Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: November 6
November 06, 2015
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include book awards, "best of" book lists, Mock Newbery, Mock Caldecott, book lists, the Cybils Awards, diverse books, #Readukah, #GNCelebration, graphic novels, growing bookworms, schools, banned books, #KidLitCon, picture books, and over-scheduled kids.
Awards and Best Of Lists
2016 Children’s Book Award Shortlist (formerly Red House Award) via @tashrow #kidlit http://ow.ly/UcvHE
The 2015 @NYTimes Best Illustrated Children's Books, judges @medinger @MarjorieIngall + @VIVAandCO @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/U3Ti4
PW's Best Children's Books of 2015 in #PictureBooks, Middle Grade + #YA http://ow.ly/UdcLD @PublishersWkly #kidlit
2016 Mock Caldecott, 22 #PictureBooks assessed by @MrSchuReads college students + @colbysharp 's 3rd graders http://ow.ly/U9vOK
If the Public Picked the Newbery… — @100scopenotes shares mock-Newbery results from Goodreads http://ow.ly/U3Yh3 #kidlit
Best Children's Books of 2015 per @ParentsMagazine | 1 each in 12 categories from board book up via @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/UfGfv
Book Lists
Review Round-Up: Books for Beginning Readers, Oct. 2015 (w/ huge influx of #Cybils panelist reviews) @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/U3ZX8
16 Holiday Read Aloud Chapter Books, old + new (that the whole family will enjoy) from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/U9y3y
On The Radar: 9 #YA Books to watch for November by @catagator at Stacked http://ow.ly/U9xyb
Numbers Are Nifty: 7 Books That Help Make Math Fun (picture books + middle grade) | @dcorneal @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/Uisk0
From Hamster Princess to Cakes in Space: 2015’s Funny Fantastic books for kids from @TesseractViews http://ow.ly/Uiw1E
Cybils
A #Cybils Spider chart from @kimberlymarief tracking connections between her Round 1 Cybils #YA SFF reads http://ow.ly/UctvL
Diversity
.@LEEandLOW Partners with Simmons College Center for Study of Children's Lit to Create #Diversity Scholarship http://ow.ly/UdcW2
WNDB Announces Inaugural Walter Dean Myers Grant Recipients #WeNeedDiverseBooks @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/U3TkG
.@Scholastic Reading Club + @DiverseBooks teaming up on flyer w/ >75 diverse books for kids http://ow.ly/Ucqdn #WEHAVEDIVERSEBOOKS
Black Girls Matter: A #YA Reading List from @catagator at Stacked #WeNeedDiverseBooks http://ow.ly/UivzL
"I don’t think much will be accomplished by sprinkling #diversity into stories" like rainbow sprinkles @RogerReads http://ow.ly/U41de
A Slightly Different Take on A FINE DESSERT from @varianjohnson for whom the book works as a gateway to conversation http://ow.ly/Ucu4M
On #Diversity: "we can't nod our heads dumbly without exploring the nuances" of each situation" @MitaliPerkins http://ow.ly/U3XM5
Can We Talk of Solutions? Regarding Diversifying Children’s Literature | @fairrosa via @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/UfHMC
A Bibliography of recent discussions on A Fine Dessert from @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/Uiw5e [the above few links + more]
Events + Programs
A Sleigh Load of Fun Christmas Ideas for Kids from @BookChook | Websites, puzzles, worksheets + games http://ow.ly/UitbG
Congratulations to @FirstBook Honored with# Literacy Award by Library of Congress + now serves >200,000 educators http://ow.ly/U3Zy3
Closing out #GNCelebration @MaryLeeHahn + @frankisibberson focus on #GraphicNovel Publishers, Websites, Imprints http://ow.ly/U3Zfi
Sudipta Bardan-Quallen: "Picture books are conversations, which later become relationships" http://ow.ly/UiuAe #PictureBookMonth
Why Picture Books Are Important, "a critical entrée to reading" by @MatthewGollub for #PictureBookMonth http://ow.ly/UczdO
This is excellent. Project to build laundromats in poor areas + use time to teach reading to kids @libromathub @NPR http://ow.ly/U3U40
Growing Bookworms
"So when they hate reading we must attack that first... (+ create a) culture of love for our subject" @PernilleRipp http://ow.ly/U9v7q
An apt post on #RaisingReaders @SunlitPages | The Quiet Security of Books |"Books give the family a shared language" http://ow.ly/UfEi2
7 Ways to Grow a Reader on a Neighborhood Walk from @growingbbb (e.g. play I Spy) http://ow.ly/UfF2P
Kidlitosphere
The Five Best Things About #KidLitCon from Community to Enthusiasm to #Cybils | @LizB sums it up for @sljournal http://ow.ly/U3ShM
Miscellaneous
Just for fun: Adult Coloring Books that are Perfect for Gift Giving! from @rosemondcates http://ow.ly/U3ZOx
Just for fun: Incredible Literary Jack O'Lanterns by @KarinaYanGlaser @bookriot via @PWKidsBookshelf http://ow.ly/U3Uge
Even More Unexpected Jolts of Children’s Literature in Very Adult Places — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/Uiwq9 #kidlit
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Is Reading Entertainment? Yes, but "the truth is that it sometimes feels like work for librarians" @abbylibrarian http://ow.ly/UfCtj
.@Amazon opening first real bookstore in Seattle | All books will be face out + feature review or rating from web http://ow.ly/UcrI3
I’m a Girl, and I’m a Huge Fan of Comic Books — Here’s Why You Should Be Too @TeenVogue http://ow.ly/U40Tp via @tashrow
Drop the guilt: Laws of Reading you can freely break, like "You can enjoy not reading" by @catagator @bookriot http://ow.ly/U3ZFU
Useful tips: How to Find Time to Read (for yourself) When You Have Young Kids | @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/UisFn
"We believe that comic books and graphic novels ... are picture books" Elisa + Patrick Gall @HornBook http://ow.ly/Uiv2m
Parenting
"the freedom to think ... is something (kids + adults need). We need to allow ourselves to be bored" @AwfullyBigBlog http://ow.ly/U3YRB
Schools and Libraries
We’re destroying our kids — for nothing: Too much homework, too many tests, too much... pressure @VickiAbeles @salon http://ow.ly/UcBcN
Useful + funny: The Ten Commandments of Letting Your Child Visit Their School Book Fair @buildalibrary @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/U3RSJ
This is encouraging: Tech Tools That Have Transformed Learning With Dyslexia | @HKorbey @MindShiftKQED http://ow.ly/Ufp4k
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