Icons and Banner

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600x150px, resize as needed. Use the code below to pimp the exchange.

<a href="http://fic_corner.dreamwidth.org"><img src="http://www.panix.com/~hhertzof/Headers/ficcornersm.png" alt txt="Exchange at Fic Corner Banner"></a> A Kids' and YA Book Fic Exchange

The banner was made using the "what pics do I currently have on my hard drive that would work well against a white background". From left to right, the characters pictured are: Toot & Puddle, Christopher Robin & Pooh, Milo and Tallullah from Milo Armadillo by Jan Fearney, Olivia, Elephant & Piggie, Moomintroll and Big Mean Mike & Bunnies from Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudson. Sadly books for teenagers don't lend themselves to small, cute images that look good against a white background.

I also made icons, just because.

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Feel free to take with credit and to add your own favorite characters to the blank bases - I found a height of 80-85px works well.

Brainstorming and Schedule

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The Exchange at Fic Corner 2013 Revised Schedule
July 6th - Comm Opens for Brainstorming
July 12th - 22st - Nominations
July 23nd - 30th - Sign-Ups
July 31st or August 1st - Assignments Sent Out
September 22nd - Deadline for Stories
September 29th - Collection Goes Live

Got a favo(u)rite kids or YA book or series or story you want other people to write for or request? Want to know if you're "the only one" who ever read that one particular book or who loves that certain character?

Go forth in the comments and pimp your favo(u)rites.

ETA: Some helpful brainstorming links provided by elf and a few added by me.
Newbery Medal list
Links to other Youth Awards from ALA including the Batchelder (translation) and Belpre (Hispanic/Latino). Scroll down for links to the Coretta Scott King (African-American/Black) and Printz (YA) The Notable Books lists linked in the sidebar are also of interest.
Juvenile Series and Sequels
from the MCPL database (looong list.)
Goodreads Top 100 Middle School Must Reads from Goodreads
Obscure:
A List of Series and Sequels for Juvenile Readers. Compiled in 1915. (Edith Nesbit is included. And Lewis Carroll. And Dumas was apparently considered youth reading.)
Mary Crosson's "Plain Jane" Series List. Public domain (pre-20s) children's and teens series available on the web.