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:

Seriously though!!!

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

8 Picture Books You Don’t Have To Be A Kid To Love | WRKF http://buff.ly/1HMyrT9 #kidlit

2015 Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat: ‘I Never Really Thought That I Had a Chance’ http://buff.ly/1Dv5S6g #kidlit

ALA Youth Media Award Winners Get the News – EarlyWord – http://buff.ly/1DxPJxf #kidlit

Cece Bell on El Deafo | American Libraries Magazine http://buff.ly/1zvydca #kidlit

Comics Win Big at ALA’s 2015 Youth Media Awards http://buff.ly/1I2M68W #kidlit

Day 4: R. Gregory Christie – The Brown Bookshelf | http://buff.ly/1zTSyvb #kidlit #weneeddiversebooks

Kwame Alexander on His 2015 Newbery Win: ‘Overwhelmed with Joy’ http://buff.ly/1zQCkmx #kidlit

Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast » Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Jeff Mack http://buff.ly/1DIU54B #kidlit

Tomi Ungerer’s Triumphant Return – The New Yorker http://buff.ly/1vv2ObB #kidlit

Top 10 children’s books on death and bereavement | Children’s books | The Guardian http://buff.ly/16tQMDq #kidlit

TOP TEN READ-ALOUD BOOKS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS by Aimee Owens | Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/1x6nbFT #kidlit

We Need Diverse Books Authors Take on Publishing, Reader Prejudice – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/16ttBK0 #kidlit #WeNeedDiverseBooks

The World’s Darkest Children’s Book Illustrator Receives Long Overdue Exhibition http://buff.ly/16dt4uI #kidlit #authors

If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it. - 6 Quotes About The Magic Of Reading

LIBRARIES

Borrow a sewing machine? Sacramento Public Library to start loaning more than books | The Sacramento Bee http://buff.ly/1DxF9X1 #libraries

Google’s slow fade with librarians — The Message — Medium http://buff.ly/16s0aIt #libraries

Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job — The Message — Medium http://buff.ly/16mwqfX #libraries

New tools getting Boston Public Library’s old treasures online to millions – Books – The Boston Globe http://buff.ly/1z8jf8m #libraries

Public rally to take place over Library of Birmingham cuts – Birmingham Mail http://buff.ly/1DC8krP #libraries

Seattle Public Library wins Knight grant for librarian-led, online skills service – GeekWire http://buff.ly/16hPawg #libraries

Oh yeah!

TEEN READS

2015 Young Adult Movie Adaptations http://buff.ly/1DdTKZO #yalit

Canadian author condemns ‘anti-gay’ protest against his young-adult novel | Books | The Guardian http://buff.ly/1vv2QjA #yalit

Jandy Nelson on Winning the 2015 Printz Medal: ‘Thrilled to the Bone’ http://buff.ly/1z8CoqO #yalit

Scott Westerfeld Lands Deal With Simon Pulse For a New YA Trilogy | GalleyCat http://buff.ly/1x9fA9I #yalit

2015 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers – Top Ten List

The Quick Picks list is presented annually by YALSA and lists books that teens (12-18) will “pick up on their own and read for pleasure.”  It is specifically designed for teens who do not like to read.  The full 2015 list features 68 titles and 1 series.  The committee also selects a Top Ten List:

Batman Science (Capstone Young Readers) The Crossover Famous Last Words

Batman Science: The Real-World Science Behind Batman’s Gear by Tammy Enz and Agnieszka Biskup

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

Famous Last Words by Katie Alender

Find Momo: A Photography Book Gabi, a Girl in Pieces

Find Momo: A Photography Book by Andrew Knapp

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

I Am Pusheen the Cat Juvie Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal

I Am Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton

Juvie by Steve Watkins

Ms. Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

Through the Woods Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince