NEGROPONTE & ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD

More than 1 billion children in the emerging world don't have access to education.
Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT MEDIA LAB, started the One Lap-Top Per Child non-profit in 2000 to change that.
Negroponte says:

"in Peru, we have found that as many as 50 percent of the kids, many in remote villages, are teaching their parents how to read and write."

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What would the world look like if everyone could read?

Mobilize 2010: Negroponte & Creativity for kids

[We need kids] "learning by doing and learning by making."

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NEW STUDY ON READING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

25% of kids age 9-17 think texting back & forth with friends is reading.

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"Creativity is as important as literacy." - Sir Ken Robinson

Love this TED TALK. "Creativity is as important as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status." - Sir Ken Robinson

JOHN AGARD & GRACE NICHOLS, A CANDLEWICK ANTHOLOGY REMEMBERED

I've been doing a lot of googling lately to collect digital bits about my books & toys. I came across a post by Sue Fisher, curator of the Eileen Wallace Children's Literature Collection at The University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB. The collection has the largest research holdings of children's literature in Atlantic Canada. I was pleased to see NO HICKORY, NO DICKORY, NO DOCK, CARIBBEAN NURSERY RHYMES, included in her compilation. I illustrated this for Candlewick back in 1995, after going to the Caribbean and taking lots n' lots of pictures. (I love my job!) The verse, written and remembered by John Agard & Grace Nichols is a verbal beat box of playfulness.

In her 30 days of poetry "cheat sheet," she also includes some of my favorite books of poetry like: Where The Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein, Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee, and 19 Varities of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye. Enjoy! What are your favorite poems to share with kids?

HECK YEAH! A FUN PENGUIN/PERIGEE COLORING BOOK

I got to do some REALLY FUN loose doodling and work with author Leslie Kimmelman and editor Meg Leder at PENGUIN/PERIGEE BOOKS on this.
I LOVE THE NEW BABY AT MY HOUSE,,, MOST OF THE TIME, is a coloring book that invites older siblings to take an active role with "fun, sassy, hands-on, fill-in-the-blank pages and drawing areas."
HECK YEAH!

DOINK ANIMATION APP ON IPAD

Here is a quick sketch of 2 DOINK FRIENDS ENJOYING THE PURPLE. I drew this on my ipad using the DOINK APP. It's just amazing what you can do with this APP that costs only 4.99! I haven't animated it yet but I intend to explore the site. It's a great place for kids to PLAY, DRAW & SHARE what they have done on Facebook or Twitter. Check out DOINK.com!

FAIRY, MERMAID, PRINCESS WRITE & WIPE ACTIVITY BOOK

This is a fun activity book to take in the car or share with kids during quiet time. Published by PEACEABLE KINGDOM PRESS, this is chock full of fun things to do with including a magic mirror for revealing hidden treasures. You can see this or buy this FAIRY, MERMAID, PRINCESS GAME TIME by Cynthia Jabar, here on AMAZON.

MY FAVORITE MERMAID CHARACTER

I'd love to be able to swim in the ocean like that! LOL. I guess that's why I love kayaking.
This is my favorite MERMAID CHARACTER licensed  by PEACEABLE KINGDOM PRESS for this FUN DIARY.
You can see it & buy it on AMAZON.

MORE NEW STUFF IN TARGET!

Hello! Thanks for looking. I have a new STICKER PLAYSET available at TARGET that is doing very well. More TARGET products coming. You can see & buy my other CYNTHIA JABAR MERMAID FUN here on AMAZON.