Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that I hope you find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
The Buggy History of One Book Cover by Sarah Albee | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/1gYxDw4 #kidlit #publishing
Children’s Books on World religions – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/1hVoki6 #kidlit
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author Jeff Kinney talks about his astonishing success http://buff.ly/1h2L7Hb #kidlit
Exotic creatures – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/18Nkq14 #kidlit
The gender bias in children’s books http://buff.ly/1aDVDjf #kidlit
Green Eggs and Ego: Reviews of New Celebrity Children’s Books | Vanity Fair http://buff.ly/1aEfE99 #kidlit
Harry Potter Roamed Around Penn Station Looking for Platform 9&3/4| Underwire http://buff.ly/18PJ8xZ #kidlit
How Hans Christian Andersen Revolutionized Storytelling | Brain Pickings http://buff.ly/1bJmf3p #kidlit
Jessica Ahlberg’s top 10 family-themed picture books | Children’s books http://buff.ly/1h5Lm4m #kidlit
Modern children’s picture books are works of art in their own right | From the Beacon | The Island Packet http://buff.ly/1gYSCz3 #kidlit
Moon Themed Books for Kids : PragmaticMom http://buff.ly/1hUVkqC #kidlit
Native Americans Children’s Books – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/1hVoje1 #kidlit
Neville Longbottom is the Most Important Person in Harry Potter—And Here’s Why http://buff.ly/18PLZ9Z #kidlit
Sally Gardner’s top 10 fairy tales | Children’s books http://buff.ly/1bJl9Vt #kidlit
Sam Angus’s top 10 war books | Children’s books http://buff.ly/1h2yGv0 #kidlit
SLJ to Reveal 2013 Best Books on Twitter | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/185ZnfM #kidlit #yalit
Why Picture Books Are Important by Hazel G. Mitchell http://buff.ly/HXj5ha #kidlit
LIBRARIES
Louisiana parish votes to save library after commissioner’s rant about ‘teaching Mexicans how to speak English’ – http://buff.ly/19zTm4J
RT @HistoryInPics: A man browsing for books in Cincinnati’s cavernous old main library. The library was demolished i… http://buff.ly/185ZlVb
Stockholm’s Tio Tretton Library Gives Tweens a Space of Their Own | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/18PUim6 #libraries
TECHNOLOGY
11 Dropbox Tricks You Didn’t Know About http://buff.ly/1h2ZPhu
The Daily Dot – Yes, everything you post on Facebook can be put in an ad http://buff.ly/1aDPqUe
Silicon Valley Nerds Seek Revenge on NSA Spies With Coding – Bloomberg http://buff.ly/HRTo1M #privacy #nsa
Which Companies Are Encrypting Your Data Properly? http://buff.ly/18PBZgV #privacy
TEEN READS
2014 Contemporary YA Books to Get On Your Radar http://buff.ly/1bRHX5p #yalit
Author Sherman Alexie Talks Young Adult Fiction And Banned Books | StateImpact Florida http://buff.ly/186eGVJ #yalit
Best YA Novel of All Time? EW Staff Pick: ‘The Earthsea Cycle’ | Shelf Life http://buff.ly/18PTLAN #yalit
Best YA novel of all time? The final four | PopWatch http://buff.ly/1h2ReLB #yalit
The Girl Myth in YA Fiction (And Beyond) http://buff.ly/185ZaJE #yalit
Guide to Angels in YA Literature | The Hub http://buff.ly/18Q4KKo #yalit
How Does ‘Lord of the Flies’ Fit Into Common Core? | MindShift http://buff.ly/1h2OXA3 #reading #yalit
How ‘Hunger Games’ and YA lit are re-shaping the Hollywood blockbuster – Movies Blog – Digital Spy http://buff.ly/19zTNMx #yalit
‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Writer and Director Talk To TIME http://buff.ly/1gYgxhU #yalit
M.T. Anderson Reflects on Where We Are, Years After His Iconic Book, Feed | The Hub http://buff.ly/1aGNsm4 #yalit
Marcus Sedgwick on his new book and literary nfluences | The National http://buff.ly/1hUV4rx #yalit
The Millions : Time for Teen Fantasy Heroines to Grow Up http://buff.ly/18PKLf4 #yalit
San Diego’s First Couple of teen fiction http://buff.ly/1gYy6P0 #yalit
Stacked: Feminism in Contemporary YA Fiction: Guest Post by Trish Doller (Where the Stars Still Shine) http://buff.ly/1aDWRuG #yalit
Why I Wrote an Action-Driven Disaster Novel by Matt de la Peña | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/185Z1FS #kidlit