You may have noticed our new widget, a Shelfari bookshelf (if not, see the right sidebar). We’ve created a Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears group on Shelfari - a social networking site for book lovers.

Shelfari is a free site that allows you to create your own virtual bookshelf, add books that you’ve read, are currently reading, or plan to read, and post comments and reviews about your books and those on other’s shelves. In the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears group, you have access to selected polar-themed children’s books from the magazine’s monthly Virtual Bookshelf column. We hope you’ll join us and post your own comments, reviews, and ideas for classroom use about our selected books!

Visit the Beyond Penguins group at http://www.shelfari.com/beyondpenguins/shelf or click on the widget in the blog sidebar.