This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr accounts this week that I think are cool:

jon j. muth- illustrator

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

5 Stereotypes Positive Aging Picture Books Avoid | Lindsey McDivitt http://buff.ly/1zmZLk9 #kidlit

6 Folktales from 6 Continents to Read to Your Kids | BOOK RIOT http://buff.ly/1jgszWB #kidlit

18 Picture Books Guaranteed To Make You Laugh Out Loud Or At Least Smile by Margie Culver | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/1zrxvwX #kidlit

The Best Illustrations from 150 Years of Alice in Wonderland | Brain Pickings http://buff.ly/1srwgsR #kidlit

Get On Board: SLJ Selects A Bevy of Board Books | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/1ogE6BD #kidlit

Harry Potter Reconnects With Old Pals to Watch the World Cup in New JK Rowling Piece – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/1rMKZ3Z #kidlit #rowling

Julia Donaldson: I’m like the mouse in the Gruffalo | Books | The Observer http://buff.ly/1r3Elnj #kidlit

Mac Barnett Talks to Phil & Erin Stead – http://buff.ly/1qPLWIA #kidlit

Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast » Blog Archive » Finding the Right Illustrations with Melissa Sweet http://buff.ly/1qfBBlB #kidlit

EBOOKS

Amazon Wants to Bury Hachette by Offering 100% of E-Book Sales to Authors http://buff.ly/1k6u04Y #ebooks

With eBooks Still Pricey, Illinois Libraries Flex Their Marketing Muscle http://buff.ly/TOs8H9 #ebooks #libraries

A great quote on #literacy and the importance of libraries to our world!

LIBRARIES

9 Striking Library Posters from the Great Depression | BOOK RIOT http://buff.ly/1jgeYP3 #libraries

Why We Need "Ugly" Heroines

READING

Confessions Of A Binge Reader (Or, How I Read So Much) | Thought Catalog http://buff.ly/1mj3jPk #reading

FingerReader ring can read printed text to blind people | Chips http://buff.ly/1k2yZDW #reading

New Jane Austen waxwork uses forensic science to model ‘the real Jane’ | Books http://buff.ly/1jqvEnp

Which are the most unread books of 2014? http://buff.ly/1jtv0FV #reading

Why "old book smell" has hints of vanilla – Vox http://buff.ly/1oFJJuA #reading

In His Own Words: Walter Dean Myers

TEEN READS

25 YA Books For GAME OF THRONES Fans | Blog | Epic Reads http://buff.ly/1j2MN66 #yalitCould reading dark literature harm your teenage children? http://buff.ly/1oCHUP5 #yalit

Great Reads for Video Gamers | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/1qntSC3 #yalit

In His Own Words: Walter Dean Myers | BOOK RIOT http://buff.ly/1k2ymu9 #yalit

Maggie Stiefvater: I steal a real human heart for each of my characters | Children’s books http://buff.ly/1jlHAqB #yalit

Mary E. Pearson on The Kiss of Deception & Writing YA Books| Lisa Parkin | http://buff.ly/1zpZAoa #yalit