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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

HarperCollins Children’s Books Renews Multi-Book Deal With Michael Morpurgo http://buff.ly/1LbidyK #kidlit

I’ll Never Stop Reading Bedtime Stories to My Kid, No Matter How Old He Gets – http://buff.ly/1VEZRfw #reading #kidlit

Rick Riordan: ‘I’ve loved mythology since I was a child. They were my gateway into reading, and writing!’ http://buff.ly/1LdNup2 #kidlit

Sheboygan’s Mead library moves with times and faces pressures from the city – http://buff.ly/1VAVIZP #libraries

EBOOKS

Will digital books ever replace print? – http://buff.ly/1OWdUyb #ebooks

LIBRARIES

Librarian Shares Her Love of Books with a Bike-powered Mobile Library – http://buff.ly/1MbWM5Y #libraries

\’Makers-In-Residence\’ Let Their Imaginations Roam Free At The DC Public Library http://buff.ly/1VDovgo #libraries

TEEN READS

Author Rainbow Rowell Tells Us Which Hogwarts House She Was Sorted Into http://buff.ly/1Lggcpi #yalit

Philip Reeve: ‘It’s possible that machines might become conscious’ – http://buff.ly/1VAXgTE #yalit

Publishers Weekly – Q & A with Jennifer Donnelly – http://buff.ly/1VDDhDX #yalit

Stephenie Meyer Unveils a Gender-Swapped Version of Twilight http://buff.ly/1LgvYR6 #yalit

Why is there so much poetry in YA/teen lit? – http://buff.ly/1hoRuaa #yalit

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

20 Kids’ Books That Defy Gender Stereotypes – http://buff.ly/1MJNHiY #kidlit

Can children’s books help build a better world? http://buff.ly/1N15yVD #kidlit

Cybils Nominations Are Open – http://buff.ly/1Ri7WWR #kidlit #yalit

Honoring Picture Book Champions at the 2015 Carle Awards http://buff.ly/1VpKLzu #kidlit

Lauren Oliver Interviews H.C. Chester About Curiosity House : The Childrens Book Review – http://buff.ly/1VpPKAh #kidlit

TEEN READS

Just How Bad The Problem of Gender Bias in Science Fiction Awards Really Is – http://buff.ly/1VpN0D7 #scifi #gender

One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Libba Bray – The Hub – http://buff.ly/1Ri8M5L #yalit

Q & A with Leigh Bardugo http://buff.ly/1Rg4M5T #yalit

‘Scorpio Races’ to Be Directed by Matt Sobel http://buff.ly/1YOJW2s #yalit

Hurrah! I managed not to miss the week entirely with this post. Here are the ten most frequently challenged books from 2014 as reported by ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom. I find it fascinating to see why some of my favorite books are being challenged, so I’ve included the reasons below:

 

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Reasons: anti-family, cultural insensitivity, drugs/alcohol/smoking, gambling, offensive language, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group, violence. Additional reasons: “depictions of bullying”

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Reasons: gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint. Additional reasons: “politically, racially, and socially offensive,” “graphic depictions”

 

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

Reasons: Anti-family, homosexuality, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “promotes the homosexual agenda”

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Reasons: Sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “contains controversial issues”

 

It’s Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris

Reasons: Nudity, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group. Additional reasons: “alleges it child pornography”

Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Reasons: Anti-Family, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group.

 

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited to age group, violence

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group. Additional reasons: “date rape and masturbation”

 

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Reasons: sexually explicit

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

7Imp – The Women of Finding Winnie – http://buff.ly/1FdIAYE – #kidlit

9 Ways People Who Read As Kids Have An Advantage Over Everyone Else – http://buff.ly/1QWTBP #reading

Concerns over gendered children’s books and its impact – http://buff.ly/1KmqWi5 #kidlit

Katherine Applegate on Crenshaw – The Horn Book – http://buff.ly/1OspkJI #kidlit

Katherine Rundell shares her list of the greatest literary wolves – http://buff.ly/1iVqQae #kidlit

Roald Dahl Books to Be Given Away in Happy Meals in the U.K. http://buff.ly/1FfQ0uC #kidlit

Roald Dahl Funny prize for children’s books is closed down – http://buff.ly/1FfKuZ1 #kidlit

Schoolboy calls for more disabled characters in children’s books – http://buff.ly/1Kxa77C #kidlit #diversity

The St. Paul Public Library’s transformation – http://buff.ly/1Jl98Cd #libraries

Some Kids’ Books Are Worth The Wait: ‘They Do Take Time,’ Says Kevin Henkes – http://buff.ly/1WiTsIU #kidlit

