Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: April 17
April 17, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include book lists, summer reading, tax day, baseball season, national poetry month, operation teen book drop, the Cybils awards, diversity, growing bookworms, schools, libraries, reading, publishing, Astrid Lindgren, reading retreats, and book promotion.
Book Lists
For #RedSox season, some favorite baseball-themed books (fiction + nonfiction) from @HornBook http://ow.ly/LBHVh #kidlit
2015 Books from previous Caldecott Winners — @100scopenotes #kidlit http://ow.ly/LyB5I
For tax day, #BookList for kids about money, money, money, money @HornBook http://ow.ly/LF2eJ #kidlit #nonfiction
Book List for Beginning Readers, perfect for #SummerReading from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/Lyy2J
Great resource from @mrskatiefitz | a dozen easy readers featuring superheroes who are not licensed characters http://ow.ly/LImPF
7 More Comics for 7-Year-Old Girls from @GeekDads w/ suggestions from readers + including #Babymouse http://ow.ly/LEKBh
23 Feminist Books Every Child Should Read from @buzzfeed http://ow.ly/LC5Er #kidlit (from Paper Bag Princess to Princess in Black)
#RaisingReaders Monday: Favorite Adventure Series from @kateywrites (I love Mysterious Benedict Society, too) http://ow.ly/LyyT9
Ten (Plus Two) Tried-and-True Read Alouds for Middle Grades by former 4th grade teacher @mrsmelanieroy @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/LyGb4
Sigh Top Ten Most Challenged Books in 2014. w/ stated reasons via @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/LyyiQ
Make ‘Em Laugh | Funny audiobooks for kids and teens, recommended by Sharon Grover and Lizette Henegan @sljournal http://ow.ly/LIhVh
Novels in Verse: my top ten + two more to read (ages 9-12) from @MaryAnnScheuer http://ow.ly/LInqJ #NationalPoetryMonth
2015 YA Novels in Verse: A Stacked #Bookfrom @catagator List http://ow.ly/LInRS #NationalPoetryMonth
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: Interview with @DeanPitchford1 author of MG Fiction winner Nickel Bay Nick http://ow.ly/LBHGD @Book_Nut
On the #Cybils blog: List Fun from @SheilaRuth | Young Adult High Fantasy http://ow.ly/LyIiB
On the #Cybils blog: List Fun: Readable Nonfiction for kids + teens, recommended by librarian + panelist @scharle4 http://ow.ly/LIlsb
Diversity
The @CBCBook and #WeNeedDiverseBooks to Partner on Resources and Programming for Publishing Internship Program http://ow.ly/LBxrX
Events + Programs
The @readergirlz Operation Teen Book Drop 2015 will be held tomorrow, 4/16. Details here: http://ow.ly/LEJK2 #RockTheDrop Share books!
8 Great Children’s Books About Libraries for #NationalLibraryWeek from @RobertaGibson http://ow.ly/Lyy6w
DigiLit Sunday: Five Web Poetry Stops You'll Want to Share with Students for #NationalPoetryMonth from @cathymere http://ow.ly/LyFHE
Very cool. Until May 10 @The_Pigeon + his family will be matching individual donations to @FirstBook (up to $50k) http://ow.ly/LBKEJ
Terry @readingtub (w/ help from @SheilaRuth) is launching FLIP - A project / web app for #Literacy First Responders http://ow.ly/LIm24
Growing Bookworms
Is your child a reluctant reader/writer? Take them to a show (author event) by Kristin O'Keefe in @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/LEMQG
Lovely! "The emotional bonding that reading together has developed is something I never expected" @BooksBabiesBows http://ow.ly/LBJwy
I enjoyed this post, about how Baby @greenbeanblog has preferences for certain books (above his age range), w/ photos http://ow.ly/LBIHr
"Reading for fun – .. letting kids choose what they read and giving them time for that in school – has so much value" http://ow.ly/LyAje
I love these, too: Books about Books, with Book Lists from @semicolonblog http://ow.ly/LyxTU #GrowingBookworms
Alysa @Everead says The Easiest Bedtime Story Ever involves retelling the stories from a child's favorite board books http://ow.ly/LIoRl
"you have to show them the thing that will make them want to read. That’s what makes a reader" @Jon_Scieszka in PW http://ow.ly/LIw83
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
These I want! NYRB to Reissue Astrid Lindgren Classics Mio, My Son and Seacrow Island, reports @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/LC5jb
Here's where I'll go for my next reading weekend: 10 Great Bookish Hotels found by @catagator http://ow.ly/LyHVX
Lovely! Ideas for A Dream Reader's Retreat from @catagator http://ow.ly/LyHny
Book-Shame | @medinger responds to @NYTimes piece, likes eReader partly for the privacy aspect http://ow.ly/LyzEH
Searching for the Real: Children’s Literature When Fiction and Reality Intersect — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/LBJ7T #kidlit
Food for thought in: Please shut up: Why self-promotion as an author doesn't work. @DelilahSDawson http://ow.ly/LBwTj
Useful for authors: Three Ways to Help Bookstores & Libraries Talk About Your Book | Kelly Jones @LatinosInKidLit http://ow.ly/LyyYX
Stacked: How Do You Keep Track of #YALit Book Releases?: A Resource Guide from @catagator http://ow.ly/LyAR0
Schools and Libraries
Using Comics to Teach English Language Learners | Dawn K. Wing @sljournal http://ow.ly/LyvlD
Is rhyming ability in important in reading? @ReadingShanahan | yes but not as accurate or sensitive as other skills http://ow.ly/LF1KV
Those Tired #SummerReading Lists. Here’s What to Do. (fostering lifelong reading) | Carly Okyle in @sljournal http://ow.ly/LELuy
Today at @MrSchuReads author @mstewartscience encourages educators to include #nonfiction in classroom libraries http://ow.ly/LEGD1
Report debunks ‘earlier is better’ academic instruction for young children @ValerieStrauss in @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/LBGt5
How #Libraries Are Transforming Into Community Anchors | Courtney Young in @HuffPostBooks http://ow.ly/LBwhe
Hard to resist: 11 Reasons Librarians Are Better Superheroes Than The Avengers from @Grammarly http://ow.ly/LIhpK
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