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Whist browsing through the picturebook hashtag i disocovered a promotion for a new childrens book, excerpt from original post below:

‘Introducing: Little Bot & Sparrow!

My new book from Roaring Brook Press comes out in September. Way back in Jan of 2014 I posted that my goal that year was to get a children’s book made of these two. Over two years later I’m thrilled to finally share this book with you! It’s been a long crazy road, and I’ll tell the story sometime, but I’m glad to finally be here!

To celebrate I’ll be doing art drops of two Little Bot & Sparrow drawings while I’m in Chicago this week. If you’re in the Chicago area or know someone who is, one of my drawings could be yours! I’ll post more on that tomorrow.’

Through discovering this I was able to understand more clearly what a valuable resource Tumblr can be, it allows us to share and promote new texts and ideas and through the use of hashtags allows us to discover some really useful teaching tools and share our experiences and ideas.

[vathey-blog1]

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When looking up picture books I was very keen to find an amazing Illustrator and I found one! Ovi is an illustrator for many books. I was very attached to her drawings. As much as the text and storyline make the book, how can you have a good picture book without PICTURES!! Love her soft and inviting pictures and even after seeing the pictures she is creating is making me want to read the books even though I don't know what they are about !!! Love the picture book # as so many ideas came up for new books I didn't even know existed. 

[ecl310tues4re-blog]

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Upon my search for #picturebooks, I was quite surprised how many illustrators used Tumblr to showcase their illustrations of picturebook front covers and pages, this was a pleasant surprise as many of the posts of illustrations had lots of positive feedback in the comments and many likes or reblogs. Using a public site like Tumblr allows individuals to post, promote and connect with the wide world through the click of a few buttons and keys.

Out of all the posts of illustrations, one of my favorite illustrators that fascinated me was Aleksandra Szmidt. As an illustrator, she hand draws/paints images that are eye-catching and appealing to children reading these picture books.

[ecl310ml91-blog]

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[ecl310becr-blog]

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I decided to due my search of #picturebooks in Instagram and once again I was not disappointed.  I loved these 4 pictures that I found but I think the quote represents books in their entirety. Everything I saw was so colour and vibrant and made me happy, and I think thats what books do. They make people happy! 

[ecl310geb-blog]

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Searching the hashtag #picturebooks on Twitter, was a completely different experience to the Tumblr hashtag. I found that the Twitter search had a lack of colour and illustrations, instead it was filled with an abundance of text, consisting of user’s opinions and thoughts,

For a class activity, I would defintely stick to the platform of Tumblr, as it gives students a richer experience and more chance of finding something valuable to them.

[ecl310tori]

I searched this hash tag on pinterest, and found a whole new world of creativity. Not only did picture books appear, however also ways to incorporate picture books into art, music, cooking, etc. Tasks that focus on a picture book theme also appeared and how to create your own picture books.

Using pinterest as a search engine would be highly valuable search engine fr students as teachers can refine searches to monitor them, and students can scroll through endless variety's of new information and approaches to learning. 

[ecl310w2sb-blog]

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This weeks reflection: When searching #picturebooks into Facebook again a lot of different posts came up. However, they were slightly different to the tumblr posts. There was a range of pictures, website links and videos. There was more variety. People sharing good books, pictures, events, and more. The hashtag is becoming more popular and could be used in a classroom for students to search and learn new things. Of course this would have to be monitored. In this new age I think students would love this as a tool with the traditional methods.