Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: May 12: #Audiobooks, #Reading More + #Parenting
May 12, 2017
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #KFRR, #PictureBooks, #STEM, #SummerReading, audiobooks, biographies, children's books for adults, Christine Carter, foster care, growing bookworms, parenting, play, reading, reading aloud, Rick Riordan, Scholastic, and women in engineering.
Book Lists
13 Summer Books for Preschoolers from
@growingbbb #BookList #PictureBooks #kidlit https://t.co/Sb1ty9sJhi
20 Titles for #NationalFosterCareMonth, #BookList from @literacious @sarapennypacker @LynMullalyHunt + more https://t.co/41NmhONT2z
2017 #SummerReading Recommendations from @HornBook #PictureBooks #EarlyReaders #Kidlit #YA ow.ly/KHkP30bCfQO
Ten #PictureBook Biographies Tweens, Teens + Teachers Will Love! by @mbokelman @nerdybookclub ow.ly/U3X830bvClR #BookList
Funny 3rd Grade Books: The Perfect #SummerReading #BookList from @momandkiddo #kidlit https://t.co/F127msEFzt
8 New Middle Grade Novels (w/ 40s-friendly fonts) Adults Will (Also) Love, #BookList from @charlotteslib @BNBuzz https://t.co/VlYl0PIiYn
Growing Bookworms
Yes!
#Audiobooks: Benefits to listening (w/ reading along) as children develop #reading skills by @MaryAnnScheuer ow.ly/5vUG30bvD7X
The @Scholastic Kids & Family #Reading Report™, Canadian Edition Offers First-ever Insights ow.ly/MTnu30btyi4 #KFRR @tashrow
This Kindergarten Class Threw A "Millionaire Bash" To Celebrate #Reading 1 Million Words Each In A Year ow.ly/kPRQ30bCdIr @BuzzFeed
A Reminder of the Importance of #ReadingAloud to Babies from @literacious ow.ly/IrDo30bDm60 #PictureBooks #Research
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
People who read (fiction) books are nicer, study finds | @sarah_j_young @Independent ow.ly/sEA330bxFye #reading
If you could remove any famous #PictureBook from fame (as now problematic to you), what would it be? asks @fuseeight ow.ly/28yk30btxn6
I enjoyed this post Celebrating
#RickRiordan by @medinger (who like me was a fan of @camphalfblood's books early on) https://t.co/Fvw319S9Op
How to read more books — Tips gathered from research by @ellekaplan @qz ow.ly/1nY830bxF7N #reading
Female Authors Aren’t Funny (And Other Lies You May Have Heard) by @FuseEight @nerdybookclub #kidlit https://t.co/KpIcVC1EIu
Parenting
How #Reading to Your Children Helps You to Be a Present Parent | @EricaKomisarCSW @ReadBrightly https://t.co/fOZ6n4UKkm
So true! "It takes a mountain of books to raise a capable, caring, confident child" @donalynbooks @nerdybookclub https://t.co/o8H3M0Hgvh
Good advice here: How to Help Your Teen Deal With Stress 1. Stop doing things that stress YOU out
@raisinghappines https://t.co/Yv0ypNFQgc
Play
Roundup of some recent Posts About #Play + #PreK, with quotes, from @sxwiley ow.ly/49z330bCh3m
How a daycare provider transformed her school: "I Stopped Stopping Play" http://ow.ly/cEwM30bChjB @HeatherShumaker #RenegadeRules
STEM
Seven Ways to Get More Women into #Engineering and Tech by Alyssa Johnson | guest post @drdouggreen ow.ly/DE8j30btxBx #STEM
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