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Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: November 14

TwitterLinksHere are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. This week there are tons of book lists (it's that time of year), in addition to posts about the Cybils awards, diversity, growing bookworms, reading research, introversion, reading levels, and parenting. 

Book Lists

"YA and middle grade books - recent and not so recent - that feature riddles (or similar puzzles)" at Stacked http://ow.ly/EaYn1 #kidlit

Books featuring "Kids having strange and wacky adventures with their friends" selected @HornBook http://ow.ly/E8tTw #kidlit

Oh how I love this list! 14 Kids' Novels Illustrated by Beth & Joe Krush from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/E8v2y #kidlit

Travis always finds interesting #kidlit | See 10 to Note: Winter Preview 2015 — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/E8u6b

Four new picture book "gems" about friendship from Katrina Hedeen @HornBook http://ow.ly/E8tJ5 #kidlit

Books that "allow independent readers to spend time with characters from all over the globe" @HornBook http://ow.ly/E8twX #kidlit

Old Friends, Fresh Stories: New Middle Grade Fantasy highlights, by Elisabeth Gattullo Marrocolla @sljournal http://ow.ly/E8r7L #kidlit

Breakdown: The National Book Award/Newbery Overlap — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/E4FJo #kidlit

10 Picture Books for 6 Year Olds (and up!) from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/E4FvY #kidlit

Travis @100scopenotes has spotted a new trend in #kidlit | A Splash of Red: Adding Full Color Where There Was None http://ow.ly/DZdgR

5 YA Books That Will Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat | Ryan Graudin @HuffPostBooks http://ow.ly/DZbEP via @tashrow

Top 10 STEM Gifts with Books to Match from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/Eezyd #kidlit

Library Lions in Books for Kids — @fuseeighthttp://ow.ly/EezI2 #kidlit

A Tuesday Ten for Veterans Day from @TesseractViews | Science Fiction and Fantasy Militaries http://ow.ly/EeA1O #kidlit

Cybils

2014 Publisher’s Weekly Best-of Lists that were nominated for the #Cybils awards http://ow.ly/E2hKt @Book_Nut #kidlit

Today's #Cybils Review: The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy, reviewed by @randomlyreading http://ow.ly/EaWjF

Today's featured #Cybils review is early chapter book Fly Away by Patricia MacLachlan, reviewed by @kagmoran http://ow.ly/E4EqK #kidlit

Today's #Cybils featured review is Viva Frida by @yuyimorales reviewed by Ellen @ontheshelf4kids http://ow.ly/DZe0p

TODAY on the #Cybils blog: Exclusive Cover Reveal for The Temple of Doubt by Cybils founder @zaftigbabe http://ow.ly/DZ7aT #YALit

Diversity

Nice list of YA Reads with POC-Centric Romances at Ciel Rouge, via @catagator http://ow.ly/E2iwg #yalit

Some thoughts about Native American Month and Thanksgiving from Debbie Reese at AICL http://ow.ly/DZc0O via @CynLeitichSmith #kidlit

Bay Area mother of Down syndrome toddler petitioning @Disney to include the disabled in Princess movies @MercuryNews http://ow.ly/E4AgL

Calling bloggers + authors @PragmaticMom + @ValarieBudayr are hosting Multicultural Children's Book Day 1/27/15 http://ow.ly/Eez5g 

Marketing #Diverse Children's Books: A CBC Panel, detailed writeup by Matia Burnett @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/Ef6wp 

Events, Programs and Research

UK IoE study shows reading for pleasure boosts vocabulary | @TheBookseller http://ow.ly/E91vj via @PWKidsBookshelf

Fun! How Puppets Power #Literacy at Nashville Public Library by Liz Atack @sljournal http://ow.ly/E8qKM

Out of the Midwest: Books for Africa and Little Free Library Promote #Literacy by Claire Kirch @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/Ef6pD 

Growing Bookworms

Reading Levels: Using them to help kids get hooked on reading from @MaryAnnScheuer http://ow.ly/E8vhq #literacy

6 Amazing Resources for Raising Readers at Planet Smarty Pants, includes @growingbbb @ImaginationSoup @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/E4EIC

Reasons Why Reading With Your Child Is a Habit Worth Keeping | Adriana & George Sifakis @HuffingtonPost http://ow.ly/DZaeE via @tashrow

Top 10 Ways to Get a Middle School Student to Want to Read by Meredith Daniels @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/E2icy

Miscellaneous

Accurate, I thought: 10 Ways Introverts Interact Differently With The World by Alena Hall @HealthyLiving in HuffPost http://ow.ly/DZb5A

On Reading, Writing, and Publishing

Thoughts from @RogerReads on basis for @HornBook suggested reading levels + new @EW #kidlit list http://ow.ly/EaWFO

Original Content: The Suck Fairy--You'll Recognize Her by @gail_gauthier (concept by Jo Walton) http://ow.ly/E2imu

The best children's books are also the saddest says @HWallop in The Telegraph http://ow.ly/DZ9t1 via @tashrow

Today's publishing news: @Amazon and Hachette Resolve Dispute - @NYTimes http://ow.ly/EesfY  via @bkshelvesofdoom

Scholastic Principal Challenge: On the Hunt for a Good Book @ReadByExample http://ow.ly/EeAhz #literacy

Parenting

I found this post by @haleshannon powerful: her older kids read about depression in her teen journal + they talked http://ow.ly/E4DKv

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