Links I Shared on Twitter Recently: March 6: Encouraging Young Bookworms via #GraphicNovels, #ReadingChoice + Other Tips
March 06, 2020
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter over the past couple of weeks @JensBookPage. Topics in this installment include #BookAccess, #BookLists, #coronavirus, #DisneyWorld, #giftedness, #GraphicNovels, #HigherEd, #JoyOfReading, #LeveledReading, #re-reading, #ReadingChoice, #ReadingInstruction, #SchoolLibraries, parenting, and reading.
Book Lists
10 Great Books for 3-Year-Olds That You Don't Already Have ow.ly/XKrM30qlg5z | Quick hits #BookList from @momandkiddo | #PictureBooks
Happy 2/29! 12 Titles to Celebrate #LeapYear – #BookList from @Literacious ow.ly/jC4j30qlKXy #PictureBooks #Holidays
RA RA Read: #BookList for kids who devour #WimpyKid + Notebook Novels | Jean Little Library ow.ly/tR2j30qlg1K | #GraphicNovels, #KidLit series + books w/ fewer illustrations, too. Great stuff!
Links to many excellent themed #kidlit #BookLists, plus lots more, in Just Read This: #Literacy + #Reading News, Feb 2020 @TheReadingTub ow.ly/8JIi30qmfNk
RT @KateMessner: Great collection of "Graphic Novels Your Kid (Probably) Hasn't Read Yet" from @mariarussonyt to this list (or maybe they've all read it?) What are some of your underappreciated favorites? https://t.co/K8AoBXbrPv?amp=1
Events, Programs + Research
Highlighting Dolly Parton's Wonderful #ImaginationLibrary, which mails more than a million free books each month to kids – @literacious ow.ly/nTp030qlKZ1 @dollyslibrary #BookAccess #JoyOfReading
Let’s Get Ready for #ReadAcrossAmerica Day coming March 2 ow.ly/320S30qkUjZ @TheReadingTub has the scoop on this celebration of #JoyOfReading (re-branded by @NEAToday to downplay Dr. Seuss's birthday + emphasize diversity)
This is fun: @abbylibrarian shares her library's first Hot Chocolate #StoryWalk ow.ly/Y0rS30qlg34 #JoyOfReading #libraries
This is hilarious | #JungleCruise boat sinks at #DisneyWorld, Twitter jokes rise to surface ow.ly/sHUO30qlxaR | We were on the ride just a few days before this happened. #WDW
Growing Bookworms
This is fabulous! How I managed to raise a little bookworm in the age of smartphones + tablets | @DonnaLFerguson @GuardianBooks ow.ly/xwcH30qlXp4 | Like the author, I get surprised + happy feedback when people see my daughter #reading in public.
One more time: Librarian @MacHardin makes the case for #GraphicNovels for kids. Yes, they're real books @washingtonpost via @MindShiftKQED https://t.co/t4IISX028T?amp=1
True: If We Want Bookworms, We Need to Get Beyond #LeveledReading | This piece by @GonserSarah @edutopia quotes @MsYingling + @ReadingShanahan | ow.ly/JG9F30qlL92 #JoyOfReading #ReadingLevels #ReadingChoice
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
This will brighten you day, fellow #BookLovers | Callum Manning was bullied for his love of books. Now he has 230,000 Instagram followers - @CNN via @RIFWEB https://t.co/qQQsBuFrE5?amp=1
Tips for adding more #reading time to your day in Slice of Life Day 1: You Read How Many Books?!?! @literacious ow.ly/wQ0X30qlX57 | #Audiobooks, #DNF + more
The Pleasures (and Necessities) of Re-reading by @CokalSusann @nerdybookclub, who has re-read many of of my own childhood favorites in her life ow.ly/DBav30qmNLK #ZilphaKeatleySnyder, #ElizabethEnright + more
Parenting + Play
Endless possibilities for gifted children and adults | Don't let your abilities box you in, "embrace your complexity, multiple abilities + passions, accept that they are a part of you" ow.ly/5JAz30qmfTL #giftedness @giftedchlnges
What Kids Want To Know About #Coronavirus: Parents can download + print this Original #Comic from @NPR to answer kids' questions ow.ly/JSR030qlXft @MalakaGharib @NPRCoryTurner
Tips for Calming The #CollegeAdmission Anxiety: stop asking about it all the time, encourage sleep, #play, exercise + more instead. ow.ly/QPqt30qlL1n @Danaparenting #parenting
Schools and Libraries
#Schools that build social-emotional development are getting better results (short + long-term) than those focused on raising test scores, study finds ow.ly/8t3s30qnixp | @jillbarshay @hechingerreport #SEL #testing
There’s No “Science of Reading” w/out #SchoolLibraries + #SchoolLibrarians, A Predictor of Student Success ow.ly/oOwg30qmfAo @NancyEBailey1 #GrowingBookworms #Reading
How to Knock Down 5 Straw Man Arguments Against #Phonics | @ReadingShanahan @ReadingRockets via @TheReadingTub ow.ly/KcWT30qmfFx #ReadingInstruction | No, it's not inherently boring + more
The Current Controversy About Teaching #Reading: Comments from @DTWillingham for Those Left With Questions After Reading the NYTimes Article ow.ly/BFDl30qkUhi #Phonics #JoyOfReading #Education
Playbrary: A new vision of the neighborhood library ow.ly/WXfA30qlda2 @BrookingsInst via @CHRasco | #play #libraries #JoyOfLearning
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