Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: January 24: #BookLists, #GraphicNovels + #BrainScience
January 24, 2020
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #Audiobooks, #BookAwards, #BookLists, #BrainScience, #Cybils, #eBooks, #EdReform, #EducationalEquity, #GiftedEducation, #GraphicNovels, #JoyOfReading, #ReadingAloud, and parenting.
Top Tweet of the Week
Why You Should Encourage Your Child's Love of #GraphicNovels | "They have to do the work ... to understand the full story" + lots more ow.ly/kp4X30qbTcW#JoyOfReading @goraina @parentsmagazine
Book Lists + Awards
It’s Book Awards Season: Don’t Miss the #CybilsAwards | ow.ly/arkY30qbl2L@TheReadingTub has the scoop on this #kidlit #BookAward honoring literary quality + reader enjoyment
Beyond the Youth Media Awards, #BookLists for Kids and Teens – @literacious ow.ly/UQaq30qbTgX#ALAYMA @yalsa @ALALibrary
Great stuff! 50 Best #MiddleGrade Novels of the 21st Century per @semicolonblog ow.ly/Ceeb30qaQbg | Sherry breaks out her overlap w/ similar #BookLists from @ALA_Booklist (14) + @FuseEight (3) + 33 more | #MGLit #kidlit
Book Talking 45+ 2019 #MGLit Books in 45 Minutes – #librarian @literacious shares the #BookList + presentation developed for her local middle schoolers https://t.co/GEKU29j3sP?amp=1
Events, Programs + Research
This is your child's brain on books vs #ScreenTime - Sandee LaMotte @cnnhealth | ow.ly/3ejU30qaPY0#ReadingAloud to #preschoolers -> more organized white matter in language + #literacy areas
Reading #ComicBooks + #GraphicNovels can improve brain health — ow.ly/CEey30qaQ5K | @MaryWiddicks @qz | humans are naturally inclined toward the efficiency of visual storytelling, comics let kids strengthen brain pathways earlier + more
I'm late to share this but @JasonReynolds83 was Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature this week. His platform: "Grab the Mic: Tell Your Story" ow.ly/eWx630qaeV2@PublishersWkly #kidlit
Growing Bookworms
10 Steps that Don’t Involve Points, Pizza, or Prizes to Create a School Wide Culture of Reading – Lifetime #Literacy | Nice ideas here but I'm w/ ow.ly/jWW930qb9ui#EsmeCodell on need to also #ReadAloud to students | #JoyOfReading
The Power of Listening by @ClareLandrigan @nerdybookclub | "We cannot forget the need to also assess the habits and dispositions of our readers" + help them "spark the #LoveOfReading "
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
I don't think it's too late for: 5 Reasons to Make #Reading Every Day Your New Year's Resolution ow.ly/9WnA30qarJf@BookBub | But if reading every day is good, wouldn't reading ALL DAY every day be even better? I can dream...
Public Library #Ebook + #Audiobook Use Rocketed Up 20% In 2019, powered especially by 30% rise in audio over 2018 ow.ly/lfeo30qaeZI@Forbes @AdamRRowe
Parenting + Play
#Parenting Isn’t Over When Kids Grow Up - Dr. Mark McConville shares tips @WSJ for supporting young adults w/out enabling them ow.ly/SThm30qaDnA#FailureToLaunch @PutnamBooks
Schools and Libraries
Dr. King Would Have Shined a Light on Progressive Cities where racial + economic #learning gaps are higher. ow.ly/S4bf30qaPTm " How can you hold your political leaders to account for “world-class cities” where many children can’t read?" #EducationalEquity @citizenstewart
‘National Parents Union’ to Challenge Political Influence of Teachers Groups | ow.ly/Tlv530qaBvi@laurenonthehill @usnews @NationalParents #Education #EdReform #unions
No more ‘secret handshake’: Universal screening qualifies 600 more Memphis students for #GiftedEducation, inc. higher % of black students + boys ow.ly/3Ja330qaBrD@Chalkbeat via @MindShiftKQED
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