Character Assassination Carousel:
How We Operate
Blogger friends of Ninja Mom will be part of an elite killing force, a group of wordsmiths whose wits and typing fingers are set to kill. Jason Bourne has nothing on us. Here's how we operate:
- Each month a blogger will post a piece on his or her blog that blasts some kiddie lit to kingdom come. I'll set up a permanent link to that piece here on Ninja Mom Blog, right on this very page, confirming that the assassination was successful.
- Look for each highly trained shredder of childhood pulp to tag the next blogger who will be armed and ready to rip apart an unsuspecting tome. And that blogger tags another, who tags another, who tags another, until each kid's book that ever irked a parent has been targeted.
Are you a blogger who wants in on the carousel? Email me at NicoleLeighShaw [at] gmail [dot] com. Tickets to ride are available through me. I'll be hosting a prearranged list of participating bloggers who will also be promoted here on Ninja Mom Blog so that we can avoid repeat assassinations and give each member of our elimination force a chance in the spotlight.
You're encouraged to write your own assassination story without waiting in line; email me and I'll verify the kill and add you to the Past Assassin's list. But you won't get promoted by the bloggers waiting in the tag team queue. You can copy the button below to add to your post, just please link back here to this page. If you want to add the Character Assassination Carousel button to your blog side bar, you can grab that from my footer, right side.
If you have a children's book title that you'd like to see eliminated, email me. If I don't write a post about why your suggested book is worthy of assassination, one of our other black ops bloggers might.
Past Targets and Assassins
January 2011, "The Giving Tree," Ninja Mom
February 2011, "Love You Forever," Wait in the Van
March 2011, "The Runaway Bunny," Motherhood, WTF?
April 2011, "Goodnight Moon," Beta Dad
May 2011, "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," Think.Stew
June 2011, "Beatrix Potter: The Complete Works," Naps Happen
August 2011, "Br'er Rabbit," As Vinny C's It
December 2011, "The Cat in the Hat," Chapter Four
December 2011, "Sleeping Beauty," Hitting the Crossbar
January 2012, "Corduroy," very VERY busy mom
January 2012, "Llama Llama Red Pajama," The Bearded Iris
February 2012, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Cynicism 101
March 2012, "Oh, The Places You'll Go!," Mommy Shorts
April 2012, "Tootle," Jester Queen
April 2012, "Babar's Little Girl," Hollow Tree Ventures
May 2012, "Fox and Hen Together," Sisterhood of the Sensible Moms
May 2012, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," Naptime Writing
June 2012, "My Friend Rabbit," The Three Under
June 2012, "The Monster at the End of this Book," According to Mags
June 2012, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," Just Keep Swimming
July 2012, "Five Little Monkeys," The Somewhat Sane Mom
August 2012, "There's a Nightmare in my Closet," I'm the Boss of Me
August 2012, "Max and Ruby," Middletini
August 2012, "The Rainbow Fish," Bad Parenting Moments
September 2012, "Junie B. Jones," Tall Curly Biscuit
September 2012, "Walter the Farting Dog," Underachiever's Guide to Being a Domestic Goddess
October 2012, "If You Give a Pig a Pancake," Mannahattamamma
October 2012, "My Little Pony, Pinkie Pie's Secret Place," Let Me Start By Saying
November 2012, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt," Snarkfest
November 2012, "The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV," Toulouse and Tonic
December 2012, "Curious George Rides a Bike," Point Counter-Point Point Point
January 2013, "Barbie," Mommy, for Real
January 2013, "Curious George," What She Said
February 2013, "Rumplestiltskin," Frugalista Blog
February 2013, "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," You Know It Happens at Your House Too
