Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include book awards, book lists, the Cybils Awards, diversity, growing bookworms, book-related events, publishing, ebooks, schools, and libraries.
Awards
How cool! There's a new Mathical prize in children’s literature, focused on books involving math http://ow.ly/Jxiy2 via @FuseEight
Our own @MotherReader was incl in @mental_floss list of 23 Weird Awards for "weird ass pic. books" http://ow.ly/JpeWl via Tanita Davis
Hollins University Launches Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature reports @CynLeitichSmith http://ow.ly/JHEke #kidlit
Book Lists
26 Children's Books That Celebrate Black History by Mallory McInnis @buzzfeed http://ow.ly/JC38b via @PWKidsBookshelf
Happy Birthday, Mr. Grimm. List of some of Grimm's most famous tales, plus books based on them, from @semicolonblog http://ow.ly/JB7Hf
A Tuesday Ten from @TesseractViews | Crossworld Fantasy (characters start in real world + go to another) http://ow.ly/JxjGi #kidlit
Another Tuesday Ten @TesseractViews | Off-world Adventure! | #kidlit taking place in space or on other planets http://ow.ly/JHCXS
Board Books for Toddlers (Not the Babyish Ones) from @growingbbb http://ow.ly/JxgLW #BookList #kidlit
9 Fairy Tale Chapter Books for Kids (without princesses) from @momandkiddo http://ow.ly/Jxgie #BookList #kidlit
List of Heroic Reads for kids (by age) for Supporting Collaborative Summer Library Programs @sljournal http://ow.ly/JHuxO #BookList
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: 2014 Winners: What’s Being Said, Part 2 http://ow.ly/JxkuG
The New #Cybils Featured Blogger is Greg Pincus @gregpincus from Gotta Book. Short interview by @Book_Nut here: http://ow.ly/JB7dQ
A nice thank you to #Cybils from our Featured Blogger @gregpincus http://ow.ly/JBZD4
New #Cybils blog post: Now that the Awards are Over, here's how we'll be keeping up the blog. Stay tuned! http://ow.ly/Jx8yI
#BookList Fun on the #Cybils blog | Great Read Aloud #NonFiction titles, selected by Jennifer Wharton http://ow.ly/JHDZX
Diversity + Gender
Must-read from @haleshannon 4 teachers, librarians, parents, reviewers on boys being excluded from her school visits http://ow.ly/JHDd8
Sigh. 7th What UK Kids Are Reading Report finds hardly any books by female authors in most-read lists http://ow.ly/JHGoF @GuardianBooks
More upbeat: It's A Woman's Universe: The Ladies Of Science Fiction | Jessica Khoury @HuffingtonPost http://ow.ly/JHGNk @PWKidsBookshelf
Kid Lit Still Mostly White, but #Diversity Gaining Ground @sdiaz101 @sljournal http://ow.ly/JC1gN
"I believe that genre fiction by women deserves the same treatment + respect as genre fiction by men" @JenniferWeiner http://ow.ly/JpiuG
Mind the Gaps (in #library collection development) | Books for All Young Readers Vaunda Micheaux Nelson @HornBook http://ow.ly/JHF05
Voices of Race: Youth #Library Programs to See and Celebrate #Diversity by @amyeileenk http://ow.ly/JHFxH
Events + Programs
Gorgeous! The free @CBCBook Children's Book Week poster by Grace Lee is up at http://bookweekonline.com ! @disneyreads #CBW15
Also check out Raúl Colón's official @CBCBook Children's Book Week bookmark at http://bookweekonline.com ! @SimonKIDS #CBW15
Great new resource from @BookChook | A List of Book-Related Special Days for Kids, like "Read in the Bathtub Day" http://ow.ly/Jxk56
RT @OliverJeffers I illustrated the cover of a book, co published by Amnesty International, that contains famous quotes… https://instagram.com/p/zfXxj_zXir/
Growing Bookworms
"Reading aloud – I think it is the single most important thing you can do in your classroom" says @katsok http://ow.ly/JxkLu #teaching
Classroom "read aloud ... builds a community" | @StaceyLoscalzo on Kate DiCamillo's Read Aloud PSA http://ow.ly/JB9ux
#RaisingReaders Monday @kateywrites | "it’s important to show kids that we love to read" + reading is "cool" http://ow.ly/JxaAt
How to Get Kids to Read More. "Build a culture of book loving": Beth Greenfield @YahooParenting http://ow.ly/JphdG #RaisingReaders
Family reading time is important to many older kids, too | Leanna Landsmann @Tennessean via @tashrow http://ow.ly/Jpgyl #RaisingReaders
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
A Brief History of Young Adult Books from @EpicReads http://ow.ly/JC2Xq via @PWKidsBookshelf #YALit
Much-Anticipated Sequels and the Latest from Avi, Suma, and Wein @sljournal http://ow.ly/JC1x0 #kidlit #yalit
The Spring 2015 Kids’ Indie Next List Preview | @ABABook via @bkshelvesofdoom http://ow.ly/JpkEE #BookList
Are people really still asking? @GdnChildrensBks : Why are so many adults reading YA + teen fiction? http://ow.ly/JC2zc @PWKidsBookshelf
Why digital natives prefer reading in print. Yes, you read that right @mikerosenwald @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/JxAp5 via @scclfriends
First Harper Lee then Dr. Seuss. Now: Scottish man finds lost Sherlock Holmes story in attic @NYDailyNews http://ow.ly/JpfVr
Schools and Libraries
The Dos and Don'ts of Attending Library Story Time (Tips for Parents from Volunteer @momandkiddo ) http://ow.ly/JHEMk
Sigh! The Crackdown on Little Free Libraries @CityLab via @JoneMac53 http://ow.ly/JBdAC
Teacher with Tissues: Showing Students How Books Tug at Your Heart by @MrsSokolowski @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/JxhbD
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