Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 26
September 26, 2014
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Note that links related to KidLitCon were shared yesterday. Today's link topics include book lists, the cybils awards, diversity, banned books week, growing bookworms, reading, publishing, schools, and libraries.
Book Lists
10 Great New Picture Books for Younger Readers (published in Australia), selected by @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/BVOiz
A Tuesday Ten: Challenged and Banned Books! | @TesseractViews http://ow.ly/BS5NE #BookList
Books About Fire Trucks @growingbbb http://ow.ly/BMHqZ #BookList #kidlit
10 Perfect Read Alouds for Fourth Grade @PragmaticMom http://ow.ly/BMHhf #BookList #kidlit
7 Excellent YA Sci-Fi Romance Series (all available in paperback) selected by @catagator @bookriot http://ow.ly/BHoW8
The Stuff of Stars | New Picture Book Biographies | @sljournal http://ow.ly/BWhrD #kidlit #nonfiction
Spine-Tingling Stories for Older Readers | @sljournal http://ow.ly/BWhbY #kidlit #BookList
Cybils
Poetry Friday: Announcing the #CYBILS Poetry Panelists and Judges | @JoneMac53 http://ow.ly/BHB50
On the #Cybils blog: Middle Grade Fiction – Category Description from category chair @MsYingling http://ow.ly/BT7vJ
On the #Cybils blog: Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction – Category Description from @charlotteslib http://ow.ly/BQavO #kidlit
On the #Cybils blog: Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction – Category Description from Jennifer Wharton http://ow.ly/BMGDy
Hooray for #Cybils Speculative Fiction (Middle Grade) from Round1 judge @semicolonblog #kidlit http://ow.ly/BKmie
At the #Cybils blog: Fiction Picture Books – Category Description from @MotherReader http://ow.ly/BKlCN #kidlit
#Cybils Excitement! from @TesseractViews, newly appointed Round2 judge in MG Spec Fiction http://ow.ly/BKlOq #kidlit
On the #Cybils blog: Book Apps – Category Description from @cppotter http://ow.ly/BWkow
Diversity
Tanita Davis muses on eliminating the “only” (e.g. the one gay character) in writing http://ow.ly/BQane #diversity
We Need #Diverse Books Announces Incorporation as a Non-Profit & Inaugural Advisory Board http://ow.ly/BKlQ2 @CynLeitichSmith
#Diversity 101: Gay in YA | Adam Silvera at CBC Diversity via @CynLeitichSmith http://ow.ly/BHo72 @CBCBook
RT @tashrow James Dawson says ‘there are too many white faces’ in kids’ books http://buff.ly/1wtfbRm #kidlit #diversity
An Informal Study by @malindalo | Do Book Challenges Suppress #Diversity? | Banned Books Week | @sljournal http://ow.ly/BWhT9
Events, Programs and Research (including Banned Books Week)
Some stats on children's #literacy in the UK from Save the Children (gap wide between boys and girls) http://ow.ly/BPfnW via Jenny S.
Jill Leibowitz describes The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter exhibit @NYPL in @HornBook http://ow.ly/BMH07
Libraries champion our freedom! Helping our students understand their freedom to read from @MaryAnnScheuer http://ow.ly/BPhDe
Banned Books By The Numbers (INFOGRAPHICS) @HuffPostBooks http://ow.ly/BQhMq via @PWKidsBookshelf
He always makes me think | Is ALA's approach to Banned Books Week Cause to celebrate? asks Roger Sutton @HornBook http://ow.ly/BPs4M
For Banned Books Week, the top ten most challenged books of 2013 @HornBook http://ow.ly/BNfJz
For Banned Books Week 2014, some favorite quotes selected by @randomlyreading http://ow.ly/BMHWx
Study Ties College Success to Students' Exposure to a High School Librarian @ShiftTheDigital http://ow.ly/BWjvH
Growing Bookworms
I love this post from @mrskatiefitz | Early #Literacy in Everyday Places: The Elevator http://ow.ly/BVNfd
Some good tips in: How to Raise a Reader by Sharlene Johnson in @ParentsMagazine http://ow.ly/BVI14 via @librareanne
The "single most important activity ... required to eventual success in reading is reading aloud to kids" @sljournal http://ow.ly/BQ9f0
On Reading, Writing, and Publishing
‘What Does This Say?’ The Cursive Conundrum in Picture Books — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/BMHR4
Thoughts on: What is a Graphic Novel? from Alyssa @Everead http://ow.ly/BHBbX
Schools and Libraries
Building Read Aloud Routine in a 3rd Grade Classroom by teacher @frankisibberson http://ow.ly/BPhz5
The kid-friendly, kid-maintainable classroom library, how teacher Nicole Hewes maintains hers http://ow.ly/BPhin @HornBook
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