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An entertaining and educational sampling of stories, crafts, games, and poetry for young children. Attractive and easy to navigate, this site also includes children's book reviews and other "cool links" for kids.
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NEW HAMPTON – NY – MAY 7, 2009 – Elizabeth Williams Bushey, creator of the award-winning web site for children, InklessTales.com, at www.inklesstales.com, has released her newest CD: InklessTunes: Sing Out Loud, featuring catchy, original tunes and reworked, up-to-date traditional classics. Samples of her music, as well as free downloads, can be found at www.inklesstunes.com.
Live performances feature extra microphones for children to join her on stage, additional instruments like drums, shakers and bells for her “band recruits,” and a fully interactive experience that gets both kids and grownups alike enjoying the show.
Elizabeth Williams Bushey is a writer, illustrator, musician, fine art photographer, and web developer – and a former trustee of the Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, where she served for years, eventually retiring as vice-president.
InklessTales.com, endorsed by the American Library Association; the Internet Public Library; the Encyclopedia Britannica; and most recently, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), which licensed some of her all-original content for their own newest web initiative, “Leading to Reading,” for which they won a Parent’s Choice Award.
Inkless Tales garners around 100,000 unique page views monthly, amounting to approximately one million hits. According to Google Analytics, there is no place on the globe that doesn’t visit Inkless Tales, which is translated into between 50-100 languages regularly.
Sing Out Loud is available for download and for purchase on the site, and she is now putting together her spring and summer concert schedule. Elizabeth, a former newspaper columnist and college writing instructor, also offers poetry and writing workshops for all ages, from toddlers to teens, and has appeared at Manhattan’s prestigious Poets’ House.
Elizabeth is tech-savvy, and both her workshops and concerts feature multimedia, video and more, and brings everything with her in a compact setup: no fumbling for A/V. All she needs is somewhere to plug in; when you hire Elizabeth, you can relax and enjoy the show.
For more information, or for booking information, please call 1-888-726-2752, or visit InklessTales.com/visits/
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RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) and Inkless Tales announce new partnership
NEW HAMPTON, N.Y. – December, 2007 – At the request of Washington, D.C.-based literacy pioneer Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF), children’s web site Inkless Tales has become a content partner in their newest web initiative, “Leading to Reading,” targeted to younger audiences: five years old and under.
RIF, the nation’s oldest and largest children’s and family literacy organization, is using original material from author/illustrator Elizabeth Bushey’s popular web site Inkless Tales, at www.inklesstales.com. Based in New Hampton, N.Y., Inkless Tales offers stories, poems, music and other interactive learning games, including an Animated Alphabet and a Mathematical Mother Goose.
The massive Inkless Tales site is linked to hundreds of schools, libraries and museums worldwide, and receives over half a million hits per month. Inkless Tales has been placed on the prestigious American Library Association’s “Great Sites for Kids,” and is shortlisted by the Encyclopedia Britannica’s less than 600 “World’s Best Web Sites,” available exclusively to subscribers. The Internet Public Library calls Inkless Tales an “amazing site.”
The entire content of Inkless Tales is created and maintained by a single person: Elizabeth Bushey, former journalist, web developer and mother of two.
“I remember RIF from my own childhood,” says Ms. Bushey. “I was very excited when they approached me–almost as excited as my daughters were. RIF is a part of their childhood, too.”
RIF encourages children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most.
Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children’s and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year.
For more information about Inkless Tales, please contact Regina Brooks at Brooklyn-based Serendipity Literary via e-mail at rbrooks@serendipitylit.com. Serendipity Literature, LLC, represents a diverse base of award-winning clients in adult and young adult fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature. Client awards include a designation as a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, the American Library Association’s Notable Book accolade, the Kirkus Review’s Editor’s Choice, reviews in the prestigious Horn Book, as well as the Fletcher Fellowship Award, the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inkling Studies, and a nomination for Brooks herself for the Stevie Award for best entrepreneur.
