February Carnival of Children’s Literature

Welcome to the February Carnival of Children’s Literature! It’s Leap Year Day today, February 29th, an extra day to LEAP into a book!

Let’s start with authors and illustrators making the creative leap…

Cheryl Rainfield shares a good book – my original poem for Poetry Friday.

Fabulous Illustrator says I’m back from the SCBWI Winter Conference part III-Fun and Inspiration.

BLOGZONE invites picture book authors to the Book in A Month Club!

Rebecca Dean shows you How To Kick Writers Block.

Picture Book of the Day goes Inside: Helping Sophia.

Lori Calabrese Writes! talks to the author in Author Interview: Catherine Ipcizade; ‘Twas the Day Before Zoo Day.

My Readable Feast has Five questions for Sara Zarr, author of the YA novel Sweethearts.

Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act. reminds us If a Seven-Year-Old Can Do It, You Can Do It Too!

Wizards Wireless says, “Leap into a good book, but look after you leap!” Remember to Trust yourself.

Once a book is created, it leaps into the hands of eager readers…

The Well-Read Child lists 10 board books for babies parents can read to their young children.

Great New Books that Are a Must Read presents Children Read and Learn: New Book Does Both.

Bees Knees Reads the picture book Will You Carry Me?

Trivium Pursuit reads A is for Amicus by Johannah Stanford.

Young Readers presents Help Me, Mr. Mutt!

Adventures in Daily Living visits Bembo’s Zoo.

Bookwink has a Parallel Universes Booktalk.

Phoenix & Dragon Wings share their Willow May Book Review by SFC.

Becky’s Book Reviews reminds us that Chinese New Year also began this month, starting The Year of the Rat.

eFamilyBlogger reviews Why You Shouldn’t Eat Your Boogers by Francesca Gould.

Tea Party Girl reads about the way beauty heals in When Your Spirits are Low, I Wish You Beauty.

The PlanetEsme Plan: The Best New Children’s Books from Esme’s Shelf shares the nonfiction book How I Learned Geography.

Leap into a graphic novel…

Liz Jones writes A Post on the Joys of the Illustrated Novel.

A Year of Reading thinks many adults still need lots of encouragement to LEAP into a graphic novel, so here is a review of a new one: Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper

Some books leap into our world with sound…

Class Audio Books | MP3 Audio Books presents a New Audio Book for the Children.

Audiobooker invites you to Leap into Audiobooks: Carnival of Children’s Literature.

Leap with the teachers…

Read, Read, Read has Letters From Rapunzel by Sara Lewis Holmes.

The Reading Zone invites you to Leap into some Hot Books in my classroom!

The Miss Rumphius Effect helps us celebrate 2008 as the year of the frog by Leaping Into Books About Frogs (And Other Amphibians)

Help young readers leap into a book…

A Fuse #8 Production shines a Spotlight: Sue Stauffacher and examines the huge amount of work she’s put into helping teens and middle grade readers become literate.

Jen Robinson’s Book Page offer tips for parents and teachers to help reluctant readers to find their way in Helping Kids Learn to Enjoy Reading.

MotherReader invites you to Leap into books for the youngest readers and Leap into action for RIF! with Sturdy Books.

At ellsworth’s journal, the elephant and the cat explain the Paws for Reading program, where kids read to a dog.

You can leap into a book anywhere!

Bookstore Guide says, “One of our visitors recommended this nice kids bookstore in Madrid,” La Mar de Letras, Madrid.

Tip Diva shares Top Ten Tips – Building A Personal Library so you can organize your books at home.

So use this extra day to leap into a book!

Six Trait Author Programs and Classroom Writing Workshops