Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: October 9
October 09, 2014
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. As I am headed out for KidLitCon tomorrow, I am posting the links one day early. Topics this week include book lists (many!), cybils, kidlitcon, growing bookworms, events, literacy programs, diversity, schools, libraries, reading, publishing, ebooks, and parenting.
Book Lists
Atmospheric audiobooks, stories of supernatural and psychological suspense, chosen by Katie Bircher @HornBook http://ow.ly/ClzWn #kidlit
10 Perfect Read Alouds for Fifth Grade @PragmaticMom http://ow.ly/CspoD #BookList #kidlit
Great resource! 7 Easy Reader Series by Cynthia Rylant (with Printable Reading Checklists), from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/CpbHU
Reviews from @bookchook | Recent Children’s Picture Books about Animals http://ow.ly/CpaNv #kidlit
Off-the-wall picture books for Halloween selected by Martha V. Parravano @HornBook http://ow.ly/ClyfF #BookList #kidlit
Eerie places in recent middle grade fiction, selected by Shoshana Flax @HornBook http://ow.ly/Clyc4 #kidlit #BookList
The 2014 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize Shortlist, @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/Clfkq #BookList #kidlit
Cybils
Some suggested titles to nominate for #Cybils in Middle Grade Speculative Fiction from @semicolonblog http://ow.ly/CldjY
My #Cybils reading has begun in earnest reports @bkshelvesofdoom w/ feedback on 4 titles http://ow.ly/CsqwW
Some suggested fiction picture books to nominate for #Cybils from @semicolonblog http://ow.ly/CsqsP #kidlit
Some suggested #Cybils Nominations from @brandymuses in elem/MG speculative fiction http://ow.ly/Csp98
Get Your Cybils Nominations In! urges Round2 judge @TesseractViews http://ow.ly/CpeDX #kidlit
Stacked: #Cybils - Thoughts & Considerations from @kimberlymarief on her first time as a Round2 judge http://ow.ly/CpcIw
Some suggested titles in Young Adult Speculative Fiction from @semicolonblog for #cybils nominations http://ow.ly/ClVZW
Amy at Hope is the Word is once again hosting Armchair #Cybils. Details here on participating: http://ow.ly/Clebu
Today's #cybils featured review: Eerie Elementary #1: The School Is Alive!, review by @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/ClcVh
Diversity
Top Ten LGBTQ Books the Younger Me Desperately Needed by @librarydino @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/Clfvd #BookList #Diversity
#Diversity in Publishing Matters (Whether You Like It Or Not) @WallaceYovetich @bookriot via @tashrow http://ow.ly/CfQH4
Events, Programs and Research
Lots of good stuff in the October 2014 Calendar of Children’s Books @AboutKidsBooks http://ow.ly/CfRCw via @CynLeitichSmith #kidlit
A challenge from @roomtoread for International #Literacy Day: try to go for 24 hours without reading anything. Video: http://ow.ly/ClHnp
Favourite fictional teachers on World Teachers Day from @cjfriess at Story Snug http://ow.ly/Clf2z #kidlit #BookList
A great event! The annual Book Fair for Ballou returns on Monday! reports @chasingray http://ow.ly/CsmzN #literacy
They are gorgeous! Book Benches Charm Londoners, reports @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/Cp9gM
Growing Bookworms
Tips from @StaceyLoscalzo | Raise a Reader from A to Z, for example Q: "Quit books that you don’t like" http://ow.ly/CspYO #literacy
"My kid doesn’t like books and it’s okay" @embeedub @salon on letting go of hyper-competitive intellectual parenting http://ow.ly/Cpab2
How do I know if my preschool child is ready for school?, tips from @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/Clfiz #literacy
Kidlitosphere
From @aquafortis at Finding Wonderland: #KidLitCon 2014 Is Coming! w/ invite/image for Author Mingle on Friday pm http://ow.ly/CpetJ
As she prepares for #kidlitcon, @MsYingling has a question for her fellow book-loving travelers: http://ow.ly/Cpc5r
Thinking about Blogging Voice, in preperation for #Kidlitcon, @charlotteslib would welcome your feedback http://ow.ly/CpagS
On Reading, Writing, and Publishing
Marc Aronson at Uncommon Corps: Crossover? Cross-Up? What Is Going On W/ Adult-authors Writing NF for Younger Readers http://ow.ly/CsoEX
Stop what you are doing and burn all your books (or how to tell if a picture book is good) by @bobshea @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/CleGM
5 Tips For Getting Out of a Long-Term Reading Slump - Susie Rodarme @thebooksluts @bookriot via @tashrow http://ow.ly/CfRvW
Interview @CynLeitichSmith | @FuseEight + @SevenImp on Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature http://ow.ly/Cpbho
Parenting
Why I Am Not "Just" A Parent (+ Neither Are You) | @momandkiddo on being qualified to have fun learning with kids http://ow.ly/CfSJY
Schools and Libraries
I Tried, I ‘Liked,’ I Shared: How School Librarian @100scopenotes handles social media | @sljournal http://ow.ly/CoWgy
Problems with Library #Ebooks | Wayne Bivens-Tatum in Peer to Peer Review @LibraryJournal http://ow.ly/CfR2u via @tashrow
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