Top 10 reasons to go comic book crazy! – http://buff.ly/1Jf5x8J #comics #kidlit

LIBRARIES

Brace yourself for The Seattle Public Library name change – http://buff.ly/1L3IdlI #libraries

Cross-Country Mission To Track Down Carnegie Libraries – http://buff.ly/1Mmh8r7 #libraries

The Public Library’s New Role As Community Center – http://buff.ly/1Jq5OWl #libraries

Serving Your LGBT Teen Patrons – http://buff.ly/1MHiqA4 #lgbt #libraries

TEEN READS

Ted Dawe explains how his teen book got banned in New Zealand – http://buff.ly/1WiUiFH #yalit

Why we need books exploring Muslim teen identity – http://buff.ly/1jbdCXb #yalit

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Ahoy, Matey! Here Be the Best Pirate Books for Kids | Brightly http://buff.ly/1OfUCDD #kidlit

Author Cornelia Funke Lauches Own Publishing Company – http://ow.ly/ShAHN #kidlit

Children’s authors who disliked kids – http://buff.ly/1M2C0nf #kidlit

Into the River ban: Other controversial children’s books – BBC News – http://buff.ly/1Qtzvfk #kidlit #bannedbooks

Teachers Find Many Reasons to Use Picture Books with Middle and High School Students http://buff.ly/1M1wgu4 #kidlit #yalit

LIBRARIES

The Frugal Magic… of the Library – http://buff.ly/1NlSMzm #libraries #frugal

Kick-Ass Librarians in Action! – Despite Law Enforcement Concerns, Lebanon Board Will Reactivate Tor – http://buff.ly/1Qi3SVm #libraries

Madison Public Library to debut ‘Spoke-n-words’ micro-library on a bike – http://buff.ly/1XUjeoD #libraries

Orland Park Library Trustees return some of the gold they took for personal use –http://buff.ly/1Lu2efw #libraries

These Public Libraries Are for Snowshoes and Ukuleles – http://buff.ly/1FfGd7q #libraries

TEEN READS

Authors Talk About the Teen Transgender Experience | SummerTeen 2015 – http://buff.ly/1OGoOVq #yalit #transgender #diversity

Fewer than a quarter of teens read books frequently – they prefer Facebook http://buff.ly/1FMKvhF #reading

Girl, 12, finds porn on Amazon search for teenage books – BBC News – http://buff.ly/1Qim01g

Zoey Deutch To Star In ‘Before I Fall’ – http://buff.ly/1iwYGTl #yalit

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Alex Gino: ‘I knew I was different as a kid’ – http://buff.ly/1Fyd9Tw #kidlit #transgender

But How Do You Really Teach With Picture Books? – Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension http://ow.ly/RNjfY #kidlit

Captain Underpants book reveals Harold marries a man – http://buff.ly/1MbZOIk #kidlit #lgbt #bravo

Christian groups slam transgender book ‘George,’ saying it will only confuse kids http://buff.ly/1iuqHuq #transgender #kidlit

Five questions for Eric Carle – The Horn Book – http://buff.ly/1KZAGms #kidlit

Laura Carlin wins the Bratislava children’s books illustration award 2015 – http://buff.ly/1K5oVKm #kidlit

Maurice Sendak Sent Beautifully Illustrated Letters to Fans — So Beautiful a Kid Ate One – http://buff.ly/1Niv6vK #kidlit

What I’ve Learned from the Books My Kids Love | Brightly http://ow.ly/RNR3l #kidlit

Where the magic happens: children’s illustrators open up their studios – in pictures – The Guardian http://ow.ly/RN9kD #kidlit

LIBRARIES

Chicago’s Chinatown library breaks cookie-cutter mold http://buff.ly/1NgcMTQ #libraries

Launch Pad Makerspace at Buffalo & Erie County Public Library – http://buff.ly/1Lmcvuo #libraries

Library of Congress’s computer woes also disrupt national service for blind and disabled users http://buff.ly/1hTCkKI #libraries

The most popular books in U.S. public libraries, mapped by city http://buff.ly/1IVY1PU #libraries

National Wales library card launches – http://buff.ly/1LVdK6n #libraries

San Diego Opens First Public Library Biotech Lab – http://buff.ly/1hX5Pvf #libraries

TEEN READS

12 Books for Fans of I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – The Hub – http://buff.ly/1K70UCO #yalit

Award-winning teen book Into the River banned in New Zealand – http://buff.ly/1Nnz4F2 #yalit

David Levithan Inks Four-Book Deal With Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers – http://buff.ly/1KEPCrG #yalit

