Links I Shared on Twitter Recently: February 15: Benefits of Reading Fiction, Stories about Girls, and Intrinsic Rewards for Reading
February 15, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookAwards, #BookLists, #GraphicNovels, #GrowingBookworms, #IntrinsicMotivation, #Literacy, #LoveOfBooks, #math, #parenting, #play, #Podcasts, #RickRiordan, #schools, #STEM, and reading. I'll be taking next week off from Twitter for my daughter's school vacation week, but I'm sure that I'll save up some links for the following week.
Top Tweet of the Week
#Reading Fiction Really Will Make You Nicer and More Empathetic, New Meta-Analysis Says | @EntryLevelRebel @Inc ow.ly/OW3330nD71r | #fiction showed small improvement in social-cognitive performance vs. not reading or reading #nonfiction
Book Lists + Awards
Don't miss the
#BlogTour for the 2019 #SydneyTaylor #BookAwards, honoring the "best in Jewish literature and scholarship" from @JewishLibraries ow.ly/Fmru30nEOcM #kidlit
The 2019 #KidLit #Podcast Awards as unofficially selected by elementary #librarian @MrBenjiMartin ow.ly/5Jlr30nFK1y | Featuring @MatthewWinner @100scopenotes @colbysharp + @FuseEight
The 2018 #Cybils Winners were announced @CybilsAwards this morning, #kidlit titles ranging from #BoardBooks to #YA, inc. fiction, nonfiction, #poetry + #GraphicNovels ow.ly/PM8v30nHDv2
On a quest NOT to fill her daughter's lunch box with bad jokes, @fuseeight identifies a few recent #JokeBooks for kids that are actually funny ow.ly/OKgI30nGCB3 | #BookList #kidlit
14 Children's Books with Characters Who Have Medical Challenges ow.ly/tr8W30nEP8H | the newest #kidlit #BookList from @momandkiddo
Jennifer Wharton rounds up #RickRiordan's own books + imprint, as well as other mythic fantasy series. Great guide for anyone looking to keep #SpeculativeFiction + #mythology fans #reading ow.ly/Yhaw30nEbpu @camphalfblood @DisneyBooks #kidlit
Diversity + Gender
What about the girls? What do they hear when we treat their stories as if they don’t matter, as if they take up too much space? by
@anneursu @nerdybookclub ow.ly/r7q930nFJVd #kidlit #gender #FemaleProtagonists
Events, Programs + Research
100th Anniversary Children's Book Week Poster w/ artwork by @yuyimorales Revealed ow.ly/SbYZ30nH1Af | @PublishersWkly @CBCBook | #CBW19 #kidlit
Children’s Book Creators Join Forces to Provide High Quality Books to Two Worthy Organizations by @linoliver @nerdybookclub ow.ly/gmWW30nD6De | #SCBWI @FirstBook #Literacy
Growing Bookworms
Great post challenging approaches that are used to nudge kids towards #reading: "We are actively training them to think ‘books = hard, boring compulsory work that I should be rewarded for.’" @KMcCaughrain @AwfullyBigBlog ow.ly/jClr30nEOSa
I could relate to: How Visiting My Local Library Makes Me a Better Parent by @ivamarie @ReadBrightly ow.ly/hlTz30nHCGG | #LoveOfBooks #libraries #parenting
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
These are wonderful: 14 Stunning Illustrations /
#ComicStrips from @WheresMyBubble That Perfectly Capture the Introvert's #LoveOfBooks @IntrovertDear ow.ly/q96530nDbIu #Introversion #Reading | Can't wait to show #bookworm daughter
#GraphicNovels are Books, Too! by 5th grade ELA #teacher @readinginthemg @nerdybookclub ow.ly/jRIU30nFJC9 | #Students learn vocabulary + inference, find difficult topics more accessible, + lots more
Parenting + Play
One more reason to let kids #play: Research suggests that young kids can learn #perseverance through #PretendPlay ow.ly/srW930nEbRe | @GreaterGoodSC via @MindShiftKQED | #SelfDiscipline #EmotionalHealth
Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office
@LDamour @nytopinion | "What if school is a confidence factory for our sons, but only a competence factory for our daughters?" ow.ly/j4iK30nEbXr | Parents, stop praising inefficient overwork
Is It Healthy to Study in Bed? Experts weigh in. Sounds like it's ok, but kids should re-read things from right before they fall asleep @HeidiSMitchell @WSJ ow.ly/9mvE30nHDcp #parenting
Schools and Libraries
I liked this OpEd by @DanCALmatters about how CA #SchoolDistricts are setting a poor example for #students re personal + #FiscalResponsibility ow.ly/gphD30nEbuT #OverSpending #BailOuts
STEM
Women's History in
#Science Is Hidden in the Footnotes - @edyong209 @TheAtlantic ow.ly/CbmK30nG18R | New study uncovers female programmers who made important but unrecognized (beyond footnotes) contributions to #genetics | #STEM
#Learning and #Teaching #Math with Confidence ow.ly/sVcy30nEbOv by Jerry Burkhart @middleweb via @MindShiftKQED | Lack of confidence in math traces to past experiences + inaccurate beliefs about learning | #STEM
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