Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: March 27
March 27, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter over the past couple of weeks @JensBookPage. (I was on vacation last week and did not post). Topics this week include book awards, book lists, diversity, gender, the Cybils Awards, growing bookworms, book-related events, literacy programs, national poetry month, Pi Day, play, reading, publishing, and schools.
Awards
Voting Opens for 2015 Indies Choice/E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards Finalists | @ABABook via @PWKidsBookshelf http://ow.ly/KQRyb #kidlit
Author @KwameAlexander Named Inaugural Bank Street Writer in Residence reports @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/KQOX8 @bankstreetedu
Newbery / Caldecott 2016: Spring Prediction Edition from @FuseEight #kidlit http://ow.ly/3xwtvn
Book Lists
Picture Books About Balloons, a @growingbbb #BookList http://ow.ly/KR8Sx #kidlit
The Rite of Spring: Top Ten Books for the Season by @bryansbooklove @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/KTt04 #BookList
RA RA Read: Chapter books for Reading Aloud to Young Children from Jennifer Wharton http://goo.gl/uVLTb4
Fun! Your Official 2015 Children’s Literature Ninja Buying Guide — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/Kj0Nk #kidlit
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: #BookList Fun: Fun and Funny Fantasy Read Alouds for the Whole Family by @brandymuses http://ow.ly/KR3c5
On the #Cybils blog: We Need YOUR Help, calling for contributors to write themed #BookLists for the blog http://ow.ly/KR32D #kidlit
Last week on the #Cybils blog: List Fun: Kid-Friendly Biographies, #BookList by @ontheshelf4kids http://ow.ly/KR2wr #kidlit
Diversity + Gender
ACL 2015, #diversity and the #kidlit community, updates from Finding Wonderland @aquafortis @zaftigbabe http://ow.ly/3xwtud
Why Do #WeNeedDiverseBooks in Non-Diverse Schools? Increased academic performance + more, Taun M. Wright @LEEandLOW http://ow.ly/KQJNg
Some stats on #Diversity in #Kidlit Book Awards, 2005-2015 @read4keeps http://ow.ly/Kj185 #WeNeedDiverseBooks
"The stories of strong women ... need to be heard ... by both our daughters and our sons." @MaryPearson at Stacked http://ow.ly/KR9qk
"I don’t think our daughters need guardians of innocence. I think what they need is power" @ElanaKArnold at Stacked http://ow.ly/KR8BN
Stacked: Why Friendship Books Are Essential: Guest Post w/ #BookList by Stacey Lee http://ow.ly/KQKhh @catagator #YALit
10 Feminist Books for Kids and Teens, a @Book_Nut #BookList http://ow.ly/KR8gM #kidlit
24 Thoughts on Sexism, Feminism, YA, Reading, and The Publishing Industry from @catagator #yalit http://goo.gl/HNRHed
Events + Programs
5 Week Poetry Challenge for National #Poetry Month from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/KTMVi
Great ideas for Celebrating Pi Day! 3.14152653 tomorrow from A Field Trip Life http://ow.ly/KjkbZ
Police, bookstore team up to create a new children’s library in SF - @Mdbarba @SFExaminer http://ow.ly/KQPH6 via @PWKidsBookshelf
10 Awesome Book Charities That Help Kids All Over The World @HuffPostParents http://ow.ly/Kj35l #literacy
Growing Bookworms
#RaisingReaders Monday @kateywrites | On the joy of vacationing with kids who can read independently http://ow.ly/KR9ly
Eight ways early writing reinforces reading (like offering rich experience of story) from @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/KR7ml #literacy
What Not to Worry About in Teaching Young Children to Read | @KJDellAntonia interviews Raising Kids Who Read author http://ow.ly/KQQ9F
Audiobooks Equal Seriously FUN Reading say @Jon_Scieszka + Brian Biggs w/ @RandomHouseKids http://ow.ly/KQOQb #literacy http://ow.ly/KTSVi
Early #Literacy in Everyday Places: The Mud from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/3xwtAn
Board Books: "reading w/ babies creates a world where it is normal for them to read" Samantha Cleaver @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/Kj1TI
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Is There More Science in Fantasy than Real Life? Thinking About Science in Children’s Books by @EmmaBarnesWrite http://ow.ly/3xwtxr
Gallery: The Art of the Picture Book Barcode from @100scopenotes #kidlit http://ow.ly/3xwtvU
Parenting
The Overprotected Kid (+ a new kind of playground to counteract) by Hanna Rosin in @TheAtlantic via @escapeadulthood http://ow.ly/KR7Wc
Schools and Libraries
Virtual Preschool? Believe It or not, It’s a Thing | @lisagkropp @sljournal http://ow.ly/KQQuH
Why Kids Need to Move, Touch and Experience to Learn | Katrina Schwartz @MindShiftKQED http://ow.ly/KTqjs
What will happen When the Computer Takes Over for the Teacher? asks @TheMrGodsey @TheAtlantic http://ow.ly/KQKHU
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