This Week’s Tweets and Pins

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The 25 Books Every Kid Should Have on Their Bookshelf – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/16KGPMZ

Amazon backs down over Cornish-language children’s book | Books http://buff.ly/11IwiRa

The children’s books you can never part with | The Poop http://buff.ly/16C1Vx8

The Duck Who Shared Her Eggs: How Children’s Books Approach Modern Reproduction – Jennifer Bleyer-The Atlantic http://buff.ly/10QQZJt

Five questions for Marilyn Singer – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/16CietP

May Kids’ Book Club Pick: ‘Lunch Lady And The Cyborg Substitute’ : NPR http://buff.ly/16PyHe6

Reading with Babies and Board Books for Babies – Mama Smiles-Joyful Parenting http://buff.ly/XYELQd

EBOOKS

The Reading Brain in The Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens: Scientific American http://buff.ly/ZjydYA

Thin Reads Wants to Be Like ‘Publishers Weekly’ for Ebook Singles http://buff.ly/16KsYq6

Why Do We Keep Making Ebooks Like Paper Books? http://buff.ly/YY1NFX #ebooks

LIBRARIES

All Your Data Are Belong To You | Librarian in Black Blog http://buff.ly/YTJ3r5 – also known as why librarians kick ass #rights #librarians

BBC News – Libraries to store all UK web content http://bbc.in/10Ab4Cd #libraries

The public library: Historic artifact or adaptive success

Ithaka Survey: Humanities Faculty Love the Library; Scientists Less Enthusiastic http://buff.ly/Ya05m5

Librarians and community involvement as a professional competence | Library as Incubator Project http://buff.ly/XYcGZj

Libraries and Authors – ALA’s response to Scott Turow – http://buff.ly/10YSF3y

The Slow Death of the American Author – Scott Turow bemoans library e-lending among other things – http://buff.ly/16KrHPL

Toronto Public Library Enters Alternate Reality (Gaming) http://buff.ly/ZbQ7PO

PUBLISHING

Ten ways self-publishing has changed the books world | Books http://buff.ly/Y9mTCf

What’s the Problem with Self-Publishing? – Library Journal http://buff.ly/16PECQB

READING

reading-as-breathing:

“No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find timr for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” Confucius

Love this poem – Personal by Tony Hoagland : Poetry Magazine http://buff.ly/YaBiy4

TECHNOLOGY

Pls Rt- Next week: Join Internet Defense League action to fix the #CFAA. Justice for #aaronswartz http://act.demandprogress.org/act/cosponsor_aarons_law_idl/?referring_akid=.194196.pE4I30&source=typ-tw …

Still under the impression that video games are strictly for kids? Meet an 85 year old gamer- Psychedelic Catnip – http://buff.ly/Yf0Bis

TEEN READS

The evolution of LGBTQ characters in Y.A. lit | Bill Konigsberg Online http://buff.ly/16BB4RS

How a Graphic Novel is Born (And Raised) by Raina Telgemeier | Inside A Dog http://buff.ly/16Ku4SF

New Imprint to Reissue Forgotten YA Literature http://buff.ly/Y0HHr9 #yalit