Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: #PictureBooks, #Reading Choice, #Audiobooks + More
June 24, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include: #BookLists, Disney World, diverse books, #GrowthMindset, #SummerReading, Book Awards, leveled readers, libraries, reading aloud, reading choice, schools, teaching, parenting.
Awards + Book Lists
Newbery/Caldecott 2017: The Summer Prediction Edition — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/iSGV301scXy #kidlit #PictureBooks
Like Jennifer Wharton, I'm skeptical about books on specific #parenting issues. But sometimes you need them. A list: http://ow.ly/vjOH301scs0
#EasyReaders w/ #diverse characters: Expanding our #library collection (ages 5-8) http://ow.ly/bAta301zL34 @MaryAnnScheuer #BookList
Read Around Town: Books about Laundry + the Laundromat http://ow.ly/mR9W301nzdc @mrskatiefitz #kidlit
Read Around Town: Books that Focus on the Bus + Bus Drivers http://ow.ly/Cb8l301zKD2 @mrskatiefitz #BookList
Goofy Pets, Daring Detectives, and a Drama Queen| Chapter Books Series Update | http://ow.ly/eRwM301uJgm @abbylibrarian @sljournal #kidlit
Ten More Great School Age Readalouds for K-4th http://ow.ly/IFwh301sddh @abbylibrarian #BookList #kidlit
Level Up: New @literacious series Pairing Video Games w/ Children’s Books| This week: Sports Games http://ow.ly/Rded301zJS7 #kidlit
Diversity + Gender
On the importance of praising girls for hard work + intelligence, not appearance http://ow.ly/ZUeT301sanG @Jonharper70bd @BAMRadioNetwork
Toy Companies Aim to Make Toys More Gender-Neutral @AnneMarieChaker @WSJ https://t.co/qmSsE8ZcoM
Literature that Deals w/ Human #Diversity: Helping to overcome fear of the 'other' (age, race, etc) http://ow.ly/f7B1301xl2I @TrevorHCairney
Growing Bookworms
On the dangers of using leveled books to constrain a child's reading @pernilleripp http://ow.ly/Ac9b301nyuM Levels can damage reading life
6 Awesome Tips for Reading Chapter Books with Preschoolers (inc. abandon it if it's not working) from @growingbbb https://t.co/ach80wSJQc
On choice: What will my kids read this summer? I'm pretending not to care @Danny_Heitman http://ow.ly/gfiw301nxys @csmonitor via @tashrow
Adventures in #Literacy Land: Six #SummerReading Tips to keep kids #reading http://ow.ly/Nc6Y301utAJ
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
I agree with @literacious that marketing #Audiobooks at the Gym is a smart move on the part of @randomhouse http://ow.ly/4NlW301xpnB
#PictureBook Bios I’d Like to See (Based Entirely on Hark, A Vagrant Comics) — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/AwC4301zMY0 #kidlit
Schools and Libraries
How to give any educational organization a @WaltDisneyWorld feel in 3 steps http://ow.ly/ekKw301xlgt @TonySinanis #EdChat
A Small Fix in #Mindset Can Keep Students in School http://ow.ly/VPh1301oPHk @AlisonGopnik @WSJ #GrowthMindset #teaching
6 Reasons to Visit the #Library This Summer | @denabooks http://ow.ly/nHUW301nxTS @ReadBrightly via @tashrow #SummerReading
Why "NO is an appropriate response (for preschoolers) to a choice...just as much as YES" http://ow.ly/MrvI301xjuH @sxwiley #teaching
What’s in those pre-packaged leveled book boxes? We must seek quality classroom titles | Nicole Hewes @HornBook http://ow.ly/xfo1301zLvX
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