Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 4
September 04, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include: book awards, writing contests, nonfiction, book lists, picture books, young adult fiction, easy readers, diversity, the Cybils awards, growing bookworms, raising readers, book clubs, writing, intersectionality, learning to read, kidlitcon, kidlitosphere, entitlement, schools, and libraries.
Awards + Contests
It's time for the @MrsPStorytime 7th Annual “Be-A-Famous-Writer” Contest! @MrSchuReads has the scoop http://ow.ly/RIeSP
Book Lists
#Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: A Starter Kit Collection for teachers from @CarrieGelson #kidlit http://ow.ly/RIgxB
10 Years After Hurricane Katrina: Four New Books reviewed, plus list of other #kidlit titles from @randomlyreading http://ow.ly/RvG9T
Best #PictureBooks for the New School Year! suggested by Esme Raji Codell #BookList http://ow.ly/RB8ZP
Great #kidlit resource: Review Round-Up: Books for Beginning Readers, August 2015 from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/RvGtf
Real World Readers: Focus on Attention-Grabbing Titles: comic adventure, humor, nonfiction + more from @sljournal http://ow.ly/REROi
Read Aloud Books for Autumn that the Whole Family Will Love (they have a cozy feel) from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/RB2sP
A Tuesday Ten from @TesseractViews | Speculative #kidlit Fiction from 2015 focused on animals http://ow.ly/RLCHX
There's a lot of great new #YALit coming out in September | @bkshelvesofdoom has the scoop @KirkusReviews http://ow.ly/RIhgo
Audiobooks: Realistic fiction tackles teen issues while it entertains | Sharon Grover & Liz Hannegan @sljournal http://ow.ly/RLyFk
Books (beyond bestsellers) To Read If You Love The Perks of Being A Wallflower from @catagator @bookriot http://ow.ly/RvHdJ #YALit
Stacked: Big round-up of this fall's new #YA Horror novels from @catagator http://ow.ly/RLF7w
Cybils
An Ode to the @MotherReader of the #Cybils Fiction Picture Books category from new chair @ReadingTub #kidlit http://ow.ly/RAWD0
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Anne Levy ( @zaftigbabe ), Executive Director http://ow.ly/REMpr
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: @SheilaRuth Publisher Liaison (and #KidLitCon co-organizer this year) http://ow.ly/RFbBR
Hey, that's me being profiled on the @Cybils blog today, as #Literacy Evangelist + Social Media Guru #Cybils http://ow.ly/RIdO3
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Sarah Stevenson ( @aquafortis ), Co-Blog Editor http://ow.ly/RIhvD
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Melissa Fox ( @Book_Nut ), Co-Blog Editor http://ow.ly/RIFu8
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Cathy Potter ( @cppotter ), Book Apps Chair http://ow.ly/RLBfR
On the #Cybils blog: Meet the 2015 Organizers: Katie Fitzgerald ( @mrskatiefitz), Easy Reader/Early Chapter Books...http://ow.ly/RLBr4
Diversity
"if ... a character’s racial identity never comes up? They’re not ‘race neutral.’ They’re white." @LindaSuePark http://ow.ly/REwfM
Favorite "books where girls are just as sordid and snarling or wild and wacky as their male counterparts" @FuseEight http://ow.ly/RB7AF
Intersectionality: The Next Step in #DiverseBooks | A #KidLitCon panel Oct 10 w/ @ZettaElliott @dos_twinjas Mary Fan http://ow.ly/RAS7D
Growing Bookworms
Parents/teachers: "small acts remind our kids (+ us) that reading is a joy, not a chore" @bookopolis @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/RIwZr
12 Ways Your Parents Turned You Into A Book-Lover | @juliaseales @Bustle http://ow.ly/RLDTU #RaisingReaders
Learning to Read: A Survival Guide for Parents | Useful tips for this oft-frustrating stage from @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/RIwdl
#RaisingReaders Monday: Tips for Starting a Boys’ Book Club by @ddaurelio, guest post on @kateywrites blog http://ow.ly/RAXLy
Don’t Let Reading Take a Back Seat This Fall, concrete suggestions from @Booksforchildrn http://ow.ly/RvHWw #GrowingBookworms
Kidlitosphere
"It's about connecting in real-life with people you've spoken with, or read, online" @LizB on attending #KidLitCon http://ow.ly/RIfVY
How Graphic Novels Work #KidLitCon 2015! @limeminearia quizzes @jayhosler @maggiethrash @rafael_rosado1 & @jorgeagu http://ow.ly/RLG0l
Lots of #kidlit tidbits in today's Fusenews: Anagnorisis, Masks of the Oculate Being, and More @fuseeight http://ow.ly/RIepA
Still more #kidlit news in Morning Notes: Expeditious Edition — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/RIeEE (thanks for #kidlitcon mention)
September Activity Calendar w/ book birthdays, #literacy events, authors + celebrations @MrSchuReads @LibrarySparksMg http://ow.ly/REONG
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
"gave myself permission to stop reading a book if there wasn’t some sort of spark propelling me onward" @SVChristine http://ow.ly/RB4a1
Good advice for #Writers in this @HornBook @RogerReads Editorial: Read (lots of children's books) Before You Write http://ow.ly/RENfm
Parenting
How 10 Minutes a Day Can Tame the Entitlement Trend | @AmyMcCreadyPPS @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/RIxGp #Parenting
Schools and Libraries
Teacher's Choice - some favorite chapter + middle grade books about school from @randomlyreading #kidlit http://ow.ly/RLFxG
Taking It to the Kids—Lessons Learned from 3 authors about planning middle grade author library visits @sljournal http://ow.ly/RERzs
"Books are valued here" | The First Days of school: What Do Our Classroom Libraries Say to Young Readers? @cathymere http://ow.ly/REOih
How and Why to Set up a Read It Forward program at your school, to encourage lifelong readers by @goodbooklady http://ow.ly/RvFXv
Getting to E: The State of the School #Ebook Market | @matt_pc @sljournal http://ow.ly/RLxVD
#PictureBooks are "sacred texts we are bringing in, ones that will build our community, inspire us..." @PernilleRipp http://ow.ly/RLEzH
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