Links I Shared on Twitter Recently: Halloween #BookList Edition (w/ some other fun links saved over the past 2 weeks)

Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter over the past two weeks @JensBookPage. I haven't had a lot of time for reading posts and articles, but I did manage to save a slew of links to booklists and gift guides. Other topics include #BookHooks, #DeepLearning, #DigitalMedia, #Diwali, #DyslexiaAwareness, #Failure, #GraphicNovels, #GrowingBookworms, #Halloween, #HistoryBee, #Homework, #JoyOfReading, #KnowledgeGap, #ReadAloud, #ScreenTime, #SocialMedia, journalism, libraries, parenting. Happy Halloween, all! 

Book Lists + Gift Guides

6 Books to Celebrate #Diwali – A timely #BookList from @Literacious http://ow.ly/rDLO30pMNDd | Wishing all my Hindu friends a joyous Festival of Lights

12 #Halloween Picture Books – Another timely #BookList from @literacious http://ow.ly/2EPZ30pOyct Spooky #PictureBooks abound! Stay safe, everyone. https://t.co/VszKl22OTx?amp=1

One more #BookList for Halloween from @literacious: Spooky, Scary #MiddleGrade Titles http://ow.ly/a0nL30pOywa | I love #Serafina + #SpiritHunters

15 #PictureBooks About Bread – Fun #BookList from @literacious http://ow.ly/Csqx30pLADv | In my house we also love The Three Little Tamales, which is similar at least in spirit

10 #ReadAloud Books for 9 Year Olds for Conversation Miracles http://ow.ly/dRq330pN3pA | #BookList from @momandkiddo, who urges parents to keep #ReadingAloud to kids at this pivotal age re: #JoyOfReading

Librarian Jennifer Wharton shares a #BookList of Read-Alikes to @goraina's #GraphicNovel hit SMILE http://ow.ly/UUQw30pKxs | My daughter can vouch for virtually all of the books listed.

Guest Post: 12 #GraphicNovels with Black Protagonists — @GoodComics4Kids #BookList http://ow.ly/BKAZ30pM8Xg #DiverseBooks

Friendly Haints and Macabre Adventures | 36 Seasonal Titles for #MiddleGrade and #HighSchool Readers | @dgrabarek @sljournal http://ow.ly/htKF30pK80t #kidlit #YA #BookList

#MiddleGrade Book Gift Guide: 2019 Edition from @brandymuses http://ow.ly/Xzvo30pKLz9 | #KidLit by category w/ links to reviews

#YALit Gift Guide: 2019 Edition, #BookList categorized + w/ links to reviews by @brandymuses http://ow.ly/me1H30pMj83

Let the #GiftGuide season commence! Fun stuff in the 10 Best Gifts for #Preschoolers to Boost Their Brains! (Ages 3-5) http://ow.ly/7iEy30pOygV @momandkiddo

Events, Programs + Research

This is cool. #WimpyKid author Jeff Kinney & his brother Patrick Kinney Discuss their new Who Was? #HistoryBee project @fuseeight http://ow.ly/nISS30pOywG #nonfiction #reading

Expert Roundtable: Dispelling the Myths and Misunderstandings About #Dyslexia – @ReadByExample shares insights from a diverse array of respondents for #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth https://t.co/zpfz93Zum0?amp=1

Growing Bookworms

Continuing the #BookHooks series from @TheReadingTub | Illustrated #ChapterBook Series, combining storytelling + images to help new or struggling readers to fall in love w/ books http://ow.ly/KHmR30pLAIZ

#BookHooks: Advice + #BookLists from @TheReadingTub for showing busy preteen readers #JoyOfReading via #MiddleGrade #BookSeries http://ow.ly/yckA30pOynh

On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing

Meet the @Scholastic Kid Reporters | A roundup of some recent interviews by these 10-14 y.o. journalists http://ow.ly/EsCp30pLAmM | I love that Scholastic is mentoring kid #journalism, one of my daughter's prospective careers

Parenting, Play + Screen Time

Parents Need to Help Their Children Take Risks - Study suggests parent’s presence can give kids confidence they need http://ow.ly/gQNU30pMG5s @AlisonGopnik @WSJ #parenting #failure

#SocialMedia Has Not Destroyed a Generation - New findings suggest angst over technology is misplaced, though more research is clearly needed | @LydiaDenworth @sciam http://ow.ly/qtNE30pMNxD via @drdouggreen

Schools and Libraries

How Not to Get a Standing Ovation at a Teachers' Conference | @alfiekohn knows what will make #teachers applaud, but he tries to also inspire change http://ow.ly/ElSM30pMjmK | #homework #testing #DeepLearning

A Guide to #DigitalMedia Apps at Your Public Library | 4-part series from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/W3u630pKLAQ #Overdrive #Libby #Hoopla + more

Why are the waiting lists for library e-books so long? The battle for the future of #eBooks is at local #libraries http://ow.ly/t3i830pK825 @FastCompany via @tashrow

Testing

What To Make of the 2019 Results from the ”Nation's Report Card” #NAEP, responses from various #EdPolicy thinkers @EducationNext http://ow.ly/Dmr630pOyeD | #testing #reading #math

Here's @Doug_Lemov's "Hot Take" on #NAEP #Reading Scores: #Schools should invest in #KnowledgeBased instruction. People should read #TheKnowledgeGap by @natwexler

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