Letters About Literature

Here is a great opportunity for the young book worms out there in grades 4 to 12 in Minnesota although parents should be sure to check in their own states for this opportunity since it is a national contest. The Minnesota Humanities Center, Target Corporation, Library of Congress, and Minnesota's "first newspaper" the Pioneer Press have partnered to sponsor the "Letters About Literature" contest.

For full details please visit -- http://www.minnesotahumanities.org/

The deadline is December 14, 2007

This contest is very straightforward -- students simply choose a book that "has meaning for them, reflect on it, and write a letter to the author explaining how the book changed the student's perspective................." Now this is a nice twist on the traditional "book report" that most of us experienced in our school days because here you send a letter to the book's author thus creating the opportunity to interact with the author.

Our children are too young for this contest but I've made a mental note to watch for these opportunities in the future.

Good luck kids,

Todd