Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that I hope you find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
The Art of Read Every Day Lead a Better Life http://buff.ly/16GxoTk #kidlit #art
Banned Books Week: 8 Classic Children’s Books and Why They Were Banned | Reading Rainbow Blog http://buff.ly/17eykeU #kidlit
Board Book Roundup: Fall 2013 Edition – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/18z1Xr5 #kidlit
Book Trade Announcements – Judges Announced For 2013 Costa Book Awards http://buff.ly/16Gzp1z #kidlit
Cybils: Let the Wild Nominations Begin! http://buff.ly/15LpeCO #kidlit #yalit
Lynne Truss on returning to childhood classics – Telegraph http://buff.ly/18GbA6j #kidlit
Makin’ a List… of December Holiday Books | October 2013 | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/18yRV9B #kidlit
NYPL Unveils 100 Top Children’s Books of the Last 100 Years | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/15LniKD #kidlit
Opinion: Kids’ books are the stuff of magic http://buff.ly/16GzvGu #kidlit
EBOOKS
The Abomination of Ebooks: They Price People Out of Reading | Wired Opinion http://buff.ly/19hNT8g #ebooks
Digital warming: Sherman Alexie, e-book detractor, OKs 7 more books to come out electronically | 570News http://buff.ly/18LhCED #ebooks
Download Free Ebooks, Legally » 29 Sites That Monitor Amazon For Free Kindle eBooks http://buff.ly/19fZPBp #ebooks #amazon
Scribd, HarperCollins Launch $8.99 Subscription Book Service | Fast Company | Business + Innovation http://buff.ly/16GyHkW #ebooks
LIBRARIES
25 Libraries We Most Love on Pinterest http://buff.ly/19Vjt6U #libraries
Board calls for closing south branch library http://buff.ly/18GK8Fi #libraries
DC Mayor Declares Libraries “Essential,” Will Stay Open If Government Shuts Down http://buff.ly/17eyfrF #libraries
Delivering the Library http://buff.ly/17eAuet #libraries
The Library of Congress Really Really Does Not Want To Give You Your Data – Sunlight Foundation Blog http://buff.ly/17ey1AI
Paperless Libraries | American Libraries Magazine http://buff.ly/1eUFbPu #libraries
READING
10 Awesome Secret Passage Bookshelves http://buff.ly/1bwQyJu
More than half of American adults read books for pleasure in 2012 http://buff.ly/18GbEmp #reading
TEEN READS
5 Signs You Are Reading Too Much YA http://buff.ly/1bwQh9w #yalit
14 Badass Banned Books Trading Cards http://buff.ly/1eUmA6a #yalit #libraries
Fascinating Mug Shots Of Characters From Banned Books (IMAGES) http://buff.ly/1eUlM15 #yalit
Katie Holmes Joins ‘The Giver,’ And So Does … Taylor Swift? http://buff.ly/1eUlLue #yalit
Laini Taylor to release new ‘Daughter of Smoke and Bone’ novella | Shelf Life http://buff.ly/1bwRhun #yalit
What’s Terrifying Teens In Today’s YA Novels? The Economy. Poverty Echoes In Young Adult Fiction : NPR http://buff.ly/18GaW8L #yalit


CHARLOTTE’S WEB … honestly … sometimes it’s shameful to call oneself a citizen of Kansas. Actually, it happens quite a lot. I love this state and the people here, but we seem to have more than our quota of boneheads.
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