These Peanut Gallery posts are where we highlight responses to the latest BoB activity. And so here are some celebrating the announcement of the 2013 Contenders and the Brackets. If we missed yours, let us know in the comments and we’ll add them in here.

First of all,  if you didn’t see it, be sure to check out SLJ’s “Our Battle of the Kids’ Books Back!.” On the day ALA’s Youth Media Award’s were announced The LibrarYAn, in a post, had this to say:

This morning the brackets for the SLJ Battle of the Kids’ Books were revealed.  And something tells me that yesterday’s Youth Media Awards announcements figured into these match-ups.

(A brief interjection from the Battle Commander:  Ha and no!  We did this way back in early December when the contenders list went to SLJ. And none of us, not even Newbery Committee Member Roxanne, is prescient enough to have known how the awards would play out.)

 In “So Much for a Career in Divinations” Jen reflects on previous battles and gears up for this year’s.  CBC pinned us on Pinterest.   Random Musings of a Bibliophile has a few thoughts about this year’s list of contenders. And there were loads of tweets. (FYI: the hashtag is #sljbob.) Here are a few of them: NewsCLN SLJ Battle of the Books brackets are UP! I’m reading, I’m reading … rebeccazdunn SLJ‘s Battle of the Kids’ Books 2013 Brackets Revealed! The match-ups this year are tough. reads4keeps First look at artwork for this year’s Battle of the Kids’ Books! #sljbob brackets http://battleofthebooks.slj.com  Ivan the book gorilla looks angry… Dina Sherman ‏@Dina_at_Disney @EWein2412‘s Code Name Verity & @MarshKatherine‘s Jepp are going into battle! 
EWein2412 #CodeNameVerity vs #Titanic in SLJ‘s Battle of the Books! check out cool book doodles – CNV is parachuting! RebeccAgent I just love this graphic created for the Battle of the Kids’ Books! kidsmomo YAAAAAAAAAAY! @SLJsBoB is on the way! CityYearBoston Good news! @sljournal‘s Battle of the Kids’ Books is back! msdonovan1 Game on! School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books thisgrrlreads SLJ‘s Battle of the Kids Books 2013 contenders have been announced! And I’ve read 10/16. Not too shabby. 
KidsandProse SLJ‘s Battle of the Books begins! We’re having a staff betting pool. AnneMariePace This might be my fave BOB ever. book_nut Time to start thinking about filling out your @SLJsBoB brackets…. elvenjaneite Well. Well. THIS WILL BE INTERESTING.