For more information about RIF, please call Frank Walter, marketing and public relations director at (202) 536-3435, or e-mail: fwalter@rif.org, or visit http://www.rif.org/about/newsroom/default.mspx
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Inkless Tales listed as one of Encyclopedia Britannica's "World's Best Web Sites"
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. - Oct. 23, 2006 - Inkless Tales, the web site for children ages four to eight, featuring the Animated Alphabet, online stories and more, was recently listed as one of Encyclopedia Britannica's World's Best Web sites at www.britannica.com. Inkless Tales can be accessed under a variety of keywords, such as "tales," "children" or "poetry," as well as under "children's poetry," where the site is one of only six selected listings, including the Classic Reader and the Canadian Governor General Literary Awards.
Inkless Tales, which was also chosen for the American Library Association's prestigious "Great Sites for Kids" list, is created and maintained solely by author/illustrator Elizabeth Bushey, a working mother of two. The site has won numerous awards and is linked to schools and libraries all over the world, including the Hong Kong Public Library.
"My dad bought us a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica; I used it all the time as a kid," Bushey says. "It's very cool to be listed by them now. Best of all, though, is that children and educators are finding and using Inkless Tales."
Visitors can access Inkless Tales at www.inklesstales.com. For more information, or to contact Elizabeth Bushey, call 1-888-726-2752 or e-mail elizabeth@inklesstales.com.
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Children’s web site Inkless Tales launches new music section
MIDDLETOWN, NY – May 4, 2006 – Popular children’s web site InklessTales.com launched a new section this week with downloadable music for its audience of preschoolers, first and second graders, at www.inklesstales.com/tunes.
The web site, which passed the million-hit mark last week, is created single-handedly by mother of two Elizabeth Bushey, a freelancer, who up until recently worked full-time outside the home.
The site, which offers poems, games, stories, crafts, and a popular Animated Alphabet, is recommended by the prestigious American Library Association and the Internet Public Library. Bushey, a journalist, illustrator, musician and web developer, has appeared at the famous Poet’s House in Manhattan as well as other venues.
Visitors can access Inkless Tales at www.inklesstales.com. For more information, or to contact Elizabeth Bushey, call 1-888-726-2752 or e-mail info@inklesstales.com.
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April 30, 2006
Children’s Web site InklessTales.com hits million mark
Summary: InklessTales.com, a children's web site featuring an animated alphabet and a mathematical Mother Goose, among other learning activities, poems and stories, has reached the milestone one million hit mark. Created single-handedly by one working mother, it's achieved accolades from such big names as the American Library Association and the Internet Public Library. —
MIDDLETOWN, NY– Inkless Tales, the web site for children ages four to eight offering games, stories, poems, and other learning activities, reached the milestone one million hits this month this April 2006, announced site owner Elizabeth Bushey today.
The site, which also includes an Animated Alphabet and a Mathematical Mother Goose, features content created entirely by a single person. “I illustrate, I write, and I do all the programming, too,” says Bushey, who works from her home, and, until three weeks ago, worked full-time, as well.
Inkless Tales has earned accolades from big names such as the American Library Association, which listed the site among Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket on its “Great Sites for Kids” pages. The ALA called Inkless Tales “entertaining… and easy to navigate.” The Internet Public Library called it “an amazing site.”
Bushey says she’s surprised but delighted about the million hit mark. “I made what I like, and I’m glad they like it too,” she says. Libraries and school systems visit and link from all over the United States and from all over the world: Inkless Tales is even listed on the Hong Kong Public Library site.
The site is experiencing a real boom. The traffic statistics are showing a consistent growth rate between 30 and 45 percent each month.
“Growth is exciting,” says Bushey. “But the best part is when I hear from a kid at the feedback form who loves the site.”
Elizabeth Bushey is a freelance writer, illustrator and web developer. She is a former columnist for the Times Herald-Record, and an adjunct instructor teaching journalism at Orange County Community College. She is also a musician: Inkless Tales will release a first CD of lullabies this summer on an upcoming companion web site, www.InklessTunes.com.
