Watchin' tons, and linkin'

Good thing President's Day means a long weekend, because I've spied a lot of worthwhile reading for you:

• Here in the Bonny Glen, of course, does a terrific job of Presenting the First Carnival of Children's Literature (See Chicken Spaghetti for the skinny on the next one.)
• Ruth McNally Barshaw presents her Big Adventure in the Big Apple
• Kat's Eye's offers a Report from Writer's Place...The Doorstep Anyway
• Kid's Lit points to a Gail Gibbons Interview
• And Then says to Batten down the hatches (and directs us to a recent speech by Arthur Levine)