library Association), is taking place all this week (March 7-13) and there are many ways to participate.
This week of techno fun is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, and other concerned adults to encourage teens to take advantage of libraries&#8217; non-print resources. YALSA [...]


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		<title>Celebrate Small Press Month with Indie-Debut</title>
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Did you know March is Small Press Month? Small Press Month, sponsored by the New York Center for Independent Publishing (formerly the Small Press Center) is held annually in March and raises awareness about the work of independent presses across the United States.
The New York Center for Independent Publishing is pleased to announce that their [...]


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		<title>Fish For a Free Book for March 5, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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For those of you hosting a children’s- young adult book-related giveaway, sponsoring a giveaway, or anyone who has found a really awesome giveaway that you’d like to share with us, [...]


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