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National Nothing Day
01.01.08
 January 16th is National Nothing Day. This un-event was created by newspaperman Harold Pullman Coffin. It was first observed in 1973. The goal of National Nothing Day is "to provide Americans with one national day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing, or honoring anything." The Smithsonian American Art Museum has a short blurb on this event and a picture that depicts one way to spend this day.
Jacquie Lawson's Card of the Month
12.03.07
 Jacquie Lawson is an English artist who has created what she calls "the classiest cards on the web." We agree. Lawson's attention to detail makes them mesmerizing to watch. Visit Jacquie's website and view the many animated e-cards she offers.
Maximum Ride
11.12.07
 Maximum Ride, by James Patterson, is a compelling story about a group of kids that were taken as babies by mad scientists and mutated into bird/human hybrids.
The War of Mirrors
11-15.07
 In The War of Mirrors, by E. J. Stewart, war breaks out in Larkwood when a mole forces some weasels to look at themselves in a mirror. They weren't quite ready to see themselves as they really were!
It was a dark and stormy night
10.01.07
 The first line for October's writing contest was, "It was a dark and stormy night..." The contest is ongoing, with a different first line chosen each month, and is open to kids of all ages The rules are simple: Write a short story using the first line we give you and submit it to CCF.
Save the Tiger Month
09.01.2007
September is Save the Tiger month.  The Save the Tiger Fund organization is a program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and on their website they have a wonderful article that tells us how children in Russia celebrated Tiger Day in 2000 and how many conservation organizations around the world now hold the last Sunday in September as Tiger Day.
Can you get published if you're under 18?
07.24.07
 For the past year I've kept a profile page on myspace and have joined and participate in various groups. In one of them, Jessica M., a 14-year old yet-to-be-published writer from Lafayette, Louisiana had good questions on how do teens go about getting published. With her permission, we've posted the transcript of our conversation.
Inspiration = Barrington Irving
03.28.07
 On March 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, "Barrington Irving, a
23-year old senior majoring in aerospace at Florida Memorial University, traded
his cap and gown for a brown flight suit, climbed into a single-engine plane he
calls "Inspiration," and embarked on a round the world flight that will make him
the first person of African descent and the youngest person ever to fly solo
around the globe." [World Flight
Adventure]
The Kraken: Is this mythical creature real?
12.31.06
!["19th Century drawing depicting a ship reportedly attacked by a kraken off the coast of Angola. [source: http://www.unmuseum.org/kraken.htm]](http://www.childrencomefirst.com/cms/uploads/kraken-sm.jpg) What do "Pirates of the Caribbean" and Jules Verne's
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" have in common? They both talk about the Kraken, the most
horrifying legendary sea monster ever. And now
Japanese researchers off the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo have filmed the
capture of one such giant creature. The giant squid they captured is 3.5 meters long (11.5 feet), still a young specimen by giant squid standards.
Be Ugly in 2007: Find ugly in "beauty"
12.31.06
 "Ugly is the new beautiful," the theme of ABC's TV show Ugly Betty, is
picking up steam. "The fight for female self-esteem gets
pretty ugly," reports Ann Oldenburg in an USA Today article about the BE UGLY '07 public service campaign that starts on-air tonight
during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve."
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