Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: April 3
April 03, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include book awards, book lists, the Cybils Awards, gender, diversity, growing bookworms, national poetry month, national autism month, women's history month, reading, schools, libraries, and literacy.
Awards
Some of my favorites here: The 11 greatest children’s books of all time, as selected by @BBC_Culture http://ow.ly/L8E7p #kidlit
Book Lists
Picture Books about Bedtime, selected by @cjfriess #kidlit http://ow.ly/L6erw
April Showers: Books about the Water Cycle at the SSHEL Children's Collection http://ow.ly/L6e1u #BookList #STEM
Books that Get Kids Asking Questions from @ThisReadingMama http://ow.ly/L6fCE #BookList
A Tuesday Ten #BookList from @TesseractViews featuring characters in SF + fantasy who are Sick and Tired http://ow.ly/KTstW #kidlit
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: Interview with @candacemfleming author of YA NF winner The Family Romanov http://ow.ly/L2BF3 #YALit @Book_Nut
2014 #Cybils Winners: Early Chapter Book and Easy Reader + behind the scenes w/ Round 2 judge @PragmaticMom http://ow.ly/KZjC2 #kidlit
Diversity + Gender
Stacked: On (Not) Reading Science Fiction as a Teenage Girl by @kimberlymarief http://ow.ly/L8KHo #YALit #DiverseBooks
Girls, boys, and reading (study and stats) | Part 1 of Brown Center Report on American Education by @tomloveless99 http://ow.ly/L8Map
Lots of comments on this @RogerReads post @HornBook | Gender by the numbers, addressing gender breakdowns in #kidlit http://ow.ly/L8I73
Also from @RogerReads @HornBook some questions about gender representation in picture books (especially wordless) http://ow.ly/L8Is4
Stacked: What About Intersectionality and Female Friendships in YA?: Guest Post by @brandycolbert http://ow.ly/KZl9C @catagator #YALit
Stacked: On Being a Feminist YA Author and Daring to Write “Unlikable”: Guest Post by @amyreedfiction http://ow.ly/KR9QI
An Analysis of the 2014 Young Adult New York Times Bestseller Lists by Gender of Author from @molly_wetta http://ow.ly/KZlvY
Events + Programs
Women's History Month: Woman Who Faced Amazing Challenges & Succeeded by @alybee930 @kidlitwhm http://ow.ly/KZlGq for #WHM15
For April Fools Day: The best pranks in children's books by @macbarnett + @joryjohn | @GuardianBooks http://ow.ly/L6cuC
National Poetry Month: 2015 #NationalPoetryMonth Kidlitosphere Events Roundup at Jama's Alphabet Soup http://ow.ly/L8KUb #Poetry (image to left from Jama's post)
Kick off National #Poetry Month with the 2015 Kidlitosphere Progressive Poem | @JoneMac53 http://ow.ly/L6g3n
Unique and Creative Non-Boring Poetry Books to Make You Love #Poetry from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/KZj6S #NationalPoetryMonth
Tips and Resources for Poem in your Pocket Day from @BookChook http://ow.ly/KRajB #Poetry
National Autism Month: Why we need to hear from readers and writers with autism | @corinneduyvis @GdnChildrensBks http://ow.ly/L8FRn
Autism on the Page event in April: tropes, representation of middle grade and young adult books at @DisabilityInLit http://ow.ly/L6f8V
Growing Bookworms
If you are experiencing April showers, try: 15 #Literacy Activities for Rainy Days from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/L8Kt7
Study Reveals Sad Link Between Poverty And Children's Brain Development @HuffingtonPost http://ow.ly/L6dgt
Reading with Little Miss Muffet: milestones, faves, + a tip from mom @mrskatiefitz (don't only read board books) http://ow.ly/L2Cl3
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
On writing: "invest your time and money in learning the craft + trade of children’s writing + publishing" @SheilaRuth http://ow.ly/L6eMf
Audiobooks as survival tool for commuting: I "believe that audiobooks are for everyone" @kirleclerc @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/KZk3V
Parenting
16 Holiday Activities (for spring vacation) that Stimulate Creativity & Learning from @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/KTMbI #literacy
Schools and Libraries
Fun stuff from @mrskatiefitz | 10 Alphabet Songs You May Not Know http://ow.ly/KRa9J
On the Importance of Reading Mentors by @markovermeyer @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/KRa0e #GrowingBookworms
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