Favorite Library contest - win a book!

It's the eve of a big week! Share a Story - Shape a Future begins tomorrow and goes until Friday.

To celebrate, I'm offering a contest in conjunction with A Visit to the Library day (hosted right here on Thursday, March 12 - y'all come!). It's simple and there are two ways to win - either send me an email (evasbookaddiction at gmail.com) with a labeled photo of your favorite library OR write a one-sentence comment to this post that begins "My favorite library is (blank) because..."

Or both!

I've got a bunch of great books to give away, both picture books and chapter books. See this slide show to find out which ones. You have until the end of the day Friday to enter. Winners will be selected randomly (via "Sorting Hat") and will be announced Monday, March 16. Any photos I receive will be posted Monday as well (unless you request otherwise).

Have a fabulous week week celebrating books, reading, kids, and libraries.

Share a Story - Shape a Future - yowee!

If you love children's books, reading, libraries, and kids, then have we got a blog event for you! From March 9 - 13, "Share a Story - Shape a Future" will be hosted on five different blogs, with premiere bloggers contributing posts from their own blogs. The hypertext link in this paragraph will bring you to the official announcement blog, where you'll learn all about the week's events.

I'm honored to be the host of Day 4 - "A Visit to the Library!" It's shaping up to look like this:




Day 4: A Visit to the Library, hosted by Eva Mitnick at Eva's Book Addiction blog

From Cozy to Cool - Library Spaces for Everyone - Eva @ Eva's Book Addiction
Lions and Marble and Books, Oh My - Betsy Bird at A Fuse #8 Production
How to Make the Library Work for YOU - an interview with Adrienne of What Adrienne Thinks About That conducted by Jules at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
The World Beyond the Library's Walls - Melissa @ Librarian by Day

Pretty great, eh?!

But the event is far from fixed in stone, and I welcome more contributors. If you are a blogger with something to say about the important role libraries play in the lives of young readers and their grown-ups, please email me at emitnick@lapl.org and I will let you know how you can be a part of this event.