What's happening with KidSpirit?

In the few months since our launch in the spring of 2008, KidSpirit has been creating a buzz all over the country. Read below for a sampling of KidSpirit press coverage details and links:

• Brooklyn Independent Television is featuring KidSpirit in Neighborhood Beat, Episode 3 of its "Brooklyn Heights" focus. Watch the clip here:
  
• A noteworthy article about KidSpirit appears in the January/February, 2009 issue of Spirituality & Health, including an interview with Elizabeth Dabney Hochman. Editor Betsy Robinson directs readers to KidSpirit "if you wish you could share the kind of sustenance you receive from Spirituality & Health with the 11-to-15-year-olds in your life." Read the full article.
• Grand Magazine, the magazine for grandparents, highlighted KidSpirit in its product picks in the Grand Central section of their January/February issue. To see the article online, visit Grand Magazine and click on "Preview"; or read a pdf of the article.
• Body+Soul featured KidSpirit Magazine on their website, Whole Living, as part of their Eco Gift Guide for 2008. Body+Soul editors wrote, "If kids were creating their own version of Body+Soul, it might look like this magazine... Deep-thinking youths curious about life's big ideas will love this quarterly." Download the pdf.
• The Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) just released Good Things To Do: Expert Suggestions for Fostering Goodness in Kids, which includes Elizabeth's chapter, "Six Steps for Nurturing the Spirit in Young Adolescents." Read more about the book and see a partial list of contributors.
• KidSpirit was also featured in a spot on Boston's Fox 25 television as one of a group of NAPPA winners who could bring "family fun" to the holiday season! Watch a clip of KidSpirit featured along with other winning NAPPA products.
• Kimberly Danek Pinkson, Founder and President of EcoMom Alliance, featured KidSpirit in her blog. EcoMom is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting communities of women helping to create a sustainable environment.
• KidSpirit was given a significant spread in the Park Slope Reader for their Winter, 2009 issue on eating well. Park Slope Reader editors were so impressed by the outstanding writing of KidSpirit editor Elizabeth Berg that they included her entire article from Spirit & Materialism, "How Far Has Your Food Traveled?" Check out the Park Slope Reader's spread!
• Kid Magazine Writers interviewed editor-in-chief Elizabeth Dabney Hochman about KidSpirit Magazine and the work that young people are sending in from all over the country! Read more.
• KidSpirit Wins a Gold! The National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) awarded their 2008 media awards, and not only did KidSpirit Magazine place as a Gold winner, it was singled out as a NAPPA Top Pick in the Books and Magazines category, indicating that the judges considered it outstanding among the Gold winners. Click here to see KidSpirit on the parenthood.com website. The NAPPA awards program is sponsored by Dominion Parenting Media and promoted in association with parenting publishers across the United States. One of the most highly competitive and selective kids media competitions in the country, the NAPPA awards are juried by judges who are industry experts with extensive professional experience working with children and parents. The judges are not the only ones to weigh in on the products, however-before awards are given, all the products entered are tested by both kids and parents. The NAPPA award showcases the best in books, CDs, and innovative products that help make parenting easier, more effective, and more fun.
• Family Circle Magazine recommends KidSpirit! Read what syndicated columnist Rosalind Wiseman has to say about KidSpirit in her Ask Rosalind column here or go to Rosalind Wiseman's column online, click on August, 2008 and scroll down the page to her recommendation.
• Vail valley's TV8 interviewed Elizabeth Dabney Hochman during a recent visit to Colorado. Watch the interview below:
• Internet radio host Karen Humphries Sallick interviewed Founding Editor Elizabeth Dabney Hochman about the inspiration behind KidSpirit on her show, "Embracing the Journey." Listen to the interview.
• The School Library Journal featured two of the members of KidSpirit's Editorial Board in Bowllan's Blog. Read their comments about being in on the ground floor here or go to the School Library Journal's web site and select date June 16th, 2008 in the archive.
• The Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence at The Search Institute features KidSpirit on their web site. Read the article.
• The Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE) recommended KidSpirit Magazine in their May 2008 newsletter, Connections. Read the piece.
• A new article, "KidSpirit Magazine: Youth in dialogue about Life's Big Questions," by KidSpirit Editor Elizabeth Dabney Hochman, appears in the summer, 2008 issue of New Directions for Youth Development. This journal features the ongoing work of The Search Institute's Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence and is published by Wiley Periodicals. Get information or order the publication online.
• In May, 2008, KidSpirit Magazine celebrated the publication of its Premiere Issue at a launch party in New York City. See photos below:
• Read about KidSpirit's launch and all-kid Editorial Board in Brooklyn's Courier Life newspaper.
• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle profiled Editor Elizabeth Dabney Hochman and her efforts to create KidSpirit. Read the profile.
• Many blogs have picked up on KidSpirit's arrival. Read a posting that appeared in Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.