MAGICAL MOON DOT to celebrate International Dot Day 2014!
Over 1.5 million children from more than 75 countries have signed up to celebrate International Dot Day in their classrooms and individually. It is a day of COLLABORATION and CREATIVITY across the globe. Peter Reynolds says, “the theme for this year’s day is creativity, bravery and self-expression.”
Today, September 15th is the 11th anniversary of Peter H. Reynold’s international bestselling book, THE DOT, about a little girl who doesn’t think she can draw. In 2009, teacher, T.J. Shay, held the very first Dot Day celebration and shared his students’ creations with author/illustrator Peter Reynolds.
Check out the celebridots page and you can also follow International Dot Day on Facebook and Twitter, using the hashtags, #dotday and #makeyourmark.
Taechingbooks has a great interview with Peter. H. Reynolds on some of the backstory for creating The Dot.
In my 20's, with only my guitar and a rucksack, I wandered the continents, immersing myself in the lives of some wonderful people, projects and stories, which changed the way I view my responsibility to others and this earth. Right now I'm a European transplant in the US who writes books for children and young adults. Stories can help us not only navigate our world but can connect us to others, and allow us to inspire and help each other. I believe that equity and empathy should be at the core of our all actions, words, and stories.
I am also a school librarian and I get a kick out of book-matchmaking! And I use the pronouns she/her.
Love your “moon” dot Joanna. I’m happy you’re supporting and promoting the day. The current count is 1,776,305 kids participating from 81 countries. Think they will reach 2 million this week. It’s a great event.
Isn’t it exciting how the number is growing by the hour!
Your dot is the coolest! Love it. Leave it up to you to do that. 🙂 It made me smile. (I need to smile these days.) Thanks for promoting this, Joanna. You rock!
Thank you. I am more creative with photos than drawing, that’s for sure!
A moon-dot! How clever! I’ve never participated, but I do love that book. 🙂
Me, too!
Great dot! 😀
Love your moon dot, Joanna! How beautiful!