This Week’s Peanut Gallery

  These Peanut Gallery posts are where we put up whatever we’ve found around the web responding to the latest BOB news. Be sure to let us know in the comments if we’ve missed yours and we will add it in here. Our SLJ person-on-the-ground Shelley Diaz produced two terrific BOB pieces this week: Title Match: [...]

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These Peanut Gallery posts are where we put up whatever we’ve found around the web responding to the latest BOB news. Be sure to let us know in the comments if we’ve missed yours and we will add it in here.

Our SLJ person-on-the-ground Shelley Diaz produced two terrific BOB pieces this week: Title Match: SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books Returns for its Sixth Bout and Tips for Creating a “Mock  Bob. This Grrl Reads …A Lot is happy she’s already read some of the contenders. This past summer, the fabulous Mark Tuchman wrote about his creation of last year’s Battle Plan. And a few tweets: raecarson Choosing my winner for @SLJsBoB‘s Battle of the Books was like choosing between life and breath. *sigh*#bestproblemever elvenjaneite @brandymuses @SLJsBoB I am so impressed with the judges this year! thebrainlair @SLJsBoB I commend you on the diversity of this year’s judges! So awesome to see. Oh, and I love this time of year! brandymuses Whoa. Are all the judges made of awesome this year?  raecarson Yep. It’s true. I’ve been listening to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ in preparation. RT @SLJsBoB Today’s judge is… ow.ly/tfYr5#sljbob marciterp @SLJsBoB is coming fast! 6 out of 16 read. Must. Get. Reading. OrigamiYoda At last the secret is out: I’m a judge in @SLJsBoB ’s Battle of the Books! I had to choose between two of these:ow.ly/t4RdY Random House Kids ‏@randomhousekids  It’s never too early for March Madness when books are in play! Download @SLJournal‘s #SLJBOB bracket: http://blogs.slj.com/battleofthebooks/brackets/ … Dana Sides Pressnell similar 2 bball brackets kids vote 4 favorites !Tips 4 Creating “Mock BoB” | SLJ’s Battle of Kids’ Bks http://ow.lie/tyLI3 #sljbob@SLJsBoB” Elizabeth Kahn ‏@TaylorLibrarian  I ordered the rest of the books today for #sljbob. We’ll have multiple copies of each. Can’t wait to share w/kids.

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