Here are the items I shared on Twitter this week:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
10 Facts about Maurice Sendak You May Not Have Known – https://t.co/7qKppWKJJU
12 books that tell kids the fun and inspirational stories behind the women’s suffrage movement buff.ly/2ZdttJI #kidlit
A Very Happy 50th Birthday to The Very Hungry Caterpillar – NPR – https://t.co/Ln7Epylnje
READING
Unputdownable! The bookshops Amazon couldn’t kill buff.ly/2ETtACy
Here are the items I shared on Twitter this week:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Beat Bedtime Story Burnout With These 15 Lesser-Known Kid Books buff.ly/2Wxy5hf #kidlit
Children’s book author and illustrator Ashley Bryan on the advice he’d give his younger self buff.ly/2MnhM1H #kidlit
Children’s picture book reviews round-up – to the moon and back – The Guardian – buff.ly/2wwLyWX
Fox/Disney Lands ‘The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi’ By ‘Jumanji’ Author Chris Van Allsburg buff.ly/2wBhKIL #kidlit
I looked at 100 best-selling picture books: female protagonists were largely invisible buff.ly/2ERtjQD #kidlit
Jennings presented with CBCA Lifetime Achievement award | Books+Publishing buff.ly/2EQyu37 #kidlit
Trapped in the Annex – Enough with Children’s Books about Anne Frank – https://t.co/uZI2xnWHrf
What’s Going on in Your Child’s Brain When You Read Them a Story? – https://t.co/7nM33bKr6x
When Childhood Books Should Not Be Revisited buff.ly/2Z5oOtl #kidlit
Why The Very Hungry Caterpillar eats its way into every book lover’s heart buff.ly/310CVC3 #kidlit
William Steig’s Books Explored the Reality That Adults Don’t Want Children to Know About buff.ly/2wAhGJk #kidlit
LIBRARIES
Libraries without Librarians? Twin Cities Systems try it – https://t.co/MxrT5krvXy
READING
The Comeback of the Century – The Book! buff.ly/2W8Wv0l #reading
YA LIT
50+ YA Paperbacks For Summer 2019 Reading buff.ly/2Xm64W5 #yalit
Here are the items I shared on Twitter this week:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
5 Fantastic Picture Books that Defy Gender Stereotypes buff.ly/2XaS3dH #kidlit
Dear Dreamer – Jason Reynolds Documentary Short – https://t.co/cMmJjjzS2A
Eat Up! 20 Excellent Picture Books and Board Books About Food buff.ly/2X56C2u #kidlit
JM Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan house’ to open as children’s literature hub buff.ly/2MeV9fG #kidlit
KidsPost Summer Book Club: Make a Difference – https://t.co/gzRUGgb89F
Picture Books About Babies’ Favorite Subject — Themselves buff.ly/2wdYXTP #kidlit
These “Words for Home” Are Poetic and Powerful – https://t.co/0sZZ0BtdqM
A Universe of Podcasts: A Summer Listening Guide for Elementary, Middle, and High School Students ow.ly/Xi5I30oOWlo
Where Are All the Black Children in Picture Books about the Outdoors? – https://t.co/v4xRWF434b
LIBRARIES
The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper buff.ly/30LZaM3 #libraries
Emilio Estevez Talks Public Libraries with Urban Libraries Council | TechSoup for Libraries buff.ly/2HFRVxA #libraries
READING
Can reading really improve your mental health? buff.ly/2YPmyGz #Reading
YA LIT
5 Inspiring Young Adult Books with Black Main Characters buff.ly/2X3M3TZ #yalit
First Flames: An Interview Between Debut Authors Hafsah Faizal and Nafiza Azad buff.ly/2X0LY3v #yalit
Portrait Of: Elizabeth Acevedo – Latino USA buff.ly/2HGGpSt #yalit
Here are the items I shared on Twitter this week:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
During #LatinoBooksMonth we’re celebrating Latino authors, illustrators and books that highlight Latino culture and Latin-American identity! Check out a full range of titles here: bit.ly/2WDSlcO
