Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: December 12
December 12, 2014
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. In this week's relatively short post I have links about individual books, book lists, the Cybils awards, diversity, gift-giving recommendations, reading, and publishing.
Books
Could Goodnight Moon Be Published Today? (and would it have been given time to find an audience?) asks @fuseeight http://ow.ly/FD6I6
Wouldn't The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher Make A Neat Little Sitcom? asks @gail_gauthier http://ow.ly/FD7jr #kidlit
2 children's books that adults should read too - Brown Girl Dreaming and El Deafo - says @pwbalto http://ow.ly/FHiQE #kidlit
Book Lists
Some fun titles in @momandkiddo 's family's Best Books of the Year (Part 3) http://ow.ly/FzISM #kidlit
A Tuesday Ten @TesseractViews | the kind of amazing flight / flying done by people + creatures who usually don’t fly http://ow.ly/FHklB
The latest Stacked: Get Genrefied list features Christian Fiction in #YALithttp://ow.ly/FHk1x
Stacked: 2015 Contemporary YA Fiction For Your Radar http://ow.ly/FrlGO @catagator #yalit
Cybils
Today's Featured #Cybils Review is Dare the Wind by Tracey Fern, reviewed by @Sonderbooks http://ow.ly/FHwGv #nonfiction
Diversity
Characters in children’s books are almost always white, and it’s a big problem by Domino Renee Perez @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/FD9Id
#WeNeedDiverseBooks bc of Ferguson: Randy Ribay @HornBook | Reading fiction shows the world through others' eyes http://ow.ly/FD4Hq
2nd Annual #Diversity Month Day 6 @dos_twinjas | Blogger Interview with @charlotteslib http://ow.ly/FzJqp #kidlit
Day Al-Mohamed: #Diversity in Single Serving Slices (why it is represented as either/or) @DisabilityInLit http://ow.ly/Frmis #kidlit
Sherman Alexie and Jacqueline Woodson to Speak at BookCon 2015 | @sljournalhttp://ow.ly/FKLgf #WeNeedDiverseBooks
From #STEM to STEAM, Latino-Style by Margarita Engle @LatinosInKidLit http://ow.ly/FKp6t #kidlit #diversity
Events
Love the poster! International Book Giving Day Feb 14th! @PragmaticMom http://ow.ly/FKnWK #kidlit #literacy (poster shown to the right drawn by Chris Haughton)
Neat! A kids/YA bookswap hosted by @playbythebook to celebrate International Book Giving Day 2015 http://ow.ly/FKrBf
The 2015 National Spokesperson for School Library Month is... Julianne Moore reports @MrSchuReads http://ow.ly/FKnvB
Growing Bookworms
Early #Literacy Around the House: The Christmas Tree from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/FKo5u
Gift-Giving Recommendations
Ten (or so) Great 2014 Kid Books for Gift-giving for a range of ages from @medinger http://ow.ly/FHixE #kidlit
Give Books as Gifts? Yes, You Can! says @StaceyLoscalzo | Tips on why and how you should http://ow.ly/FzIZt #kidlit
'Tis the Season: Please Include Reading in Your Annual Giving says @ReadingShanahan http://ow.ly/FD7Az #literacy
Kidlitosphere
Happy 10th Blog Birthday to Jennie at Biblio File! http://ow.ly/FD6c2 #kidlit
On Reading, Writing, and Publishing
Time Management Tuesday: Are Writers Ahead Of The Curve In Integrating Work And Life? asks @gail_gauthier http://ow.ly/FHkwe
Funny and interesting: Children’s Literature 2014: The Year in Miscellanea — @100scopenotes # #kidlit
Always thought-provoking: Stacked: "Best of 2014" in YA Fiction List Break Down http://ow.ly/FzJ8g #YALit @catagator
Stacked: "Best of YA" Lists By the Numbers: 2011 - 2014 Stats, Comparisons, and Thoughts from @catagator http://ow.ly/FKpkS #yalit
Science Shows Something Surprising About People Who Still Read Fiction: more empathy, reports @MicNews via @tashrow http://ow.ly/FrmtH
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