Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 30: #BannedBooksWeek, #HispanicHeritageMonth + #GrowthMindset
September 30, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Not included here are various posts about the Cybils Award judges as well as the descriptions for the various categories. Please visit the #Cybils blog to see these. Topics this week include #DiverseBooks, #GrowthMindset, #KidLitCon, #math, Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards, Gene Luen Yang, grades, growing bookworms, Hispanic Heritage Month, magic portals, Picture Book Month, and reading choice.
Awards
How MacArthur ‘Genius’ Gene Luen Yang plans to use resources to expand #ReadingWithoutWalls + his other efforts http://ow.ly/5hjL304vKd2 @WSJ
It's 2016 Boston Globe - @HornBook #PictureBook Award Day http://ow.ly/27II304zPLV #kidlit
Book Lists
25 Titles to Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth – #PictureBooks | a @literacious#BookList http://ow.ly/Q5FG304xEji #DiverseBooks
25 Title to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month – Middle Grade & #YA | @literacious #BookList http://ow.ly/r8RX304vtth #DiverseBooks #kidlit
Children's + Young Adult Fiction Featuring a Child w/ an Incarcerated Parent http://ow.ly/9PTd304EUYA #BookList from @MitaliPerkins #kidlit
Children’s Books That Tackle Race and Ethnicity | #BookList from @mariarussonyt http://ow.ly/ND6I304xC77 #kidlit #WeNeedDiverseBooks
A Tuesday Ten from @TesseractViews | #kidlit featuring Magical Gateways / portals to other realms (wardrobe, etc.) https://t.co/EU8mggHZDl
The Sibling Reality: When #PictureBooks Stop Being Nice + Start Getting Real — short #BookList from mom @fuseeight http://ow.ly/dG0w304EVdd
Diverse Books
Kids' Books Featuring #Diverse Characters Are More Likely to Be Banned http://ow.ly/xdxZ304CWpz @PENamerican @ElectricLit @PWKidsBookshelf
Events + Programs
2016 #PictureBookMonth Champions Announced! #kidlit authors, illustrators+ more http://ow.ly/qVSf304CuWD @PictureBkMonth @AuthorDianneDLC
The focus of #BannedBooksWeek 2016 is on celebrating #DiverseBooks http://ow.ly/e4QB304zQ5c | @HornBook #kidlit #YA
How @aquafortis is Celebrating #BannedBooksWeek + list of frequently challenged books w/ #diverse content http://ow.ly/rk3l304CvFB
Growing Bookworms
Three simple words from a doctor that changed a child's life: "let him read" by @RobertHoge @nerdybookclub https://t.co/uRS4HBgAAb
Students reading books that are just ok will not inspire further reading + is a #reading crisis says @pernilleripp https://t.co/Nd5OT4Oy0y
Growth Mindset
Teacher shares How "Mathmatical Mindsets" by @joboaler showed her she's not "dumb" re #math @alicekeeler @FresnoBee https://t.co/BHvul9lABP
Thoughts from @katsok on the Beauty of Failure - learning + becoming more understanding of others http://ow.ly/v2cL304vs00 #GrowthMindset
A teacher changed Perspective on Grades b/c students who receive comments only show the most #growth http://ow.ly/f8if304vswj @hhschiaravalli
Kidlitosphere
Early Bird registration for #KidlitCon 2016 (Wichita, 10/14-15) closes 9/30. Don't miss this chance to talk #kidlit
#KidLit + #YA bloggers + fans, #KidLitCon 2016 is your chance to meet keynotes @AS_King + Clare Vanderpool in person http://ow.ly/G10m304vxA2
New project: The Backlist! from @bkshelvesofdoom will cover older books + stories, at least 5 years old http://ow.ly/xi2R304EVQc #kidlit #YA
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Just for fun: Famous Illustrators’ Depictions of Knitting Ranked in Order of Competency — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/u5gm304vrAB
And for more fun, @Lauri14o is doing #PictureBook Personals | installment 2 features a certain monkey http://ow.ly/oJCr304vrHr #kidlit
In Praise of the E-Reader from new convert @sunlitpages http://ow.ly/CAKJ304EWY1 #reading
Parenting
Stanford Dean Says Parents are Ruining Their kids By Overparenting http://ow.ly/Wbf1304AB0T #DailyCrackle @RaiseAnAdult | give them chores
Schools and Libraries
Boys & Learning: Build, Design, Create & Experiment by @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/lUlF304EUFr | Many lessons fail to actively engage boys
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