Jen Robinson's Book Page: Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: August 2

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Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: August 2

Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter recently @JensBookPage (actually over the past two weeks).

Book Lists and Awards

Newest post in So You Want to Read Middle Grade from Naomi Kinsman @greenbeanblog http://ow.ly/nt0V4 #kidlit

Book list: Teen Girl Sleuths to Read While You're Waiting for Veronica Mars movie from @catagator @bookriot http://ow.ly/nsXQ8

RT @CarrieGelson: Shared some new wordless favourites on my blog. Love the potential wordless books hold. pic.twitter.com/FgHYHV6eix

A list for me! Beth Revis' Top Ten Modern YA Science Fiction novels @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/nqE3R #yalit

Quite a useful book list: 21 Picture Books with Diverse Characters from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/nqBNs #kidlit

Top 10 books for new kindergarteners from @darshanakhiani http://ow.ly/205aLO #kidlit

The 2013 Eisner Awards. Congratulations to team Babymouse @jenniholm + @mattholm http://ow.ly/nfgod via @tashrow #kidlit

Book List: Outer Space Picture Books for preschoolers from @bookblogmomma http://ow.ly/nd2XX #kidlit

Growing Bookworms

Your kids are watching you watch TV | Sound It Out by Joanne Meier | @ReadingRockets http://ow.ly/nqDWc

Some excellent points from Jules at 7-Imp in response to a mom who admits finding read aloud drudgery http://ow.ly/201uJH

Who Should Teach our Kids to Read? How and why parents should inspire love of reading http://ow.ly/nf97V @essentialkids via @librareanne

Great stuff! How to excite boys about school and learning? from @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/nd85H #literacy

Delightful! 12 Signs You're Raising a Reader from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/nxPef #kidlit #literacy

Kidlitosphere

The July Carnival of Children's Literature is now available at proseandkahn http://ow.ly/nqymC #kidlit

Quite a resource from @bkshelvesofdoom | MASTER LIST: Book Recommendation Engines. http://ow.ly/nf8Dt

Libraries

Such fun! @lochwouters describes Library Camp-out with reading tents http://ow.ly/nvm1r

On Books, Reading, and Writing

A post sure to evoke the sympathy of readers everywhere: A Life Without Reading by @frankisibberson @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/nd5ua

Must-read thoughts on writing "Big Stories" on topics that matter from Tanita Davis http://ow.ly/nd8ez

Well worth reading from @catagator at Stacked: Fat is not a disability: It's a book deal breaker http://ow.ly/nvmgt #yalit

Fear of the 'other' - How books can help develop understanding by @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/nt2a9 #kidlit #literacy

Nice summary of some plagiarism issues at Original Content: Scraping--A Huge Black Eye For Self-publishing? http://ow.ly/nt0zi

How do you feel about spoilers in your reading and viewing? @lizb has some thoughts, and some questions http://ow.ly/nqCEe

Law firm admits leaking Rowling's Galbraith identity. I personally wish they had waited til there were more books out http://ow.ly/1ZJeVh

Programs and Research

Boy would I have loved the Thalia Book Club Camp when I was a kid. Great summary by @medinger http://ow.ly/nt1mP #kidlit

RT @PublisherLunch: #plnws Psychology Study Says Bookstore Shoppers (In Belgium) Browsed and Bought More When Air Was Chocolate-Scented http://publun.ch/1490rWU

Summer Reading

RT @tashrow Seven ways to inspire your kids’ summer reading | Fox News http://buff.ly/160g8ER #reading

Let’s avoid the “summer slide” (cont.) — Summer reading tips #8-13 from @aliposner http://ow.ly/nfhAM #literacy

The Summer Reading Flowchart: Young Adult Books! [Infographic] | http://Teach.com http://ow.ly/nxQBL via @randomlyreading #yalit

Teaching and Preparation for School

Thoughts from @frankisibberson on That First Read Aloud of the School Year.... http://ow.ly/nqBYL #kidlit #literacy

8 Ways to Ease Kindergarten Anxiety from @CoffeeandCrayon http://ow.ly/nvlD4

Why teachers should read more children's books | @Guardian via @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/nqEgj #literacy