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The Internet Public Library lists Inkless Tales
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y., April 3, 2006 – New York-based children’s web site Inkless Tales, offering poems, stories and learning games for four to eight-year-olds, was recently listed by the Internet Public Library, which called Inkless Tales “an amazing site.”
The site, produced independently by a full-time working mother of two, offers an Animated Alphabet and a Mathematical Mother Goose, among other features.
“I love libraries – I’ve always spent a good portion of my life in them. It makes me happy that Inkless Tales is on the Internet’s library, now, too,” says Bushey. “Not only that – it will help people find a place that can help them create their own poems, stories, and pictures.”
Elizabeth Bushey is a writer, an illustrator, a musician and a web developer.
Visitors can access Inkless Tales at www.inklesstales.com. For more information, or to contact Elizabeth Bushey, call 1-888-726-2752 or e-mail info@inklesstales.com.
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Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket and… Inkless Tales?
American Library Association lists children’s web site Inkless Tales on Great Sites for Kids list among kids’ favorites
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y., March 30, 2005 – New York-based children’s web site Inkless Tales, offering poems, stories and learning games for four to eight-year-olds, was recently selected by the American Library Association for its prestigious “Great Sites for Kids” list, nestled alphabetically between such giants as Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket.
The site, produced independently by a full-time working mother of two, offers an Animated Alphabet and a Mathematical Mother Goose, among other features. The ALA calls the site “entertaining and educational,” and “easy to navigate.”
“That was the comment I appreciated the most,” says creator Elizabeth Bushey, a former newspaper columnist, illustrator and web programmer. “I hope everything on the site is easy to use. It’s not for nothing I have all these neighborhood kids in my house, testing all this stuff out!”
Bushey is pretty serious about web usability, having done professional testing at her current job at Orange County Community College, where she has been the web master.
Elizabeth Bushey is a writer, an illustrator, a musician and a web developer.
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MIDDLETOWN, NY - Inkless Tales, a web site full of games, stories and poems designed for readers and would-be readers ages 4-8, is available on the Internet at www.inklesstales.com. The two-year-old site, designed, illustrated and programmed by Elizabeth Bushey, has just passed the 10,000-hit per month mark.
Bushey, a writer, illustrator and web developer, began the site as a project for fun and to entertain her own daughters, now aged five and eight.
"The
web as a medium for children has just begun to be explored," says
Bushey. "There's so much potential right now. Online picture books,
read-aloud stories, songs, poems -- there's just no end to what can be
done. Since my interests and abilities happen to be in these areas, it
seemed like a good fit, so I put the site together and launched it."
"I love using the Web for two reasons," says Bushey. "The first is that children learn and absorb material in many different ways. Educators are learning more and more about multiple intelligences. Some are visual learners, others need to read to understand, others need to hear. While the Web will never replace books, it offers all of those possibilities for children. The second reason is, well, I can do all those things. I can write, I can draw, I can animate, I can sing and play music -- so it's fun for me to have a venue to do that."
Bushey, a longtime associate member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, naturally gravitated to the subject of children's literature. All of the content on the site is original, or adapted from nursery rhymes with original illustrations and animations.
"What
really surprised me was how much traffic the site began to get,"
Bushey says. "When we blew through the 3,000-hit level last year,
I was surprised. When we hit over 17,000 hits in May 2004, I was REALLY
surprised."
The biggest surprise, though, came when she explored where those hits were coming from.
"They're coming from all over the place -- Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey -- that was nice to see. It was the large amount of international traffic that had me flabbergasted," she says. "I've got IP addresses from the Netherlands, from England, and Australia, among others."
Most of all, Bushey hopes her site -- which is free to the public, and contains no advertising -- encourages children and parents to read.
Visitors can access Inkless Tales at www.inklesstales.com. For more information, or to contact Elizabeth Bushey, call 1-888-726-2752 or e-mail info@inklesstales.com.
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