Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: October 20: Motivating #Readers + #Writers, Getting Books in Their Hands

Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookLists, #Cybils, #GraphicNovels, #GrowthMindset, #HispanicHeritageMonth, #ReadAloud, #ReadForTheRecord, book donation, Danziger Awards, raising readers, reading, reading levels, reading motivation, schools, and writing.

Book Lists + Awards

Great Books About Amazing Girls, #BookList from @KarinaYanGlaser @BookRiot ow.ly/ok0D30fRqZu @DebbiMichiko @yehface + more

Wonderful #NativeAmerican #PictureBooks for Children, a @momandkiddo #BookList ow.ly/O65230fV2jY #DiverseBooks

#HispanicHeritageMonth book picks, a #BookList from @Scholastic ow.ly/SLln30fRqB3 via @tashrow

Announcing the Danziger Awards for Hilarious Kids Books. @fuseeight starts a new book award + wants your nominations ow.ly/oYEY30fRqpH

Cybils Awards

2017 public #Cybils nominations are now closed. We are accepting author + publisher nominations thru 10/25. Thanks! ow.ly/FgWz30fUE29

Announcing the 2017 #Cybils Awards Publisher/Author Submission Period: Now until 10/25 | @SheilaRuth #kidlit #YA ow.ly/Wd6V30fV2Sb

Events + Programs

One day. One book. One record. Join @Jumpstartkids to #ReadfortheRecord QUACKERS on 10.19.17. Visit [bit.ly/2mIpFQz ]

Donate #YA books! The Annual Guys Lit Wire #BookFair for Ballou Sr High School Is On! ow.ly/JWOA30fV2GQ @chasingray @BallouLibrary

Growing Bookworms

Sharing a nurse's vision for raising her kids as readers, after not growing up as a reader herself ow.ly/tDxG30fUZ6N @SandyBrehl

Thoughts from @CathyMere on nurturing readers, inspired by @pamallyn #LiteracyConnection: Every #Reader a Super Reader ow.ly/PHYg30fSYxw

Middle schoolers tell Jennifer Schwanke what they miss most about elementary: teacher #ReadingAloud ow.ly/AOzH30fSZ5h @ChoiceLiteracy

Schools (+ parents) "cannot punish children into reading" | A reminder from @pernilleripp https://t.co/I42ZGxMcm6

How to Motivate a Middle School Reader | @ReganReads @CommonSense ow.ly/8Pka30fSnCx | Choice, Interests, Sociability + more

“But they only read #GraphicNovels!” – @ShawnaCoppola defends visual texts but offers ideas for helping find balance https://t.co/rYilQGsprh

On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing

Spotlight on Independent Publishers with Great Spanish Content for kids | @PuraVidaMoms @LatinosInKidLit https://t.co/TEOp9aKLuv

Schools and Libraries

Reading system developers: #Librarians Should Guide Readers by Interest, Not #ReadingLevel @libraryvoice @sljournal https://t.co/BB1xSz85en

Great Sunday Reflections from @CarrieGelson | Growing #Writers in the classroom "without erasing any joy" https://t.co/1GXpeq3zZ1

Developing Students’ Ability to Give and Take Effective Feedback | @Kschwart @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/RbVG30fV3a0 #GrowthMindset

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