Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Hi, everyone. One more post here that is a bit of business, so to speak, and not a review, but we promise to get back to reviews tomorrow.

You may remember the Blogging for the Cure effort, begun in mid-September. Well, in the way of an update, all is going well. Over 150 illustrators were chosen by approximately 65 bloggers, and they will be featuring the snowflake-making illustrators (some of them, but not all of them, by any means) for the Robert’s Snow 2007 online auctions, starting October 15 and all the way up until the day before the first auction, November 18. That means that during that time, about four or five illustrators a day will be featured at various blogs, even on Saturdays and Sundays. We will all link to one another’s features so that folks can easily find which illustrator and his/her snowflake is being featured where. 7-Imp will commit to having the master schedule posted here for each day during this effort, which will last a little over a month. Remember: The goal is to drive traffic to the Robert’s Snow site so that more snowflakes will get sold to raise money in the fight against cancer.

The bloggers involved are really excited to feature these beautiful snowflakes and the artists who created them.

If you live in the Massachusetts area, please note the following information, your opportunity to see some of these snowflakes in person at two special gallery showings between October and December:

For more information, read here. And you can view the ’07 snowflakes here. Remember that our devoted bloggers will be featuring them and the illustrators who created them, staring October 15. We’ll keep you updated here at 7-Imp about that snowflake-feature schedule, as we get closer to mid-October.

Let the fundraising begin!

It’s here! The day you’ve all been waiting for! The 2007 Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards have officially begun! Here’s the official press release, courtesy of Editor and Co-Founder Anne Boles Levy of Book Buds:

Will Harry Potter triumph among critical bloggers? Will novels banned in some school districts find favor online?

Judges come from the burgeoning ranks of book bloggers in the cozy corner of the Internet called the kidlitosphere. They represent parents, homeschoolers, authors, illustrators, librarians and teens.

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