This Week’s Tweets, Pins and Tumbls

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

Read books to your little one that reflect a diverse world.

CHILDREN’S LIT

Aaron Starmer and Laurel Snyder Interview Each Other About Loneliness, Magic, and The Outsiders | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/1dpp2CL

Can books unite children across the world? | Children’s books http://buff.ly/1ixp76n #kidlit

Jean Craighead George’s Children Complete Her Final Novel http://buff.ly/1dpktIw #kidlit

A Picture-Book Like No Other | Brain Pickings http://buff.ly/1hxtJ97 #kidlit

‘Pippi Longstocking’ Author Astrid Lindgren Gets a Spot on Sweden’s 20 Krona Note – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/1jnnStZ #kidlit

Rush Limbaugh selection in children’s book competition causes a stir – CNN http://buff.ly/1giNPbK #kidlit

(via Fascinating Illustrations Blend People, Animals, and Objects Together - My Modern Metropolis)

E-BOOKS

E-book Settlement Refunds Released to Consumers http://buff.ly/1gyrCa0 #ebooks

LIBRARIES

Fisking How “Libraries Are Failing America” | Agnostic, Maybe http://buff.ly/1diKvgf

How US libraries are becoming community problem solvers | Local Leaders Network | Guardian Professional http://buff.ly/1loNSVK #libraries

I hang out at libraries, even when I’m not looking for a book | Halifax, Nova Scotia | THE COAST http://buff.ly/1gxHMQY #libraries

Joint statement from the presidents of AILA, APALA, BCALA, CALA, REFORMA and ALA http://buff.ly/1hsmvDb #libraries

New Top 10 Reasons Why Libraries are still Important – Stephen’s Lighthouse New http://buff.ly/1hs8buD #libraries

St. Paul Public Library: Sharing More Than Books – YouTube http://buff.ly/1dvK6Yv #libraries

Central Library San Diego: Art Gallery

PRIVACY

MetaPhone: The Sensitivity of Telephone Metadata « Web Policy http://buff.ly/1gj1XSr #privacy

People Battle to Regain Online Privacy http://buff.ly/1fUAAIA #privacy

TEEN READS

American Libraries Learn To Read Teenagers : The Protojournalist : NPR http://buff.ly/1irSira #libraries

Another Reason The Hunger Games Is Awesome: Katniss Is Taller Than Peeta – http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/another-reason-em-the-hunger-games-em-is-awesome-katniss-is-taller-than-peeta/281826/ … AMEN says the tall girl

A Censored History of Ladies in YA Fiction | BOOK RIOT http://buff.ly/1ixukeb #yalit

Is Divergent Sci-Fi’s First Successful Bisexual Allegory? http://buff.ly/1ilUW1N #yalit #glbtq

A message from Holly Black and Cassandra Clare | Children’s books http://buff.ly/1hfneYi #yalit

Must Every YA Action Heroine Be Petite? – Julianne Ross – The Atlantic http://buff.ly/1hfyyns #yalit

Stacked: Challenging the Expectation of YA Characters as "Role Models" for Girls http://buff.ly/1dppnp5 #yalit

Tanya Byrne’s top 10 black characters in children’s books | Children’s books http://buff.ly/1ilW4m4 #kidlit #yalit

This Spring’s Hottest Teen Books http://buff.ly/1gxRSkS #yalit

YA Outer Space Adventures to Read While Waiting for the Next Tin Star | BOOK RIOT http://buff.ly/1l7B1oo #yalit