Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: May 22
May 22, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include Children's Choice Book Awards, the Cybils Awards, the Edwards Award, book lists, summer reading, growing bookworms, diversity, gender, reading, ebooks, 48 hour book challenge, Judy Blume, parenting, Pippi Longstocking, schools, and libraries.
Awards
5 Reasons Why the Children’s Choice Book Awards Are Better than the Oscars (+ other awards) @BookishHQ via @FuseEight http://ow.ly/Na6ng
The 2015 Edwards Award Winner is @sharonmdraper | See the list of previous winners @LizB http://ow.ly/NcPTD #YALit @YALSA
I love this award: Mathical: A New Book Award Honors the Magic of Mathematics | @sljournal http://ow.ly/Ng8gG
Book Lists (Including Summer Reading Recommendations)
10 to Note: Summer #KidLit Preview 2015, picture book through middle grade — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/Na7iB
Every Hero Has a Story: A Summer Reading #Booklist w/ mix of nonfiction + fiction, genres, backgrounds @molly_wetta http://ow.ly/N6mKs
I particularly enjoyed this list by @CarliSpina @HornBook of #kidlit set in museums http://ow.ly/NfMuF
New 2015 #SummerReading Recommendations from @HornBook in various #kidlit categories, w/ emphasis on reading for fun http://ow.ly/N0NmQ
This week's Tuesday Ten @TesseractViews features speculative fiction with A Splash of Purple http://ow.ly/NcQ7b #kidlit
YA Books That Work For MG Kids (including SHUG, one of my faves) | @ehbluemle @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/NgpXD #YALit
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: Audio #BookList Fun: Listening to the some recent + classic Cybils titles by Lucy @readingdate http://ow.ly/NfKGy
Diversity + Gender
Evaluating Transgender Picture Books; Calling for Better Ones | Librarian Kyle Lukoff in @sljournal http://ow.ly/N0LD9 #kidlit
The fallacy of shielding boys from stories about girl characters. @heidistevens13 talks with @haleshannon in Tribune http://ow.ly/N0vya
eBooks vs. Print
People are Losing their Trust in #ebooks + may be returning to print, reports @goodereader http://ow.ly/N0MfF via @tashrow
Thoughts on Kids' Reading in the Digital Age from @frankisibberson + @billbass in @NCTE #Literacy blog http://ow.ly/N6gkS
Events + Programs
Nice! Big-Hearted Book Lovers Across Brazil Donate 5,000 Books To Fulfill Girl's Library Dream http://ow.ly/N0wIj @HuffPostParents
Growing Bookworms
How Doing Science Experiments Can Help Improve Kids' Reading Skills by @ThisReadingMama http://ow.ly/N6i4k
Rereading "encourages a child’s predicting of outcomes, appreciation of patterns + understanding..." @AwfullyBigBlog http://ow.ly/N6iU9
Literacy Research News Great for Family #Literacy, @readingtub reports on recent @RIFWEB results http://ow.ly/N0KGe
More UK pupils 'reading for pleasure' suggests National Literacy Trust survey in @BBCNews story http://ow.ly/NcNxd
Girls like digital media while boys prefer print, finds UK Literacy Trust study on reading habits | @Guardian http://ow.ly/NcWYb
Kidlitosphere
Details from @MotherReader on the Tenth Annual 48 Hour Book Challenge | #48HBC http://ow.ly/NaaWt
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
I could relate to this guest post by @bkshelvesofdoom @bookriot | My Fictional Childhood Best Friends (oh, Meg Murry) http://ow.ly/Na5Tg
"What we have to do ... is understand that e-books are not better, nor do printed books make you old fashioned" http://ow.ly/NacO2
Judy Blume Knows All Your Secrets - Interview by Susan Dominus in @NYTimes Magazine http://ow.ly/N9Xxi
"A re-read allows us to fly over the pages and absorb more of the secondary meaning of the book" @Flavorwire books http://ow.ly/N6h1s
"Taking time to read makes us better people, and enhances our perception of what the world can be" @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/N0KaZ
Book Recommendation Website Cage Match by @bkshelvesofdoom at @bookriot http://ow.ly/NcOH9 @goodreads @NoveListRA etc.
Happy 70th Birthday, Pippi Longstocking! @PublishersWkly rounds up various celebratory photos http://ow.ly/NgpAP #kidlit
16 Reasons People Will Always Love Reading #YALit Novels At Any Age @buzzfeed via @PWKidsBookshelf http://ow.ly/NgpNG #IReadYA
Parenting
The Difference Between Praise and Encouragement | by Vicki Hoefle @PBSParents http://ow.ly/N6prL #Parenting
Let the Kids Learn Through Play urges David Kohn in what seemed to me a well done @NYTOpinion piece http://ow.ly/N6fFj
Schools and Libraries
Four Guidelines for Teachers to Encourage Kids in #SummerReading | @kylenebeers http://ow.ly/N9Y6M #RaisingReaders
Now Is The Time To Go Into Education 'If You Want To Make A Difference,' Says Teacher Of The Year in @HuffingtonPost http://ow.ly/N6oAf
How One Man And His Horse Created A Mobile #Library In Indonesia @TheWorldPost via @tashrow http://ow.ly/N0MLM
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