Links I Shared on Twitter This Week: November 16
November 16, 2012
Here are some highlights from the literacy and children's literature-related links that I shared on Twitter this past week or so @JensBookPage. (I was traveling last week, and so didn't have a links post at all.)
Cybils-Related:
On the #Cybils blog: Midterm Progress Report.1374 total nominations, 83.8% already read by at least 1 person http://ow.ly/fkBS9
Interview Wednesday Part One: Meet Three #CYBILS #Poetry Panelists by @JoneMac53 http://ow.ly/fiNt9
RT: @polking: My Nerdy Book Club post about being a Cybils YA fiction panelist is up today. Read here: http://goo.gl/rpOkv .
Tips for Growing Bookworms:
Suggestions for #Literacy Blogs worth following from Growing Book by Book http://ow.ly/fiObR
A very useful post on Introducing Children to Books, Part II @delightchildbks http://ow.ly/fg4uD #literacy #litrdup
Delightful! Ten Ways to Raise Readers by Julie Falatko @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/fetfa #literacy #kidlit #litrdup
RT @imaginationsoup: Do you need more ideas for reading with your kids? Here are my favorite #Pinterest #reading boards
Book News, Lists and Views:
Washington Post Best Kids Books 2012 via @tashrow http://ow.ly/fkBMY #kidlit
Interesting thoughts from @haleshannon (and her readers): Does Twilight damage young readers? http://ow.ly/fiNRG #yalit
Debut Author William Alexander Nabs 2012 National Book Award for Young People via @sljournal http://ow.ly/fkvQ9 #yalit
Books like 'Hunger Games' make reading cool again reports @GreenBayHub http://ow.ly/fkvHY #yalit
Stop Calling Books for Kids YA! asks @medinger http://ow.ly/fiNE5 #kidlit #yalit
Stacked: Contemporary #YALit 2012 Book List of 2013 Contemporary Titles to Watch For from @catagator http://ow.ly/fiN0E
A fine review of the Gregor the Overlander series (which spouse + I both loved) by @library_jim http://ow.ly/fibJL #kidlit
10+ Thanksgiving Chapter Books For Kids from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/fibmX #kidlit
Stellar Four: Let's Hear It for the Boys (& Girls) in YA (books where they are equals) http://ow.ly/fibcE via @bkshelvesofdoom
So many books to covet! Librarian Preview: @HarperChildrens(Spring 2013) from @FuseEight http://ow.ly/fi9g6 #kidlit
Kinda cool. @scholastic is releasing the first 20 Babysitters Club books as ebooks, with "classic covers" #kidlit @charissemeloto
Why We Need Diversity in YA Fiction from @CherylRainfield http://ow.ly/f0KmA #yalit
Plus a couple of links that I am instead sharing in the children's literacy and reading news roundup post that I'll have up later today. Thanks for reading!
This post © 2012 by Jennifer Robinson of Jen Robinson's Book Page. All rights reserved.