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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

6 Children’s Books To Read Before They Become Movies In 2016

10 Strategies to Help a Reticent Reader Love to Read by Susie Rolander

2016 Books from Caldecott Winners — 100 Scope Notes

3D printed picture books are helping visually impaired children to read | Gadgette

Australia’s First Ever Children’s Book About Same-Sex Marriage Has Been Long-Awaited

The benefits of reading to your child are priceless

Dr. Seuss books remade in yarn will make you want to be a kid again

Great children’s picture books about same-sex parenting – in pictures

The Horror Story of Publishing Children’s Books in Russia

More than 2.5m Minecraft books sold by Egmont Publishing

My book on George Washington was banned. Here’s my side of the story

Something Beautiful | Spring 2016 Titles for and About Latinos

Seven Years of College So I Can Cut Scrap Paper - Professional Library Literature : simplebooklet.com:

LIBRARIES

Chicago library housing historic collection of black literature in jeopardy

Patrons fret cuts coming to Cedar Rapids libraries | The Gazette

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TEEN READS

Scholastic and Ubisoft Partner for YA Novels Tied to ‘Assassin’s Creed’

Top 10 female friendships in YA

When is YA going to shape up to body diversity?

X-Files Origins: YA Novels of Teen Mulder and Scully Coming

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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

Sarah's Scribbles:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

28 Picture Books to Celebrate Black History Month

The 2015 Cybils WINNERS!

Celebrating 40 Years of ‘Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry’

These Illustrated Neil Gaiman Quotes About Librarians Will Just Make You Want to Hug a Kitten:

EBOOKS

92% of college students prefer print books to e-books, study finds

Majority of parents worried about children’s digital reading, survey finds

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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People who read are people who dream.:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Ancient and Contemporary: A Conversation with Duncan Tonatiuh » Public Libraries Online

The best children’s books on pancakes

Children’s books: a middle class ghetto?

Harry Potter Play To Be Published as a Book

House which inspired Peter Pan to re-open as children’s literature centre after £5m campaign

Illustrator illuminates the animal world for children

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LIBRARIES

Karin Slaughter: Libraries saved me, now they need rescuing

Libraries May Outlive More Than Just Books » Public Libraries Online

Library embraces role as ‘community anchor’

‘National scandal’: library campaigners lobby parliament | The Bookseller

This Library System Is Willing to Forgive Your Fine…Just This Once

‘We Are Worried About The Books’: Kremlin Targets Moscow’s Ukrainian Library

Bookish Problem #444: You have a book but you're nearly finished reading it, so you have to bring a second one - just in case.:

READING

Reading ‘can help reduce stress’ – Telegraph

TEEN READS

Author of ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ has new novel coming

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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The Official Anime Versions of Harry Potter Characters:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

17 Times Children’s Books Got A Much, Much Better Title

A delightful way to teach kids about computers

J.K. Rowling Shows Off The International Wizarding World With New Magical Academies

The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Spring 2016

What’s Lost When Kids Are ‘Under-connected’ to the Internet?

Charlie Brown lost his library book.:

LIBRARIES

Beyond Books: Why Some Libraries Now Lend Tools, Toys and More

How the Detroit Public Library is staying relevant to kids in the 21st century

Policies for Library Inclusion of Self-Published Works » Public Libraries Online

St. Louis Public Library gets access to rare collection of African-American history

I still like fairy tales ... keeps my imagination keen.:

READING

More on Diversity: A Response to Courtney Milan | Kirkus Reviews

Speaking up against systemic racism in the publishing industry

Why Books are the Best Furniture

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TEEN READS

6 Great New Comic Books You Need to Read This Spring | Teen Vogue

FAITH #1: Comics’ Plus Size Superhero

Love Is in the Air: 11 Teen Romance Books | Brightly

Red Queen Rising: Victoria Aveyard’s Expanding YA Empire

Spider-Man #1 leaps into new, more diverse era as black teen dons mask

Top 10 books by transgender authors featuring trans characters

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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

Mmm, books and tea. <3:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Kate DiCamillo’s ‘Raymie Nightingale’ Is First Children’s Book Selected for One Book, One South

