Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: March 23: Introversion, #GrowingReaders, #KidLitWomen + #KidLitCon

Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #ALAYMA, #BookLists, #Cybils, #FlexibleSeating, #GrowingBookworms, #kidlitcon, #KidLitWomen, #learning, #literacy, #Math, #ReadAloud, #SchoolLibrarians, introversion, schools, smart speakers, and teaching. 

Top Tweet of the Week

YES! This: Being An #Introvert Is Not Something Which Needs To Be Cured | Introversion + being yourself should be celebrated | @jefftherunner1 @Medium via @IntrovertIN https://t.co/jNEq6wf64X

Book Lists + Awards

The #ALAYMA Newbery / Caldecott 2019: Spring Prediction Edition from @fuseeight ow.ly/T7vB30j3UBW #kidlit #PictureBooks

How To . . . (2018 Edition) — @100scopenotes shares some new "how to" #PictureBooks ow.ly/zVRa30j6vOq #BookList

22 Must Have Wordless #PictureBooks for Kids of All Ages, #BookList from @growingbbb https://t.co/5jNSBMQZo6

12 Kid-Approved Middle Grade Books That Tackle #MentalHealth | @Bookopolis @ReadBrightly ow.ly/5QrL30iZCPD #kidlit

Cybils

Today on the #Cybils blog, an Interview with Julie Kim, author of Elem / Middle Grade #GraphicNovels winner WHERE'S HALMONI? ow.ly/4VCn30j3UMC @LBFbooks

Diversity + Gender

#KidLitWomen - Mothers and Fathers: Gender Stereotyping in #PictureBooks by @jenannmann ow.ly/2XdJ30j2cCS #WomensHistoryMonth

The Fallacy of the Strong Female Character | Do we talk about "strong boys" in #kidlit? | @erindionne via @CynLeitichSmith for #kidlitwomen + #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/1GGhqeUrWJ

Growing Bookworms

Using Whole-Class Conversations for #ReadAloud Closure after finishing chapter books in the #classroom by @MelanieSwider @choiceliteracy ow.ly/GzBN30j0Z3y

#GrowingReaders Past our Classroom Walls | #teacher @pernilleripp shares ideas inspired by @donalynbooks @NancieAtwell @pennykittle ow.ly/TBL830j5pDd #ClassroomLibraries #BookTalks + more

Why bookish events matter in terms of building #classroom + #school #reading communities by @frankisibberson @ChoiceLiteracy ow.ly/ijdF30j0YZM | @patrickontwit #MarchBookMadness #GlobalReadAloud

Five Ways Your #ClassroomLibrary will Sell Itself (Without taking up valuable class time!) | @SwinehartJulie @3TeachersTalk ow.ly/PTDW30j6win | #RaisingReaders #BookRecommendations #kidlit #Schools

Kidlitosphere / #KidLitCon

#KidLitCon19 First Sponsor: Thank you @Candlewick – #KidLitCon Providence March 22-23, 2019 ow.ly/pVFI30j5pwP @KidLitCon @pragmaticmom @charlotteslib #kidlit #YA #blogging

Hey there, #kidlit + #YA publishers | #KidLitCon2019 Sponsorships (March 2019) Are Now Open! – #KidLitCon ow.ly/BJQB30j0ZxH | @KidLitCon @pragmaticmom @charlotteslib

Hey there, #kidlit + #YA bloggers, authors, illustrators + advocates: The Call for Presenters for #KidLitCon2019 (next year) is officially open! – #kidlitcon ow.ly/xXzd30iZBw8 @pragmaticmom @charlotteslib

On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing

Who’d be a storybook parent? Bad things happen to them. #52books2018 ow.ly/TVCA30j2c9r | @storimagic #reading #kidlit

"But this has been key: I realized I must find a way to run my private life, my #writing life, and my business life as an #introvert. The new blog world offers just that advantage." @JaneFriedman via @CynLeitichSmith https://t.co/gCxRFSc0S4

Why #Reading Books Should be Your Priority, According to #Science | @salubriousdish @Inc | #Creativity #Success #OpenMindedness https://t.co/Na6jQ9iDiP

Parenting

Hey, Alexa, What Are You Teaching Our Kids? | @SuzanneBouffard @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/8qBt30j5quO | Impact of smart speakers on kids' #learning + #development

Interesting post on the idea of kids needing a "Circle of Seven" caring adults around them + how this manifested organically in @ElanaKArnold's Bat series ow.ly/z02j30j3UF9 | @nerdybookclub

Schools and Libraries

3 Conversation Shifts in #Education per @gcouros – Product vs. Process, #SelfAssessment + #Innovation ow.ly/wjYh30j0ZLj #EdTech #Change #Assessment #Schools

We’re looking for the next #School #Librarian of the Year! | @Scholastic ow.ly/jDlP30j5qfZ | Past winners inc. @booksforkiddos + @AprilWathen

This is cool: British art #teacher wins $1 million teaching prize - @mercnews ow.ly/tvOL30j2aJC #schools

"I just wish it was easier to teach and be engaged in the broader #teaching world" @MrTomRad @edu_post https://t.co/xGo57GEMP8

12 Ways to Upgrade Your #ClassroomDesign | @cultofpedagogy ow.ly/3JF430j2bo0 | #FlexibleSeating #Schools @ideaguy42 @SpaceTheBook

STEM

How #Reading Novels in #Math Class Can Strengthen Student Engagement | @joelbezaire @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/513530j3Uay #STEM #literacy

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