Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: World Read Aloud Day, Mathical List and Reading Aloud
January 22, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include book awards, diverse books, mysteries, Mathical list, Martin Luther King Day, Little House on the Prairie, STEM, feminism, picture books, math, World Read Aloud Day, First Book, growing bookworms, literacy, reading aloud, schools, libraries, play, nonfiction, and teaching.
Awards
@CCBCwisc http://ow.ly/Xn5MA
#WeNeedDiverseBooks Announces 2016 Winners of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding #KidLit in #YA category http://ow.ly/XmZYt
2016 Book Awards Roundup: APALA, Amelia Bloomer Project, and Other Non-YMA Awards | @sljournal http://ow.ly/Xig0Q #kidlit
RT @PWKidsBookshelf: Edgar nominations announced: see the nominees for Best Juvenile and Best Young Adult Mystery http://pwne.ws/1QlpGCx
Book Lists
#BookList I love: The 2016 Mathical List from @CBCBook + @mathmoves | quality math-related fiction + #nonfiction http://ow.ly/Xn8Y9
Books for Martin Luther King Jr. Day from @HornBook http://ow.ly/Xf5fG #BookList #MLKDay
The @CCBCwisc has announced their #kidlit Choices for 2016, #PictureBooks + up by category w/ diversity http://ow.ly/Xn42I via @tashrow
Books for Kids Who Like Little House on the Prairie from @momandkiddo #BookList http://ow.ly/Xf49j @jenniholm @KateChicago @KirbyLarson
Embracing the Darkness in Middle Grade Fiction | The Upper Deck | new @sljournal column by Tara Kron http://ow.ly/Xl7fI #kidlit
Funny, Action-Packed, Poignant | Middle Grade Series Update | Christopher Lassen @sljournal http://ow.ly/Xl76g #kidlit
Diversity + Gender
#Diverse Reads @runwithskizzers @bookriot You can relate to people who aren’t like you http://ow.ly/Xn6eb
The Power of #DiverseBooks by @pragmaticmom @NerdyBookClub "There’s a confidence that my kids have that they belong" http://ow.ly/Xf4km
#ToTheGirls2016 renewed campaign by @courtney_s to send girls messages of empowerment + support @GdnChildrensBks http://ow.ly/XmZyE
Why STEM’s Future Rests In The Hands Of 12-Year-Old Girls by Erin Sawyer @techcrunch @joboaler #STEM #MathEducation http://ow.ly/XbF4g
Top 10 feminist heroes in children's fiction per @turtschaninoff @GdnChildrensBks http://ow.ly/X7o6d Ronia, Lyra, + more
Events + Programs
Leading up to
#WRAD, it's Friendship Week. @MaryLeeHahn on how reading helps us connect + make the world friendlier http://ow.ly/Xn4Xe
This is neat! 11-year-old Jersey girl launches #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign @ThePhillyVoice via @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/XkXzX
Read a Book w/ an Astronaut on International Space Station w/ video library @StoryTimeSpace via @RobertaGibson #STEM http://ow.ly/XbEkI
Vote for your state to win 100,000 books for kids from @FirstBook + @Disney http://ow.ly/XkWy6 #literacy
Growing Bookworms
@MDowdLambert by @SevenImp @KirkusReviews | sharing visual art of #PictureBooks WITH kids http://ow.ly/Xn9OK
Babies Need Words Every Day blog tour: How @abbylibrarian encourages families to Read with their babies #literacy http://ow.ly/XkWWS
Babies Need Words Every Day Blog Tour for @alscblog | Singing in Story Time by @mrskatiefitz #literacy http://ow.ly/XhnVB
Let's Talk! Babies Need Words Every Day, and families need library workers who know this @amyeileenk #literacy http://ow.ly/Xf4SI
Babies Need Words Every Day Blog Tour: Incorporating Play! in the Library by
@klmpeace @alscblog #literacy http://ow.ly/Xn7Kh
Why we should all be reading aloud to children | Rebecca Bellingham [email protected] Video @TEDTalks http://ow.ly/Xn729 #WRAD16
Benefits of the Bite-Size Read (e.g. short story or mag article) by @JenniBuchanan @ReadingRainbow #RaisingReaders http://ow.ly/XkYrV
Top Ten Ways to Match Books to Readers ("Create Buzz" + more) by @LitLearnAct + Maureen Mooney Corbo @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/XbDAx
RT @ReachOutAndRead:"Next time you read to your baby, pay attention to his babbling and respond." #ece #readaloud http://bit.ly/1na9o3Y
11 Simple Ideas to Promote the #LoveOfReading No Matter What You Teach from principal @DavidGeurin http://ow.ly/X7kEV
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Good advice here: 99 Ways to Spread the Word About a Book You Love by @clairelyman @bookriot http://ow.ly/Xn8j9
@TraceyBaptiste on Writing, Trinidadian Folklore, + Scary Stories | interview by @MsYingling @sljournal http://ow.ly/Xl7ji
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Let’s Have Some Cake — @fuseeight w/ lots of comment discussion on Washington book http://ow.ly/Xf3MP
WARNING: This Book Might Be Recalled. Read it Fast. Decry it Faster. @MitaliPerkins questions @Scholastic recall http://ow.ly/Xf3fy
.@RogerReads "By caving in to public pressure... you demonstrate a craven lack of faith in your own standards" http://ow.ly/Xf6el
Writing Advice for Children + Teens (e.g. there's no such thing as writer's block) by @janefriedman via @gregpincus http://ow.ly/XnOPW
What's Up in #YA? December 2015/Early January 2016 in YA News from @catagator http://ow.ly/X7msM adaptations, losses, #ALAyma + more
Parenting
6 Rules That Don’t Exist That Will Surprise Most Parents from #Homeschooling parents @kimandjason http://ow.ly/X7otF
Ideas on ways to use the shapes around you as learning opportunities for young kids, from @readingtub http://ow.ly/XkY47 #ECE
What I Learned From Sherlock. Need to allow kids time to daydream + explore, by @Jonharper70bd @BAMRadioNetwork http://ow.ly/XigpW
RT @KimberlyEHart: Play is an essential building block for learning! 50 reasons why #playmatters: http://bit.ly/1NPmk9v #ece
Ideas for Early #Literacy Around the House: The Bathroom (sing songs, write in mirror fog) from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/XkXI3
Schools and Libraries
#Nonfiction in Your #Library by #Cybils Organizer Jennifer Wharton @sljournal http://ow.ly/XfoNR
How Empowering Influential Kids Can Change School Culture For the Better | @LindaFlanagan2 @MindShiftKQED http://ow.ly/Xn8yT
Encouraging word on report re: Rethinking College Admissions process to be less frenzied @FrankBruni @NYTimes http://ow.ly/Xl3ca
And the @WSJ take on new report: Educators Seek to Ease Pressure in College Admissions Process from @lesliebrody http://ow.ly/Xl3ma
A lesson for teaching taken from Patriots coach Bill Belichick: focus on showing positive examples by @DonnaADonner http://ow.ly/XkYAO
#PictureBooks in Middle School "have made the single biggest difference in the life of this teacher" @PernilleRipp http://ow.ly/XbDRh
Is the #CommonCore Just a Scam to Sell Books? | Marc Aronson @sljournal sees commitment, not greed http://ow.ly/Xnrt6
6 ways to support kids who don’t take ownership of learning (e.g. give more choice in little things) @Angela_Watson http://ow.ly/Xfm5v
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