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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

@LesleyWriters professor @TraceyBaptiste championed diverse children’s books during 2017 Finnegan Lecture. http://www.lesley.edu/news/2017/03/author-and-professor-tracey-baptiste-champions-diverse-childrens-books/ …

5 Fantastic Books for Young Scientists | GeekMom http://buff.ly/2naPIjB  #kidlit

10 Children’s Books That Celebrate World Water Day http://buff.ly/2mTYsYw  #kidlit

11 Women’s History Books To Read With Your Kids To Teach Them Empowerment http://buff.ly/2mMWqJ3  #kidlit

Amnesty announces judging panel for children’s book honour http://buff.ly/2n7SyWx  #kidlit

Art at 7-Imp today from Isabelle Simler’s THE BLUE HOUR (originally released in France in 2015): http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=4296 ….

Art at 7-Imp today from TREES, written and illustrated by Lemniscates: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=4296 ….

The Big Green Book: Robert Graves and Maurice Sendak’s Little Known Children’s Book about the Magic of Reading: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/06/04/the-big-green-book-robert-graves-maurice-sendak/

A step toward greater diversity in children’s books: Hena Khan’s ‘Amina’s Voice’ http://buff.ly/2n51dHj  #kidlit

LIBRARIES

Dilemma for librarians: Keep thousands of books or donate them? http://buff.ly/2ngyYav  #libraries

Staff-less public library pilot project raising concerns about safety http://buff.ly/2n7OHsn  #libraries

TEEN READS

8 LGBTQ-Friendly Books For Kids And Teenagers To Binge-Read http://buff.ly/2o1PoB4  #kidlit #yalit

Authors Are Revealing How Publishers Tried to Whitewash Their Books http://buff.ly/2nB2TIA  #yalit