Little Robot receives Gryphon Award

Politics in picture books: big questions for the smallest readers

Top 10 books about gender identity
Unseen Beatrix Potter story featuring an older Peter Rabbit to be published
What Happened With LeVar Burton’s ‘Reading Rainbow’ Kickstarter?
Why are there so few girls in children’s books?
LIBRARIES
Committee OKs bill expanding library powers
The loss of libraries is another surefire way to entrench inequality
Windsor Public Library to create community hub to help homeless and those in poverty
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TEEN READS
30 Much Anticipated Young Adult Novels for the First Half of 2016

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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So true.:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books -2015 BLUE RIBBONS

CCBlogC: “Drum Dream Girl” by Margarita Engle Wins 2016 Charlotte Zolotow Award

Fantasy Author Cornelia Funke On Writing For Kids & How It Feels To Kill A Major Character

Neil Patrick Harris will star in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Scholastic pulls George Washington book over slave cake controversy

Top 10 worriers in children’s literature – The Guardian

Watch. Connect. Read.: Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall

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LIBRARIES

Have an overdue book or unpaid fines? L.A. Public Library to offer 2-week amnesty program

READING

Why You Should Read 50 Books This Year (And How To Do It)

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TEEN READS

9 Books to Read Before They Become Movies in 2016 | Teen Vogue

A Reading Rainbow: YA Novels That Explore Sexuality and Sexual Identity

‘Trendy’ books: should we really be following the crowd?

Uploading of Anne Frank’s diary ruffles legal feathers

Why ‘The 5th Wave’ Isn’t Just Another ‘Hunger Games’

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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My policy, exactly:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

19 Sad Quotes From Your Favorite Children’s Books

Alan Rickman, Actor Known for ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Die Hard,’ Dies at 69

Dan Santat Lands 4-Book Deal With Macmillan

Five questions for Barbara McClintock – The Horn Book

Message from , LOC’s Special Ambassador for Young People’s Literature: “what you do is a work of love”

New Caldecott honor a historic win for Madison author Kevin Henkes

A Picture Book for Newbery! (REJOICE!)

‘Roll of Thunder’ Publishing Contest For BAME Children’s Fiction Writers To Be Run In 2016

Thank you for featuring the new Newbery & Caldcott winners on air today

Top 10 feminist heroes in fiction

Top 10 terrifying teachers in children’s books – The Guardian –

When They Got the Call: PW Speaks with the 2016 Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Winners

Why do so many children’s books treat diversity as a black and white issue?

“Wisconsin Children’s Book Author Wins Caldecott Honor Award” – WPR interview with Kevin Henkes –

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LIBRARIES

Check It Out: Libraries Offer More Than Just Books These Days

Hands-on Projects and Titles that Celebrate Maker and Latino Cultures | Libro por libro

Whiteness, social justice and the future of libraries via Anyone know similar stats for UK?

You are not what you read: librarians purge user data to protect privacy

The only thing you absolutely have to know is the location of the library-Albert Einstein:

TEEN READS

HarperCollins Has Big Plans for Lauren Oliver

Here’s how found out that she’d received a Printz honor:

Yes, ‘Between the World and Me’ is a Young Adult book

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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The tweet of the year for me:

Kirby Larson Tweet

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Congrats, Mr. Ambassador! Celebrating Gene Luen Yang #kidslit http://buff.ly/1VGo7iK

Jon Klassen Scores a Hat Trick http://buff.ly/1Z6Csuu #kidlit

Laurie Halse Anderson’s Seeds of America final book cover reveal http://buff.ly/1SAejY4 #kidlit

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LIBRARIES

California Library Creates Online Privacy Tool | American Libraries Magazine http://buff.ly/1Z5rUM1 #libraries

I can't come into work today because a work of fiction has left me emotionally crippled.:

TEEN READS

The 2016 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/1VK6Wgb #yalit

YA Book Bloggers Targeted by Catfishing Scheme http://buff.ly/1PecsT9 #blogging

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

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

Despair is that moment when you finish a really good book and realize you now have to get up from your comfortable chair, put on shoes again and rejoin society.:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

What are the best children’s books of 2015? – The Guardian http://buff.ly/221OGU7 #kidlit #yalit

Books: Your Reward For Having An Attention Span.

LIBRARIES

Bringing the library outside http://buff.ly/1ReqsSy #libraries

Outside the box,:

TEEN READS

Best Teen Books of 2015 | Kirkus Reviews http://buff.ly/1m2dvyn #yalit