Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 27
September 27, 2013
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage.
Banned Books Week
Love.Life.Read.: Let's Talk About It...A Topic Near and Dear to My Heart... #BannedBooksWeek by @scharle4 http://ow.ly/p8Tc0
Thoughts on Banned Books at Stacked and @bookriot from @catagator http://ow.ly/p8PBU #BannedBooksWeek
Most-Challenged Books of 2012 (Topped by Captain Underpants series) |@tashrow for #BannedBooksWeek http://ow.ly/pbaZp
Book Lists
Stacked: Books with Strong or Unique Worldbuilding, selected by Kimberly http://ow.ly/pdpmu #yalit
Children's Books With Single Parents, selected by @PragmaticMom http://ow.ly/pdpf8 #kidlit
Chapter Book Mystery Series recommended by @CoffeeandCrayon http://ow.ly/pdp3w #kidlit
So You Want to Read Middle Grade: some popular middle grade recs from Jonathan Hunt @greenbeanblog http://ow.ly/pbbrw #kidlit
50 Books Every Parent Should Read to Their Child – Emily Temple @Flavorwire http://ow.ly/pbaRe #kidlit
Great Easy Reader Books for Kids, recommended by @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/p8S15 #kidlit
RT @tashrow Top 10 Children’s Picture Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month http://buff.ly/1dpV90U #kidlit
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: #Poetry: The Small but Mighty Genre, by @JoneMac53 http://ow.ly/pfwRc @Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: Nonfiction Elementary/Middle Grade-- Category Description from Jennifer Wharton http://ow.ly/pdnfx #kidlit
On the #Cybils blog: Graphic Novels- Category Description http://ow.ly/p8RSa @lizjonesbooks #kidlit
Meet the #Cybils Easy Reader/Early Chapter Panelists • Family Bookshelf @readingtub http://ow.ly/p8Rs5
RT @LauraPSalas: Have you chosen your favorite nonfiction books of the past year? #Cybils nominations open soon! http://ow.ly/p7keB #kidlit
At Wands and Worlds: #Cybils Awards 2013: Details on the Speculative Fiction Category from @SheilaRuth http://ow.ly/p408U
Growing Bookworms
Very nice. @anneursu on what books mean to her son ("Books are a pocket he tucks himself into") @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/pbbL3
Details idea for sharing a specific #picturebook | Read Aloud TATTLER #2 (Enemy Pie) | @aliposner http://ow.ly/pbc0h
Censorship in the Home: Yay or Nay? asks @NoVALibraryMom http://ow.ly/pdoCN #kidlit
Reading to children gets better and better as they get older | Tim Lott @guardianbooks http://ow.ly/p5pys via @librareanne #literacy
KidLitCon
Register now for KidLitCon 2013 in Austin this November, urges @charlotteslib, "#KidLitCons are a wonderful thing." http://ow.ly/pdBa7
The Case for #KidLitCon (vs other conventions) by @MotherReader "I hug the real people that Ive known online forever" http://ow.ly/pdmor
Press Release Fun: #KidLitCon 2013 is Nigh!! — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/paEMw
The call for papers for #kidlitcon is up! Don't miss it. http://ow.ly/23srs1 #kidlit
Learning
Some truth to this: Schools Are Good for Showing Off, Not for Learning | Peter Gray in Psychology Today http://ow.ly/p41EV
Why Even the Worst Bloggers Are Making Us Smarter | Networks nurture good ideas | Wired Mag http://ow.ly/p5pqg via @catagator
On Reading and Writing
RT @heisereads: Fab post from @ProfessorNana on why books on tough topics are so important for kids to to read. http://professornana.livejournal.com/800907.html
Must read post by Gary Soto in @HuffPostBooks | Why I've Stopped Writing Children's Literature http://ow.ly/pfwof via @medinger
Why science fiction isn't just for geeky boys | Jennifer Ridyard @guardianbooks http://ow.ly/pbaHH via @PWKidsBookshelf #kidlit
Interesting musings and data from @charlotteslib on MG SFF blogging and gender imbalance http://ow.ly/p8QY6 #kidlit
Interesting thoughts on Middle Grade Bloggers as Fans, Gatekeepers, Partners of the Industry from @charlotteslib http://ow.ly/p6mMY
Thoughts on Book Endings by @mstiefvater @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/p41eq | It is devastating to reach the end of a well-loved book.
RT @tashrow A Reading App Raises a Question: What Does It Mean to Own a Book? : The New Yorker http://buff.ly/16E06Bt #ebooks
Parenting
Lovely. A #kidlit-quote filled letter: To My Dearest Little Women- A Letter to My Daughters from @BooksBabiesBows http://ow.ly/p2eug
Food for thought. @StaceyLoscalzo on The Need for Margin (space in our kids' lives) http://ow.ly/pfxM7
Great stuff! Why does dining table conversation matter & what does it teach? asks @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/pfBZN
Programs and Research
My goodness. Very cool! @Scholastic Donates One Million Books to @ReachOutAndRead reports @sljournal http://ow.ly/pb8Lm
Read for the Record with Loren Long and ‘Otis’ is coming October 3, reports @sljournal http://ow.ly/pb8Cz @jumpstartkids
Neat! @FirstBook Pledges $9 Million by 2016 to Expand Distribution Internationally | @sljournal http://ow.ly/pb8sY
News: Congratulations to @ReachOutAndRead for receiving the Rubenstein Prize for their #literacy work! http://bit.ly/17XRntn
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