Hate Reading? Do It Anyway! | ShelfTalker buff.ly/2Vuf8eE #Reading
Problematic Patterns In White Narratives About BIPOC Critique buff.ly/2LBayGN #kidlit #yalit
LIBRARIES
YA LIT
10 Great Standalone YA Fantasy Books buff.ly/30rSAu2 #yalit
11 Books With South Asian Characters You Should Read in 2019 teenvogue.com/gallery/south-… via @pooja_makhijani @TeenVogue
Finding Diverse Books yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2019/05…
Here are the items I shared on Twitter this week:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Highlights for Children Sells Boyds Mills Press to Kane Press buff.ly/2DLQ5Jc #kidlit #publishing
“Naomi Shihab Nye is the #Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate, serving from 2019 to 2021.” poetryfoundation.org/learn/young-pe… #kidlit #YALit
“Thanks to everyone who has been sending me books and articles about the racism and hatred expressed when people of African descent are equivocated with monkeys, apes or gorillas.” https://crazyquiltedi.blog/2018/07/20/monkey-business/
These books are literally for us by us! Here’s 13 books by Black authors for Black children. ow.ly/NjWq50tVcMR
LIBRARIES
“As the public good is relentlessly plundered by a tiny global elite, the persistence of libraries is both a total surprise and completely necessary.” https://t.co/NkRfCcqIsJ
Chicago Public Library staffing slammed again by inspector general buff.ly/2WwH8ea #libraries
YA LIT
Look Both Ways – Preview of Jason Reynold’s New Book – https://t.co/eBbmWOYLMB
Here are the items I shared on Twitter this week:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
15 Of The Absolute Best Podcasts for Children’s Books buff.ly/2IK4Pwm #kidlit
A is for Activist: why children’s books are getting political buff.ly/2UU1KeD #kidlit
Baltimore Mayor Resigns in Wake of Children’s Book Scandal – https://t.co/VZiFq4w4Da
Five questions for Raúl the Third — The Horn Book buff.ly/2V0P8qY #kidlitart
Minneapolis writer Pete Hautman wins Edgar for best juvenile novel buff.ly/2VrPcQ8 #kidlit
Nonfiction Authors Dig Deep by Traci Sorell buff.ly/2J2tLym #kidlit
Onjali Rauf: ‘My mother said publishing was a white world, but I should always try’ buff.ly/2V4nhX3 #kidlit
PW – Now You See Me, Now You Don’t – a story of soft censorship buff.ly/2Pu1YIq #kidlit
Read Rare Classic Children’s Books for Free Through the Library of Congress buff.ly/2ZQ9Ybu #kidlit
What Happens When a Young Syrian Refugee Ends Up in Cincinnati? – https://t.co/kqAaBW0IPB
Where Were The Girls Like Me In All The Horse Books I Read As A Kid? buff.ly/2Y4AKep #kidlit
LIBRARIES
14 of the World’s Most Charming Libraries buff.ly/2PvxQfL #libraries
“The American Library”: stunning installation by Yinka Shonibare, at Speed Museum Louisville KY. Remarkable statement on immigration, colonialism, diversity, libraries. speedmuseum.org/exhibitions/yi…
Halifax Public Libraries cooks up new approach to tackle food insecurity | CBC News buff.ly/2J7vVwD #libraries
No One Reads On The Job — And 6 Other Things I Learned Working In A Library buff.ly/2UHSxpx #libraries
YA LIT
Behind the Design: ‘With the Fire on High’ by Elizabeth Acevedo buff.ly/2vpJCio #yalit
Controversial YA Novel Pulled by Author to Be Published This Fall buff.ly/2XO0JGW #YAlit
Q & A with Elizabeth Acevedo buff.ly/2vrF779 #YAlit
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Alex Rider TV show reveals who’ll play the teen spy buff.ly/2GCOBkW #kidlit
‘Every Child Should Find Themselves In a Book’ Speaking With Illustrator Melissa Sweet buff.ly/2GBA1eQ #kidlit
‘Nearing 90,’ Judith Viorst Says She’s Never Been Happier buff.ly/2GzIkHU #kidlit
