Links I Shared on Twitter Recently: Halloween #BookList Edition (w/ some other fun links saved over the past 2 weeks)
October 31, 2019
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 | Wishing all my Hindu friends a joyous Festival of Lights ow.ly/rDLO30pMNDd
12 #Halloween Picture Books – Another timely #BookList from @literacious 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 | I love ow.ly/a0nL30pOywa#Serafina + #SpiritHunters
15 #PictureBooks About Bread – Fun #BookList from @literacious | In my house we also love The Three Little Tamales, which is similar at least in spirit ow.ly/Csqx30pLADv
10 #ReadAloud Books for 9 Year Olds for Conversation Miracles 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 | My daughter can vouch for virtually all of the books listed. ow.ly/UUQw30pKxs
Guest Post: 12 #GraphicNovels with Black Protagonists — @GoodComics4Kids #BookList ow.ly/BKAZ30pM8Xg#DiverseBooks
Friendly Haints and Macabre Adventures | 36 Seasonal Titles for #MiddleGrade and #HighSchool Readers | @dgrabarek @sljournal ow.ly/htKF30pK80t#kidlit #YA #BookList
#MiddleGrade Book Gift Guide: 2019 Edition from @brandymuses ow.ly/Xzvo30pKLz9 | #KidLit by category w/ links to reviews
#YALit Gift Guide: 2019 Edition, #BookList categorized + w/ links to reviews by @brandymuses ow.ly/me1H30pMj83
Let the #GiftGuide season commence! Fun stuff in the 10 Best Gifts for #Preschoolers to Boost Their Brains! (Ages 3-5) 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 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 ow.ly/KHmR30pLAIZ
#BookHooks: Advice + #BookLists from @TheReadingTub for showing busy preteen readers #JoyOfReading via #MiddleGrade #BookSeries 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 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 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 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 ow.ly/ElSM30pMjmK | #homework #testing #DeepLearning
A Guide to #DigitalMedia Apps at Your Public Library | 4-part series from @mrskatiefitz 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 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 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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