Calling Young Writers and Illustrators!

PBS 45 & 49 and the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Reading Rainbow invite children in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades to create their own picture books for the 11th annual Reading Rainbow’s Young Writers & Illustrators Contest.

Download the entry packet online at http://www.pbs4549.org/RCONENTY.HTM, or you can call us at to request a contest entry packet. Contest entries must be postmarked by Tuesday, March 1, 2005.

Local grand prizes winners from each grade level receive $50 and $25 gift certificates from Borders Books and Music. They also will be entered in the national Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. Prizes at the national level include computers, VCRs and Reading Rainbow Library books and tapes for winners and their schools and public libraries.

New Stories for Reading Rainbow’s 21st Season
Weekdays at 11 am

Visiting Day, Tuesday, Jan. 18

Educational Objective: Empathizing with children whose parents are in prison

A young girl and her grandmother make the long bus trip every month to visit the girl’s father in prison.

Unique Monique, Wednesday, Jan. 19 – filmed locally at the Twinsburg Twins Day Festival

Educational Objective: Exploring what it means to be unique

Monique’s school uniform doesn’t allow her to express herself so she experiments with ways to be unique before finally discovering a way to stand out without breaking the rules.

At the Twinsburg Twins Days Festival, join twins as they celebrate their alikeness and their individuality.

Mr. George Baker, Thursday, Jan. 20

Educational Objective: Learning is a life-long endeavor

Harry sits on the porch with 100-year-old Mr. George Baker who can dance and play the drums but goes to school, just like Harry, so he can learn to read.

Beegu, Friday, Jan. 21

Educational Objective: Exploring the excitement and wonder of space

Beegu, a small space creature, finds no welcome on Earth until she meets some children on a playground.

Two Old Potatoes and Me, Monday, Jan. 24

Educational Objective: Turning something old into something new

After a young girl finds two old potatoes at her father’s house, they plant and tend them to see if they will have new potatoes in September.