Reading While White – An Open Letter to the Children’s Book Guild buff.ly/2Gy8ObT – please sign your support for Carole Lindstrom and Dr. Debbie Reese #kidlit
Why Harry Potter and Paddington Bear are essential reading … for grown-ups – https://t.co/4JUdtrzW8d
LIBRARIES
‘Extraordinary’ 500-year-old library catalogue reveals books lost to time buff.ly/2G997cG #libraries
Ignore the click-bait headline. Inside you will find a look at the homelessness crisis in America as it plays out in public libraries across the country – https://t.co/6tRR0SYbUV
‘It brings them closer to home’: Winnipeg Public Library wants to modernize its multilingual book collection | CBC News buff.ly/2vjnxCj #libraries
Why Libraries Make Excellent Coworking Spaces For Entrepreneurs buff.ly/2PwbDhB #libraries
CHILDREN’S LIT
Today on RWW, Nina reflects on #Arbuthnot19 & how the work of Dr. Reese and other BIPOC is framed within the field of youth literature. #DiversityJedi readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com/2019/04/seizin…
‘White characters are the default’ in kids’ books buff.ly/2vbHWJa #kidlit #Diversity
Why ‘seeing yourself matters’ in children’s books: the black debut children’s novelist inspiring BAME readers to see themselves positively in the stories they read |@BBCNews pwne.ws/2IDSjgQ
LIBRARIES
‘Nesting’ and ‘Blending’: How Gen Z Approaches Study and Work buff.ly/2IycBZ7 #libraries
On Creating Bookshelves For An All-Digital Public Library buff.ly/2Zcjo0t #libraries
Shh, No Roaring! When A Lion Lived In The Downtown Milwaukee Library Building buff.ly/2GaJiZN #libraries
YA LIT
Critiquing Cultural Appropriation in Books That Are Kinda Meh buff.ly/2GoVh7v #yalit
Here are my tweets from the last week:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
8 Awesome Queer Books for the Youth and Tweens in Your Life https://buff.ly/2UM5eE0 #kidlit #LGBTQ
How This Guy Used Kids’ Books to Become the Biggest ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Ever https://buff.ly/2UwaY5A #kidlit
New York Times – Entrancing Poetry Picture Books https://buff.ly/2KcfiCj #kidlit
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani receives 2018 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children’s Literature https://buff.ly/2GixLIf #kidlit
LIBRARIES
9 facts about librarians you probably didn’t know https://buff.ly/2VvcCAP #librarians
17 Horror Stories From Librarians That Will Make You Say, “Oh No, No, No, NO” https://buff.ly/2HXLer3 #libraries
Award-winning libraries rewrite the book on good design https://buff.ly/2YY0cUk #libraries
Beyond books: The big benefits of a free library card https://buff.ly/2UtEl8n #libraries
Carla Hayden’s plan to digitize the treasures of the Library of Congress – https://buff.ly/2UwKL6M #libraries
Huge majority of New Yorkers say budget cuts for public libraries would hurt communities across the city: poll https://buff.ly/2UJ8RKO #libraries
In Praise of Public Libraries https://buff.ly/2uKlZ41 #libraries
National Geographic – See 23 of the world’s most enchanting libraries https://buff.ly/2ImluFe #libraries
READING
How I Read 100 Books in a Year https://buff.ly/2uTSywg #reading
Kids who are read to before kindergarten know 1 million more words https://buff.ly/2Kk52I5 #reading
YA BOOKS
10 Political YA Books to Keep You Engaged https://buff.ly/2UKpLsI #yalit
The Best YA Books Written By Black Women That You Haven’t Read Yet https://buff.ly/2KqmPgU #yalit
‘Serious Moonlight’ author Jenn Bennett’s best YA romance books https://buff.ly/2KoBjhd #yalit
Your Handy Guide To YA’s Best Fantasy Epics https://buff.ly/2YSUMd6 #yalit
Waking Brain Cells 