Reading Rockets, AdLit.org, and the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance (NCBLA) have announced the Letters from the White House contest
as part of its celebration of Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out, the NCBLA's critically acclaimed publication about American history. Students in grades preK-12 students can write and submit either a letter or journal entry about an imagined or researched experience of living or working in the White House.
Entry deadline is February 16, 2009, Presidents' Day. Five finalists by grade level will be and a grand prize winner will be named in each level on April 30, 2009, the 100th day of the new presidential term. For complete details and tons of resources, visit the contest page at AdLit.org.
Entry deadline is February 16, 2009, Presidents' Day. Five finalists by grade level will be and a grand prize winner will be named in each level on April 30, 2009, the 100th day of the new presidential term. For complete details and tons of resources, visit the contest page at AdLit.org.
