Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
The 15 Greatest Kid Detectives | Jordan B. Nielsen http://buff.ly/14q17hS #kidlit
Best Old fashioned Children’s Books Set on a Farm : PragmaticMom http://buff.ly/13APYIj #kidlit
bookshelves of doom: Readalikes: Percy Jackson. http://buff.ly/13AOGx1 #kidlit
#CallingCaldecott: How to read a picture book in 9 easy steps. Awesome and hilarious. http://ow.ly/oMjm0
‘Dear Dumb Diary’ author announces new movie | Observer and Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies http://buff.ly/13AOVYO
Edward Carey’s top 10 writer/illustrators | Children’s books http://buff.ly/15Qgeeq #kidlit
Five questions for David Wiesner – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/13H5L8u #kidlit
My Favorite Children’s Books | Cynthia Voigt http://buff.ly/17sQSHF #kidlit
EBOOKS
E-readers: the best way to get the world’s children reading | Technology | The Observer http://buff.ly/1fQIbZm #ebooks #reading
Expanding Privacy Legislation to Include Ebooks | American Libraries Magazine http://buff.ly/1dWn7nF #privacy #ebooks
LIBRARIES
BiblioTech Digital Library Opens this Week http://buff.ly/181CSkW #libraries
The Cost of Censorship in Libraries: 10 Years Under the Children’s Internet Protection Act | EFF https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/09/cost-censorship-libraries-10-years-under-childrens-internet-protection-act … #libraries
MAKE | A Librarian’s Guide to Boosting the Maker Movement http://buff.ly/1fQIEL2 #libraries
Morrison’s ‘Bluest Eye’ Joins Wide Range of Books Challenged in Alabama Schools | School Library Journal http://buff.ly/1dZ9mFF
RT @meghandrrns Guys Netflix for books is already a real thing, it is called a library, and you would not believe the low low monthly price, okay, bye.
RT @theREALwikiman – I want to hold up a sign that says LIBRARIANS: Google is absolutely fine for 99% of things. Find other ways to be useful.
Talking about Tablets: Lawrence Public Library (KS) http://buff.ly/15JTkFA #libraries
Teen Read Week – Seek the Unknown @ your library! Teen Read Week, Oct. 13-19 http://buff.ly/1dWncrz #yalit #libraries
READING
15 Fabulous Bookish Pinterest Boards http://buff.ly/1fQIK5s #books #reading
40 Hidden Artworks Painted on the Edges of Books «TwistedSifter http://buff.ly/1fWJWEk #books
Broader, Better Literary Conversations | The Nation http://buff.ly/1dXTRNt #diversity #books #authors
Old English Demonstrated By British College Students Using Famous Movie Scenes http://buff.ly/1eHrX6W
The U.S. Illiteracy Rate Hasn’t Changed In 10 Years http://buff.ly/15dvGWu #literacy
TECHNOLOGY
Google is preparing for screenless computers – Quartz http://buff.ly/19BN6f8
N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web http://buff.ly/1dZqnPX #privacy
TEEN LIT
Beautiful Creatures Authors to Write Spinoff Series http://buff.ly/17ZOULN #yalit
Book Trade Announcements – David Almond – One In A Million For Hodder Children’s Books http://buff.ly/181CG5h #kidlit #yalit
Ellen Hopkins talks ‘Smoke’, the much-anticipated sequel to ‘Burned’ | Shelf Life http://buff.ly/1edWVpG #yalit
I can’t think of a better read to start your day or to take a break than the chat between @CBethM and @JoKnowles http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/crying-mentors-read-alouds-and-revision-a-nerdybookclub-interview-with-jo-knowles-and-cindy-minnich/ …
Interview: Gene Yang Talks Boxers & Saints | GeekDad http://buff.ly/1eewxMv #yalit
Librarians Love: Books with Girls Passing as Boys | The Hub http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2013/09/05/librarians-love-books-with-girls-passing-as-boys/ … #yalit
Real girls – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/14y0nBU #yalit
Unpacking why adults read young adult fiction – Malinda Lo http://buff.ly/1eeteoi #yalit
YA Authors Who Have Also Been Behind Your TV Screens http://buff.ly/15JcWtp #yalit
Waking Brain Cells 