Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: April 26

Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage.

Book Lists and Awards

Check out the 2013 Eisner Award Nominees for kids and teens | @tashrow http://ow.ly/klBw5

Stacked rounds up April Debut YA Novels http://ow.ly/kogcF @catagator #yalit

Love lists? Check out Five Useful Book Lists for Children from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/kjlLY #kidlit

Events

RT @reachoutandread: Get your tickets NOW for our Read to Succeed breakfast in #Boston 5/7! @dennis_lehane keynotes! http://bit.ly/17O0MBo

RT @SPLBuzz: Tonight 25K people across US will give away a favorite book to spread the love of reading @wbnamerica http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/

Help teens gain access to books: It's Time for the Annual Spring Book Fair for Ballou High School Library!!! http://ow.ly/kolYq

From the Boston Airport on a Tuesday morning...,@CHRasco's thoughts on Boston + the latest #literacy roundup http://ow.ly/kqG0S

Growing Bookworms

Learning Letters? 5 Great Resources from @bethanyntt http://ow.ly/kjkwH #literacy

I love this #literacy milestone post from @NoVALibraryMom: Caught in the Act: The Birth of a Writer http://ow.ly/kjfve

Thoughtful post from @CampHalfBlood on Reading Myths and the Myths of Reading http://ow.ly/kjb0N #literacy #kidlit

I agree with @LiteracyLaunch: Books Foster Empathy and Compassion! http://ow.ly/kjaJD #literacy

Literacy Programs and Research

RT @ReadtoaChild: Did you hear? Everybody Wins! USA has become Read to a Child! Read more here. #readtoachild #literacy #readaloud http://fb.me/18CLbEYuY

Interesting post guest @joe_bower by @hadleyjf on what can happen if you stop grading students http://ow.ly/kqEIV

Books and Libraries

PW reports Big Jump for Children's and YA Sales in 2012, Says AAP http://ow.ly/kqYQl via @PWKidsBookshelf

RT @tashrow Jo Knowles – What’s so important about your local library? http://buff.ly/ZuJbul #libraries

Reasonable hypothesis: Why I Think Wonder Didn’t Win a Newbery by @ReadByExample for @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/kjmjy

Very cool book-themed library seats from @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/kqEuQ #kidlit

Mo Willems shares secrets to writing a children's hit book @cnnhttp://ow.ly/km6e6 via @PWKidsBookshelf @The_Pigeon

Do classic children's books give us too rosy a view of childhood? asks@gdnchildrensbks http://ow.ly/km5ZN via @PWKidsBookshelf

Kidlitosphere

The latest Fusenews @FuseEight points out something I didn't even realize about my GIANT DANCE PARTY review http://ow.ly/kohh7

RT @LaurelSnyder: Konigsburg stands out for me as a writer of unsupervised children. Her kids didn't need magic. They had the real world to explore, alone.

She will surely be missed. Nice round up of E.L. Konigsburg tributes from @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/kjg9D

Miscellaneous

Genius. Spiderman window washers at Children's Hospital: Escape Adulthood http://ow.ly/kofRq via @kimandjason

Don't think I'm ready to do it, but I respect it: Life With No TV: Why We Gave Up Television from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/kqDas

Gender and Society

Shannon Hale keeps the important discussion coming with new post: Let's talk about consent http://ow.ly/kqFgj @haleshannon

I wish all teeens and parents could read this (+ links): The greatest contributor to rape culture by @haleshannon http://ow.ly/kjjGM

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