Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 9
September 09, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include booklists, diversity, nonfiction, the Cybils awards, Poetry Friday, book drives, fantasy, literacy programs, growing bookworms, teaching reading, kidlitcon, bookshelves, parents in children's books, podcasts, and libraries. [This post was inadvertently published early, on Wednesday instead of Friday. Next week's will be longer.]
Book Lists
Great #PictureBooks to Use for Teaching about Contrast & Contradictions @PernilleRipp http://ow.ly/S0GOn #kidlit
The Allure of the Unsettling in 3 New Middle Grade Fantasy titles | @liswithanS @sljournal #kidlit http://ow.ly/RWUhE
Raising the Bar: New and noteworthy #nonfiction for secondary students | @dgrabarek @sljournal http://ow.ly/RWTY7
My Top Ten YA Book Recommendations by Mollye Oze @MollyeYa @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/RRcmO | A solid #BookList
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Liz Jones ( @LizJonesBooks ), Graphic Novels Chair http://ow.ly/ROtdi
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Charlotte Taylor @charlotteslib Elem. + MG Speculative Fiction Chair http://ow.ly/RWNbV
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Jennifer Wharton, Early and Middle Grade Non-Fiction Chair http://ow.ly/RWMSc
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Jone MacCulloch ( @JoneMac53 ), #Poetry Chair http://ow.ly/RRccR
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Liz Jones ( @LizJonesBooks ), Graphic Novels Chair http://ow.ly/ROtdi
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Terry Doherty ( @ReadingTub ), Fiction Picture Books Chair http://ow.ly/RO7Ww
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Karen Yingling ( @MsYingling ), Middle Grade Fiction Chair http://ow.ly/RWNxS
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Stephanie Charlefour ( @scharle4 ), Young Adult Non-Fiction Chair http://ow.ly/RWQ7s
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Jackie Parker ( @interactiver ), Young Adult Fiction #YALit http://ow.ly/RWUpn
Diversity
Great Middle Grade/ YA Novels with Non-White Main Characters, recommended by @CampHalfBlood #DiverseBooks http://ow.ly/RRcec #BookList
#WeNeedDiverseBooks announces mentorship program for upcoming writers/ illustrators who are diverse or writing such http://ow.ly/RNY2s
Events + Programs
Putting LGBTQ Books into Kids’ Hands w/ the Shared Stories Open Minds program, by @Llauren @sljournal #DiverseBooks http://ow.ly/RWWga
I Knew I Could Make a Difference in My Community by a rising middle schooler on running a book drive @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/RO9Ej
Growing Bookworms
Good overview of basics in teaching kids to read: How Parents Can Instill Reading from @ReadingShanahan http://ow.ly/RWRoa
"To foster, not force" | What Other Countries Do Right When It Comes to Reading | Laura Lambert @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/S0FYR
3 go-anywhere activities that send your #literacy activities to the clouds, in #Literacy + Life series @ReadingTub http://ow.ly/S0GjV
Kidlitosphere
What to expect from @matthewwinner 's #KidLit Podcasting session (12:45 pm on 10/10 at #KidLitCon 2015) http://ow.ly/RWP0A
Poetry Friday: The First Week of School and #CYBILS Plea from #Poetry chair @JoneMac53 http://ow.ly/RO87h
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
19 Rad Bookshelves For Your Home (or Dream Home) by @catagator @bookriot | I love the bookshelf refrigerator! http://ow.ly/ROa1J
Why children's authors shouldn't always 'kill the parents' | @GdnChildrensBks via @tashrow http://ow.ly/RO8Xc #kidlit
Why are all the moms gone? A parent/writer tries to find herself in #kidlit @washingtonpost via @tashrow http://ow.ly/RO8tL
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are" | 19 Best Children’s Book Quotes per @dcorneal @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/S0FKj
Podcasts
9 Podcasts About Children's Books and #Literacy, for kids + adults, recommended by @growingbbb http://ow.ly/RWMA0
Schools and Libraries
How to organize a classroom library: 20 points| 1 Read the books in your classroom library for pleasure @carriegelson http://ow.ly/RRcwn
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