Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 12
September 12, 2014
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. There is a TON of great stuff this week, so I have moved Cybils and KidLitCon links to a separate post. In this post we have tweets on book lists, common core, diversity, growing bookworms, reading, writing, publishing, schools, libraries, summer reading, parenting, literacy programs, and research.
Book Lists
Scenes from the Multiverse ( #kidlit set in 3 or more worlds), #BookList from Views From the Tesseract http://ow.ly/BlT7I
At Stacked: Reality Television Redux (additions to prior list of #yalit featuring reality TV) http://ow.ly/BlSPV
Making Handmade Journals + List of Books about Writing for Kids from @momandkiddo l http://ow.ly/BlRQM #kidlit
Bibliophile’s Delight: Books that Celebrate Creative Writing, Book Lovers, + Libraries | Joy Fleishhacker @sljournal http://ow.ly/Bj41g
Stacked: The Big Male YA Narrator Round-up @catagator http://ow.ly/Bg7qE #yalit
Real-life Heroes, Unspeakable Tragedies—and Kittens | Hi-Interest Nonfiction for Kids + Teens | @pwbalto @sljournal http://ow.ly/Bj3V4
Celebrating Grandparents - 7 Multicultural Picks from @SproutsBkshelf http://ow.ly/Bg6U8 #kidlit #booklist
24 Best Baby Books of All Time, @ParentsMagazine list, w/ contributions from @FuseEight + others http://ow.ly/Bg4Lh #kidlit
12+ Books for Kids Not Ready for Harry Potter from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/Bg8h8 #kidlit
Common Core
Cut to the Core: Low Support for #CommonCore After First Year, reports @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/Bp52k
William J. Bennett makes The Conservative Case for #CommonCore @WSJ | Misleading rumors harm effort started in states http://ow.ly/BoocH
Diversity
Growing Bookworms
SLJ Reviews LEGO StoryStarter: Using the classic brick, plus software, to foster narrative skills @ShiftTheDigital http://ow.ly/BoTb8
Why kids should choose their own books to read in school | @ValerieStrauss in Washington Post http://ow.ly/Bp5zD via @PWKidsBookshelf
Story Time Secrets: 20 #Literacy Activities for Little Leaguers from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/BoqXf #kidlit
On how reading aloud can help you "catch" young readers, w/ rewards for all by Natalie Rogers @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/Bg514
On Reading, Writing, and Publishing
A strong defense of reading fiction for pleasure (by kids + adults), not b/c it is "useful" @LizB http://ow.ly/BosvJ
Why To Read: 10 Reasons Why Reading Books Will Save Your Life http://ow.ly/Bp9aX via @librareanne (opposite to @LizB 's earlier post)
Nice list of high-level benefits for kids (+adults) from reading more books, reported by @tashrow http://ow.ly/BgaEl
The Hachette/Amazon War: One Writer’s Perspective shared anonymously @fuseeight http://ow.ly/BorsS #eBooks
Invented Dialogue and the Conundrum of the Picture Book Biography — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/Bg7AS #nonfiction #kidlit
Lovely! Go Forth and Re-Read Your Favorite Books From Childhood: A Dare from Syreeta Barlow @bookriot http://ow.ly/Bj5rt
How dark is too dark in children's books? | Rebecca Westcott starts discussion in @GuardianBooks http://ow.ly/Bg0QW
News for writers, @catagator is Opening Up a New Shop: Critique Services http://ow.ly/Bg8iW #yalit
Great stuff! Why Older Kids & Adults Need Picture Books & Graphic Novels, by @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/Bg5U0
Parenting
I believe in this | Developing a growth/learning mindset: Why I'll Never Tell My Son He's Smart | @KhanAcademy http://ow.ly/Bp8zT
Encouraging Our Kids to Tinker | Planet Smarty Pants http://ow.ly/Bg7H2 #parenting #engineering
Playing with Children: Should You, and If So, How? | Peter Gray in Psychology Today http://ow.ly/Bg6xB #parenting #play
Pretty cool. Parental attentiveness to infant babbling 'speeds up language development' - via @PWKidsBookshelf http://ow.ly/Bg1rA
Events, Programs and Research
Usher to Host @Scholastic Event That Promotes Reading @GalleyCat http://ow.ly/Bp5PS via @PWKidsBookshelf #literacy
Profile of the #Literacy for Incarcerated Teens program by Sandy Chung in @sljournal http://ow.ly/BoST7
Neat post about how @medinger is donating YA ARCs to Books for Incarcerated Teens http://ow.ly/BlSsV #yalit
For Wendy Moore's birthday, her friends set up a virtual book drive. She gave books to 420 kids via @FirstBook http://ow.ly/BlTeS
What books meant to her during childhood and why she supports BESS THE BOOK BUS by @DGephartWrites @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/Bj81Q
A fun and worthy cause! Bess the Book Bus Online Book Drive, Featuring @DGephartWrites | Books & Books http://ow.ly/BfZ82 #literacy
Open a World of Possible -- A Wonderful Gift from @Scholastic says @frankisibberson (who contributed to this eBook) http://ow.ly/BgaVI
Schools and Libraries
New @PewResearch Report Explores Young Americans' #Library Habits, @PublishersWkly has details http://ow.ly/Bp4Og
Young Americans and Public #Libraries – Highlights from A @PewResearch Study shared by @tashrow http://ow.ly/Botm0
Millennials Are Actually MORE Likely To Read Books, Study Says | @HuffingtonPost http://ow.ly/BlU1b via @somers_library
Interesting. English words that represent numbers are confusing, lead to weaker math skills (vs., say, China) @WSJ http://ow.ly/BlWWN
Elementary School Homework and Reading in Math and Science: read, play, + puzzle says @missrumphius http://ow.ly/Bga1e
"Our children must spend more time reading than they spend completing reading-related activities" @donalynbooks http://ow.ly/Bg9Vg
Sigh. What kind of person takes all the children's books out of a Little Free Library? @MLive via @PWKidsBookshelf http://ow.ly/Bg11N
Summer Reading
Kids Set a New World Record – Reading 304,749,681 Minutes in the @Scholastic #SummerReading Challenge http://ow.ly/Bmliw
Literate Lives: Reflections from @karenterlecky on #SummerReading (and the joy of choosing what to read) http://ow.ly/Bg7l1
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