{"id":763,"date":"2020-04-27T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T20:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=763"},"modified":"2020-04-27T13:50:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T20:50:34","slug":"april-2020-carnival-of-childrens-literature-call-for-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/april-2020-carnival-of-childrens-literature-call-for-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2020 Carnival of Children&#8217;s Literature Call for Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/04.20_carnival-595x335.png?resize=525%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hello, friends!<\/p>\n<p>You are invited to add your blog post about children&#8217;s literature to our end-of-the-month carnival round-up.<\/p>\n<p>For the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/kidlitcarnival\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 2020 Carnival of Children&#8217;s Literature<\/a>, we&#8217;re looking for blog posts about children&#8217;s literature written by parents, educators, librarians, and children&#8217;s book authors, illustrators, and reviewers.<\/p>\n<p>After one of our hosts approves it (yes, there will be a time-delay so we&#8217;re not posting spam) this end-of-the month carnival round-up will link back to your blog so everyone can read your post!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hereinbonnyglen_blogheader-595x125.png?resize=525%2C110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When children&#8217;s book <a href=\"http:\/\/melissawiley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author<\/a> and <em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/melissawiley.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here in the Bonny Glen<\/a>)<\/em> blogger Melissa Wiley hosted the very first Carnival of Children&#8217;s Literature in February 2006, it was an end-of-the month round-up of blog posts about children&#8217;s literature written by children&#8217;s book authors, illustrators, and reviewers as well as parents, educators, and librarians. The Blog Carnival software created the links (back to each blogger&#8217;s site) AND saved all of them in one place that everyone could see.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Melissa handed the hosting duties over to me. <em>Fast forward ten years.<\/em> Last week I realized that my search for software that worked like our original (and now broken) Blog Carnival software was in something I used everyday &#8212; Facebook! A Facebook &#8220;Community&#8221; page can create the links (back to each blogger&#8217;s site) AND save all of them in one place that everyone can see.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11329\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11329 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/lion.png?resize=512%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leo the Library Lion (and Carnival of Children&#8217;s Literature mascot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So with Leo (our Library Lion mascot) and the help of my wonderful #kidlit blogger co-hosts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/claireannettenolandwriter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Field Trip Life<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/goodreadswithronna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Reads with Ronna<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/randomlyreading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Randomly Reading<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bookoflifepodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Book of Life<\/a>, we are rebooting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kidlitcarnival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#kidlitcarnival<\/a> on April 28. <em>Can you join us?<\/em> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, friends! You are invited to add your blog post about children&#8217;s literature to our end-of-the-month carnival round-up. For the April 2020 Carnival of Children&#8217;s Literature, we&#8217;re looking for blog posts about children&#8217;s literature written by parents, educators, librarians, and children&#8217;s book authors, illustrators, and reviewers. 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