One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Patrick Ness – http://buff.ly/1EYlViJ #yalit

Patrick Ness and John Green lead authors to raise £200,000 for refugees in 24 hours http://ow.ly/RNj2p #yalit #refugees

Why fiction can help us understand the Syrian refugee crisis – http://buff.ly/1Nntnqv – #yalit

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Baby Cries When Mom, Dad Reach Last Page of Books http://ow.ly/RHRkJ #kidlit

Books about Creating Art: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/193021534006958218/

“Did you have to dumb it down?” by Lauren DeStefano | Nerdy Book Club http://ow.ly/REmwE #kidlit

Eric Litwin and Tom Lichtenheld Ink Three-Book Deal With Scholastic | GalleyCat http://ow.ly/RLuyk #kidlit

Four NYC Publishers, One Epic Season: Rocco Staino’s Peek at Upcoming Fall Titles | School Library Journal http://ow.ly/REYVA #kidlit

RH Children’s Buys Self-Pubbed Phenom ‘Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep’ http://ow.ly/RHQFg #kidlit

Why are all the moms gone? A parent/writer tries to find herself in children’s literature http://buff.ly/1hP4GGy #kidlit

Why children’s authors shouldn’t always ‘kill the parents’ | Children’s books | The Guardian http://ow.ly/REZHH #kidlit

Why Diversity of Experience, Race and Gender Norms in Children’s Books Matters http://ow.ly/RBsMF #kidlit

LIBRARIES

Denver Library brews a month of craft beer, coffee and tea events – The Denver Post http://ow.ly/RBSnV #libraries

The public library in an Internet age: a series from Michigan Radio | Michigan Radio http://ow.ly/RHRFT

TEEN READS

Why Melvin Burgess’s ‘dangerous’ books aren’t dangerous at all | Children’s books | The Guardian http://ow.ly/RBTCG #yalit

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

I’ve loved participating in the Cybils – You will too! #kidlit #cybils http://ow.ly/R9Wqg

Just a lil’ Crayon rap for THE DAY THE CRAYONS CAME HOME. #TheRealColorShadey Make your own! > http://www.crayonspicturebooks.com/every-crayon-counts/# …

‘New York Times’ Changes Children’s Bestseller Lists http://ow.ly/R9VNx #kidlit

EBOOKS

Did technology kill the book or give it new life? – BBC News http://buff.ly/1LhmTGf #ebooks

LIBRARIES

Toronto boy’s apology for ripping a library book. http://buff.ly/1LkSklL #libraries

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

25 Multicultural Chapter Books for Kids http://buff.ly/1eT3hMJ #kidlit #diversity

Cece Bell: how I made El Deafo – in pictures http://buff.ly/1SO3wLI #kidlit

Common Core increasing popularity of children’s history http://buff.ly/1eSRTR2 #kidlit

Hobbies & Crafts 2015: Kids, Unplugged http://buff.ly/1HmOnF9 #kidlit

The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Fall 2015 http://buff.ly/1KU1Wns #yalit #kidlit

Q&A with children’s author Chris Barton http://buff.ly/1hg0SgS #kidlit #authors

Q & A with Ursula Vernon – Author of Harriet the Invincible – http://buff.ly/1hm3Lgn #kidlit

LIBRARIES

Campaigners plan protest at Liverpool town hall over changes to libraries http://buff.ly/1eVtPwR #libraries

Grand Forks leaders seek inspiration from other cities for new… http://buff.ly/1eOg7fb #libraries

How Print-Era Libraries Are Becoming Centers of Digital-Era Community Life http://buff.ly/1eSOTUF #libraries

Libraries need a deeper online presence – The Boston Globe http://buff.ly/1eTNzky #libraries

What’s the Most Visited Part of your Library? http://buff.ly/1IMNJX1 #libraries

TEEN READS

The CW Is Remaking ‘Little Women’ As A ‘Gritty’ Dystopian Series http://buff.ly/1MHUawj #kidlit #classics

Holly Black Inks Deal for Young Adult Trilogy http://buff.ly/1JMykqu #yalit

Sisterhood, Body Image, and Sexual Abuse | Carol Lynch Williams on “Never Said” http://buff.ly/1Dv4eGO #yalit

Top 10 LGBTQ for Youth, by Michael Cart | Booklist Online http://buff.ly/1E8FmPW #kidlit #yalit

Violence in LGBTIQ Fiction for Young Adults, a guest post by Rob Bittner — @TLT16 Teen Librarian Toolbox http://buff.ly/1g58x0D #yalit