Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: May 8

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, diversity, gender, growing bookworms, free comic book day, children's book week, knuffle bunny, reading, parenting, schools, libraries, and summer reading. 

Awards

2015 Edgar Award Winners have been announced. Hooray for Greenglass House by @KateMilford @HMHKids http://ow.ly/Mv5Yo via @tashrow

The 2015 Children’s Choice Book Award winners were announced by @FuseEight + @Jon_Scieszka |@tashrow shares them here http://ow.ly/Mz22T

Fabulous! The Children’s Choice Book Awards Gala or I’m Ready for My Close-Up, @Jon_Scieszka — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/MFxJq  @CBCBook

Book Lists

Celebrating all types of families: 3 new picture books (ages 3-9) selected by @MaryAnnScheuer http://ow.ly/MvfYl #DiverseBooks

Five Guilt-Free Picture Books for Mother's Day (featuring loving but realistic moms) from @SunlitPages http://ow.ly/MClem  #kidlit

!3 Super Silly Picture Books for Kids recommended by @growingbbb + her readers http://ow.ly/Mv8TR #kidlit #BookList

29 Ridiculously Wonderful New Picture Books To Read With Kids @buzzfeed http://ow.ly/MoCQr #kidlit

New SSHEL Children's Literature Blog #BookList : #kidlit about bicycles, picture books to YA http://ow.ly/Mss0Q

Top 10 Books for Harry Potter Fans (aka Adventure-Fantasy Seeking Readers) by Kari @bookopolis @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/MsrX3 #kidlit

Can You Keep a Secret? Suspense-Filled Middle Grade Novels│ JLG’s Booktalks to Go @sljournal http://ow.ly/MyXzd #kidlit

This week's Tuesday Ten @TesseractViews focuses on #kidlit SFF in which the color Red plays a central role http://ow.ly/MBSQk

Stacked: On The Radar: 12 #YALit Books to look for May per @catagator http://ow.ly/Mvf8U

Cybils

On the #Cybils blog: Interview with Jen Wang @alooghobi YA #GraphicNovel winner (with @Doctorow ) for In Real Life http://ow.ly/MyZ8w

On the #Cybils blog: #BookList Fun: YA Graphic Novels with #Diverse Characters, selected by panelist @aquafortis http://ow.ly/METWu 

Diversity + Gender

The Stories for All Project: 60,000 copies of 6 New Books to Increase #Diversity, Promote Inclusivity @FirstBook http://ow.ly/Mz0jm

Survey by @LEEandLOW Seeks to Shed Light on Publisher #Diversity | @kishizuka in @sljournal http://ow.ly/MyX6d

#WNDB : Teaching Our Kids Empathy, One Book at a Time | @iwgregorio @ReadingRainbow http://ow.ly/MoC9f

"We need to see girls being funny" says @haleshannon in post on being funny + being female, re: @FuseEight anthology http://ow.ly/Mv0MC

Events + Programs

Free Comic Book Day Kicks Off 96th Annual Children’s Book Week Celebration on May 2. Details @CBCBook http://ow.ly/MoDev

Celebrate books and reading with @CBCBook May 4-10, 2015! http://bookweekonline.com #CBW15 #literacy

25 Graphic Novelists Tell Us Their Favorite Children’s Books | @mental_floss for Children's Book Week http://ow.ly/Mz9Lq

National Book Foundation Awards Innovations in Reading Prize to @ReachInc for tutoring program http://ow.ly/MFDdK  @PublishersWkly

Q & A with Author Deborah Jiang-Stein: Bringing Libraries to Prison Nurseries | @CarolynSSun @sljournal http://ow.ly/MFwON 

Growing Bookworms

Must-read from @donalynbooks | Reading Is Its Own Reward: #SummerReading + the 7th Annual #Bookaday Challenge http://ow.ly/MvdHi

Guest post w/ #BookList @PragmaticMom on making reading more fun for kids who are reluctant readers http://ow.ly/Mv7j1 #RaisingReaders

Cutting to the chase @ProfessorNana | "READING IS ITS OWN REWARD. Maybe if we say it often enough..." http://ow.ly/MvFe2

I think this is true: Self-image matters: Helping kids see themselves as readers @ValerieStrauss in @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/MoKSD

How Do We #GetKidsReading + turn more kids into lifelong readers? asks @JP_Books @PublishersWkly | Share your ideas http://ow.ly/MFCAk 

On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing

Why are YA books about politics always dystopian? | @GdnChildrensBks #YALit http://ow.ly/MCjA4 

31 Independent Bookstores That Are Every Book Lover's Dream | @buzzfeed http://ow.ly/MvFye

"Digital books, even donated in vast quantities, do not help poor kids." @catagator responds to recent announcements http://ow.ly/MvEUw

I WANT these Book Shaped Plates, Platters & Dishes (esp. platters) @gonereading4evr via @FuseEight + @TesseractViews http://ow.ly/MvbSA

Challenge Accepted! You Created a Book Cover for this Bookless Character from Barnes and Noble — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/MvfO1

Parenting

Great stuff from @TrevorHCairney | Six reasons we sometimes need to say no to our children http://ow.ly/MoJtv #parenting

Schools and Libraries

Knuffle Bunny Likely to Get Its Own Statue in NY Library - DNAinfo.com via @PWKidsBookshelf http://ow.ly/Mz7Ec@The_Pigeon

On the importance of maintaining the community library as an actual place by @Polking @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/MvaWx

8 Awesome Ways #Libraries Are Making Learning Fun | Jordan Lloyd Bookey @HuffPostEdu via @tashrow http://ow.ly/MoIyQ

7 Social Media Strategies Every Teacher Needs to Learn Today and Teach Tomorrow @markbarnes19 http://ow.ly/Msrqy

Interesting: The Case For Publishers to work more closely with Libraries by David Vinjamuri @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/MFBOY 

Sent to the Principal’s Office…For a Book | talk by @colbysharp 's reader-growing school principal @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/MFyLB 

Summer Reading

Looks like fun! 9 Read Aloud Books that @momandkiddo will be sharing w/ her boys for family #SummerReading http://ow.ly/Mv88h

This is cool. 13 authors (inc. @mstiefvater ) have written original stories for @Scholastic #SummerReading Challenge http://ow.ly/MuYD3

Choice in books may help kids' reading score over summer | @Reuters http://ow.ly/MsrwM #GrowingBookworms

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