Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
"6 Tips for Nurturing a Child’s Love of Reading" http://buff.ly/X26fAk
10 Amelia Bedelia-isms | Mental Floss http://buff.ly/WUfGUg
bookshelves of doom: A teacher in Washington State has formally challenged two books in the Prosser School District. http://buff.ly/WMe2nU
Can books teach children to behave badly? | Children’s books http://buff.ly/WTRMbi
Dear Mom, Thanks for Making Me a Reader by Rebecca Dunn « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/WTSqpr
Final Sendak Book A Tribute To His Brother : NPR http://buff.ly/WTREso
First Book’s New Initiative Pledges $500K to Buying Diversity Children’s Books – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/WKs2ys
Jan Ormerod Dies http://wp.me/p1iTZw-1Qd
Joanna Nadin’s top 10 laugh-out-loud reads for 5-8-year-olds | Children’s books http://buff.ly/W0QuKH
We recommend 10 children’s books for Black history month –http://buff.ly/WM72HN
E-BOOKS
Digital Comics Are Getting Cheaper http://buff.ly/WYEmcu
LIBRARIES
Anti-Censorship Group Shushes New Jersey Library for Banning Games From Its Computers http://buff.ly/VR0DcT
Free pole dancing classes at Dalkeith’s Mayfield library ‘a success’ | News|Edinburgh|STV http://buff.ly/WMJqCE
The Future of Librarians in an EBook World – Technology-The Atlantic Cities http://bit.ly/11JTHyJ
Gaby Roslin: Why parents need Britain’s local libraries to be saved – Telegraph http://buff.ly/WTQZro
Hot Off the (Library) Press – Technology-The Chronicle of Higher Education http://buff.ly/XabfCW
How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed Bank : The Salt : NPR http://bit.ly/11yCFTZ
It has started already – Kirtsaeng and First Sale – Scholarly Communications @ Duke http://buff.ly/W073q1
Park It! – a summery pop up park at Oak Park Public Library –http://buff.ly/VRvmGP
Recorded Books Rolls Out IndieFlix Movie Streaming Service – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/11JtEYc
"S.F. library eyes laptop-lending kiosks" http://bit.ly/14M9Ibz
PUBLISHERS
Hachette, Penguin and Simon & Schuster Launch Bookish – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/14C8ZZr
http://Beatrice.com » I Have Nothing to Say About Bookish http://buff.ly/WQgGsJ
Op-ed: Publishers’ fear of e-books is hurting libraries | Opinion|The Seattle Times http://buff.ly/X2KujJ
TECHNOLOGY
For the Internet-Deprived, McDonald’s Is Study Hall –http://on.wsj.com/WutJ35
Government Wants to Create Free Public ‘Super Wi-Fi’http://on.mash.to/Y5GePC
iPad at 81% tablet web share in North America, Kindle Fire grabs 7.7%, and Galaxy line takes 3.9% – The Next Web http://buff.ly/14BV9pW
Love it, Hate it, Twitter Forges On http://mbist.ro/VzyHgS
Maybe Those Chromebooks Weren’t Such A Crazy Idea After All | TechCrunch http://buff.ly/WQO7Ly
TEEN BOOKS
EarlyWord: Neil Gaiman’s Big Year – http://buff.ly/WMSRSB