Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: December 16: Gift Guides, Screen Free Week, and Reading Aloud
December 16, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include: #BookLists, #DiverseBooks, #JoyfulLeaders, #PictureBooks, #ReadAloud, #ScreenFreeWeek, #STEM, charitable giving, gift guides, growing bookworms, Hanukkah books, libraries, literacy, and schools.
Book Lists
Three #PictureBooks featuring Crabby Characters, a short #BookList from @MaryLeeHahn http://ow.ly/yZTW3078HAX
Move Over, Shmelf…There Are Other Children's Hanukkah Books on the Shelf — @HornBook http://ow.ly/6MPN3078GIO #BookList
Best #PictureBooks of 2016 per @bottomshelfbks @HuffingtonPost http://ow.ly/ltHy307aFb3 | includes plenty of #DiverseBooks
21 Winter Books for Preschoolers, a #BookList from @growingbbb http://ow.ly/Jtj4307aWP0 #PictureBooks
51 (less well-known) Must Read Chapter Books for Kids (Not Your Typical Book List) http://ow.ly/g0mj3078Gqw @momandkiddo #BookList #kidlit
Twenty 2016 titles your Grade 4 and 5 classroom library must have! | @CarrieGelson http://ow.ly/vqbx3078Hrq #BookList #kidlit
Some recommended #science books for kids @guyslitwire from @chasingray http://ow.ly/eM3x307aFuu #BookList #STEM #kidlit
Diversity
Broadening and Deepening Your #Reading Life by seeking out #DiverseBooks by Katie @thelogonauts @nerdybookclub https://t.co/9BSd4gzrR3
Why @abbylibrarian is following the #OwnVoices movement, reading #DiverseBooks by people from diverse communities http://ow.ly/r8dX307aX6c
Events + Programs
This makes sense: #ScreenFreeWeek to Partner with Children’s Book Week May 1-7, 2017 http://ow.ly/GZSZ3078C6B #CBW @CBCBook @PublishersWkly
Perfect for the holidays: The 2016 Bookish Charitable Giving Guide — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/XY4r306YWWw @FirstBook @RIFWEB + more
Nice to see the results of an amazing #CyberWeek of gift-giving for @BallouLibrary http://ow.ly/bLPZ3078H6G @chasingray
Growing Bookworms
What should you do when students have already read or heard the book you were going to #ReadAloud ? @ReadByExample https://t.co/P0abjcX3Y0
Thoughts from @JGCanada on why #Reading together / #ReadingAloud to kids, is important https://t.co/Caa6NRM7a9
A #Librarian's Quest to Create A New Kind of #BookClub for dift learning styles by Sarah FItzHenry @nerdybookclub https://t.co/U11QeYb4Fj
5 reasons why your kid should read to a dog from @JGCanada http://ow.ly/uK633078IBB #ReadingAloud
Gift Guides
Gift Books 2016: 25 #PictureBooks to Gift this Season http://ow.ly/Jt8W3078EBr @CarrieGelson | Do they bring joy?
Schools and Libraries
This should inspire a book | Growing Up in a #Library Is As Magical As You'd Imagine | @atlasobscura via @tashrow https://t.co/NG7DnFOmL5
#JoyfulLeaders: A Hashtag is Born | with 10 habits of #JoyfulLeaders from @bethhill2829 http://ow.ly/OzDE3078FXv #teaching
STEM
Guest Post @CynLeitichSmith | Brian Anderson Collaborating with His Daughter Amy on Space Dictionary for Kids http://ow.ly/aktE307aFHt #STEM
Turn children on to #science + sense of inquiry through #reading : @NatureNews via @tashrow http://ow.ly/lT2e306YW1f #STEM #kidlit
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