Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: August 15
August 15, 2013
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage.
Book Lists
List of books about dolls or dollhouses that come to life: Child’s Play | Views From the Tesseract http://ow.ly/nVFw6 #kidlit
Nostaliga! Old School Wednesdays: Middle Grade Blogger Roundtable of childhood favorites http://ow.ly/nVEE5 @booksmugglers #kidlit
The newest post in So You Want to Read Middle Grade is from @MsYingling, with great titles: http://ow.ly/nTXCn #kidlit
Book list: 22 Picture Books for Rowdy Girls (and Boys) from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/nRmM4 #kidlit
Stacked: The Summer Before it All: A Reading List of books set during summer before college (or change) http://ow.ly/ #yalit
The Top Ten Laughing Books | @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/nPhhD #kidlit
Mom Seeks Free-Range Children’s Book Suggestions, finds tons of great ideas in comments here: http://ow.ly/nPh6l #kidlit
Cybils Award
Apply to be a #Cybils Panelist starting Thursday, or, Why 150 isn't a scary number of books from @charlotteslib http://ow.ly/nTX2l
On the #Cybils blog: Cybils Categories for 2013 http://ow.ly/nTXSZ #kidlit #yalit
Get ready for the #Cybils urges this year's blog editor @MsYingling http://ow.ly/nTXLi #kidlit
The #Cybils Elementary/Middle Grade Sci Fi and Fantasy winners of years past profiled @charlotteslib http://ow.ly/nNbDr #kidlit
Growing Bookworms
Thoughts on Investing In our Children's and Students' Reading Lives by @ruth_ayres @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/nRmts #literacy
Reading Homework Tips for a Stress-Free School Year! from @growingbbb http://ow.ly/nNbOE #literacy
How Books Can Teach Your Child to Care - Speakeasy @WSJ http://ow.ly/nLiHs via @PWKidsBookshelf #literacy #kidlit
Back to school ideas for supporting a beginning reader from @bookblogmomma http://ow.ly/nKYNv #literacy
Kidlitosphere
Don't Miss: The Complete Listing of All Public Children’s Literature Statues in the United States — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/nVEWe
Libraries
The Great Summer Library Challenge for Kids: Scavenger Hunt from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/nNbrB #literacy
Sun-Sentinel reports demand for Ebooks draining budgets at libraries in Broward, Palm Beach counties http://ow.ly/nTYQ9 @PWKidsBookshelf
7 Reasons to Rediscover Your Public Library | @moneytalksnews http://ow.ly/nNoUS via Alex Dohan #libraries #literacy
Programs and Research
Fun stuff. 'Books On Bikes' program Helps Seattle Librarians Pedal To The Masses @NPRBooks via @CHRasco http://ow.ly/nRxTW
RT @Tales2Go: Listen up: Audiobooks Raise Reading Scores http://bit.ly/T2Graphic01 Introduce students to books above their reading level. #literacy #kidlit
Why the World Is Smarter Than US (why our school system lags others, book recap) @thedailybeast http://ow.ly/nTZaO via @PWKidsBookshelf
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