Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: January 23
January 23, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. This week we have, as usual, plenty of books lists, along with posts about the Cybils Awards, diversity, growing bookworms, reading-related events, literacy programs, reading, writing, publishing, schools, and libraries.
Awards and Book Lists
CCBlogC: Sparky! by Jenny Offill Wins 2015 Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a #PictureBook http://ow.ly/HJfww #kidlit
10 Math Books for Babies and Toddlers from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/HLTbR #kidlit #STEM
A Tuesday Ten @TesseractViews | Even More Science Fiction Picture Books! | #kidlit http://ow.ly/Hz7rM
20 New Classics Every Child Should Own by @JordanBNielsen @HuffingtonPost http://ow.ly/HMUEB #kidlit #diversity via @bkshelvesofdoom
10 Best Cootie-Free Valentine's Books for Boys from @rosemondcates http://ow.ly/HJf4l #kidlit
For MLK Day, @Book_Nut shares A Dozen Books about the African-American Experience http://ow.ly/Hz9Dz #kidlit
Soon to be needed in my house! 9 Easy Reader Series Starring Girls, from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/HLRul #kidlit
More titles for me to keep an eye on in: Series I'm Adding to 3rd Grade Classroom Library from @frankisibberson http://ow.ly/HLUZF
Top 10 books for reluctant and dyslexic readers from Tom Palmer in @GdnChildrensBks http://ow.ly/HN9kv via @PWKidsBookshelf #kidlit
Ten Texts to Get Kids Talking by middle school language arts teacher Emily Rietz | @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/HzcWx
At @HornBook @randyribay shares some of his favorite #GraphicNovels for high school students http://ow.ly/HMOqn #YALit
Stacked: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: YA Books With A Lot of Lying from @catagator http://ow.ly/Hz4b0 #YALit
The Great 2015 YA Series Round-Up from @catagator @bookriot http://ow.ly/Hs3lY #YALit #BookList
Cybils
Today's Featured #Cybils Review: Brimsby’s Hats by Andrew Prahin, highlighted by @mteblogmama http://ow.ly/HEdBq
Today's Featured #Cybils Review is for #BookApp Angus the Irritable Bull – A funny story of friendship on the farm http://ow.ly/Hs1Du
This Month's Featured Blogger at #Cybils is Margo Tanenbaum, blogger at The Fourth Musketeer + @kidlitwhm http://ow.ly/Hz819 #kidlit
#Cybils 2014: A (Spoiler-Free) Peek Behind the Scenes from Round2 #GraphicNovel judge @aquafortis http://ow.ly/HEuZy
Diversity
Why Topics Of Social Justice Belong In Children's and Young Adult Books by @afrocubansista @dos_twinjas http://ow.ly/HMQ5g #diversity
More Libros Latin@s: 21 YA & MG Novels By/About Latinos in 2015! @LatinosInKidLit http://ow.ly/HLTAO #kidlit
#WeNeedDiverseBooks Launches Short Story Contest reports @CarolynSSun in @sljournal http://ow.ly/HEFOZ #diversity
Women in Comics, #GraphicNovels Finally Getting Spotlight They Have Deserved for Generations @Bustle @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/HzaT3
Shining the Light: Announcing the Honorees for The Brown Bookshelf's 28 Days Later celebration of Black History Month http://ow.ly/Hz1u2
Where are all the interracial children’s books? asks @nevinmartell @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/HN8K8 via @PWKidsBookshelf
Events + Programs
It's Coming: Nonfiction Picture Book 10 for 10 (books you can't live without), says @cathymere #nf10for10 http://ow.ly/Hz28B
A reminder from @abbylibrarian that Saturday 1/24 is National Readathon Day (12 to 4) http://ow.ly/HJfhy #timetoread @RandomHouseKids
More on National Readathon Day (Saturday, noon to 4 in your own time zone) from @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/HN7sO #TimeToRead
Today is apparently National Hug Day. Here's a timely review from @cjfriess | Hug Me by Simona Ciraolo http://ow.ly/HIIba
What's happening in children's books in 2015? A literary calendar @GdnChildrensBks via @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/HLS89 #kidlit
Ahead of International Book Giving Day (2/14), get a book plate via @PragmaticMom http://ow.ly/HEfvz #giveabook @bookgivingday (poster to left designed by Chris Haughton)
The @BookChook says: Let’s Celebrate International Book Giving Day 2015! Susan wrote a love letter to her #library http://ow.ly/Hz7V0
How can you get involved in International Book Giving Day, 2/14/2015? @cjfriess has the scoop! http://ow.ly/Hs2Qd #BookGivingDay
Spread the Word: Feb 4 is Global School Play Day says Peter Gray at Freedom to Learn blog http://ow.ly/HEfTz #GSPD
Multicultural Children’s Book Day #ReadYourWorld says Claire Noland at A Field Trip Life http://ow.ly/HEFff
Press Release @MrSchuReads | CSLP Appoints Kate DiCamillo as New National #SummerReading Champion http://ow.ly/HEehf #libraries
PNC Bank’s $350 Million Early Learning Push | Lisa Kropp has the scoop in @sljournal http://ow.ly/HEFHj #literacy
Gorgeous new PSA from @FirstBook + @Disney w/ goal to get 1M books to kids across the country #magicofstorytelling http://ow.ly/HEHAP
Growing Bookworms
If we stop telling kids what to read, they might start reading again @MaxEhrenfreund @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/Hs679 @Scholastic
True! How to get kids to read — let them pick their own damn books @voxdotcom via @tashrow http://ow.ly/Hs5E4 | Cites @scholastic report
Read for Fun at Home (a.k.a. How to fight formal reading instruction in kindergarten) by @StaceyLoscalzo http://ow.ly/HIJlN
A defense from @ReadingShanahan of early reading instruction for kids (in response to a report to the contrary) http://ow.ly/HEuCq
#RaisingReaders Monday @kateywrites : Martin Luther King, Junior Edition, supporting #literacy for kids in poverty http://ow.ly/Hz765
UK children’s reading shows simultaneous rise and decline. How can that add up? | @GuardianBooks via @tashrow http://ow.ly/Hs58H
On Reading, Writing, and Publishing
Do I Read This Sequel Or Not? Consult this Flowchart from @read4keeps http://ow.ly/HEtwA #kidlit #YALit
Over @bookriot a happy @catagator declares 2015 the Year of the Feminist YA Novel http://ow.ly/HMTUj via @bkshelvesofdoom #YALit
In a followup to earlier piece, @haleshannon answers readers' "burning questions about authors and filthy lucre" http://ow.ly/HMNyP
DBW 2015: @Amazon, Publishers Look to #Ebook Subscription Services as Discovery Platform http://ow.ly/HEGlp @matthewenis @LibraryJournal
Schools and Libraries
"Libraries are how people become readers" | A defense of funding for #libraries by Nicola Morgan @AwfullyBigBlog http://ow.ly/HMPlt
Fun photos! School #libraries shelve tradition to create new learning spaces | @Guardian via @tashrow http://ow.ly/Hs4BB
The Past, Present And Future Of High-Stakes Testing @anya1anya @NPR_ED http://ow.ly/HN8jI via @PWKidsBookshelf
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