Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Better Book Titles – Children’s Books with Dark Messages http://buff.ly/13Ry7te #kidlit #humor

September/October Horn Book Magazine Starred Reviews – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/15KA8dZ #kidlit

Young dreamers – The Horn Book – an amazing piece by Christopher Myers that is a must read – http://buff.ly/173b2WV #kidlit #diversity

E-BOOKS

E-Books Strain Relations Between Libraries, Publishing Houses : NPR http://buff.ly/171bKUA #ebooks #libraries

Publishers protest DOJ’s proposed punishment for Apple, saying it hurts them too — Tech News and Analysis http://buff.ly/178vYfg

LIBRARIES

10News – New downtown San Diego Central Library nears completion – News http://buff.ly/16x58iM #libraries

Denver Public Library is Introducing “DPL Connect”, A Mobile Library & Hotspot That Uses Pedal Power | LJ INFOdocket http://buff.ly/1etFXhO

How to Land a Library Job http://buff.ly/16wZqxa #libraries

Image, Public Perception, and Lego Librarians | Mr. Library Dude http://buff.ly/16x4Lop #librarians

Libraries Changed My Life | J.J. Colagrande http://buff.ly/171gMAi #libraries

Miami-Dade Public Libraries: Hundreds Rally To Save Local Branches http://buff.ly/170U6Ag #libraries

TEEN LIT

Sherman Alexie’s ‘Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian’ Pulled From School Reading List – http://buff.ly/1cG2bPz #yalit

Three major book-to-film changes for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ – National The Hunger Games http://buff.ly/19eRKDE

YALSA’s updated Teen Book Finder app now available in the Apple App Store | ALA http://buff.ly/175Ht6W #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

RUNAWAY BUNNY starring Liam Neeson mashup http://buff.ly/18B9vgb #kidlit

Seven ways to inspire your kids’ summer reading | Fox News http://buff.ly/160g8ER #reading

10 Books I Didn’t “Get” Until I Was Older http://buff.ly/15QY3Xz #kidlit

LIBRARIES

Amazon versus your public library – Fortune Tech http://buff.ly/18yDOUD #ebooks #libraries

Designing Better Libraries » Who Is Your Library’s Chief Customer Officer? http://buff.ly/160ssVJ #libraries

A library is not just about books: it’s also a place for the vulnerable | Angela Clarke | Comment is free http://buff.ly/132z7JJ #libraries

Turn the Page KC: Home http://buff.ly/132ArMK #libraries #reading

PRIVACY

Watch Cory @Doctorow explain why Comic-Con fans should care about NSA surveillance http://youtu.be/Nlf7YM71k5U #sdcc

PRODUCTIVITY

Why Productive People Take Better Notes | Fast Company – http://buff.ly/164fqnV

READING

From a woman who knows readers, is a reader and what is means to not be able to do what you love. @frankisibberson http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/a-life-without-reading-by-franki-sibberson/ …

I’m Tired of Reading Out Loud to My Son, O.K.? – http://NYTimes.com http://buff.ly/160QRIF #reading

What Kind Of Reader Are You? (INFOGRAPHIC) http://buff.ly/161RG66 #reading

TECHNOLOGY

3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents – Quartz http://buff.ly/1bJtdXq

Goodreads Grows to 20 Million Readers http://buff.ly/18AqLlL

How Google+ and Pinterest Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly http://buff.ly/13ACOLg

How to Get Rid of Google’s Annoying New Gmail Ads http://buff.ly/18AqOhp

Preserving Indigenous Languages Via Twitter | Fast Company | Business + Innovation http://buff.ly/18B2zj4

TEEN LIT

Nat Wolff cast as Isaac in ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ | Inside Movies http://buff.ly/137tt9k #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S LIT

21 Books That Terrified You As A Kid http://buff.ly/1drxmvD #kidlit

Beyond boundaries: Reading children’s lit http://buff.ly/18nIcWt #kidlit

‘The Boy Who Loved Math’ and ‘On a Beam of Light’ http://buff.ly/1drxlb9 #kidlit

Children’s Corner: ‘Stick Dog’ and other fine new hybrid books for kids – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://buff.ly/15GqiIy #kidlit

Disability in Kidlit Blog: Add this to your “must read” pile: Disability in Kidlit. I should have blogged abou… http://bit.ly/1aGT7vb RT from @LizB

Gender stereotypes plague children’s picture books http://buff.ly/15LLpt9 #kidlit

How Scholastic Sells Literacy To Generations Of New Readers | KRWG http://buff.ly/18nIk8n #kidlit #publishers

Ringo Starr song Octopus’s Garden to be turned into children’s book | Books | The Guardian http://buff.ly/15mU30N #kidlit

‘Tails Chasing Tails,’ by Matthew Porter, and More http://buff.ly/18dVaWF #kidlit

Trans* Titles for Young Adults (Summer 2013) | Young Adult Library Services http://buff.ly/15G62H4 #yalit

Viz Media Debuts Children’s Imprint at Comic-Con 2013 http://buff.ly/13namfI #kidlit

E-BOOKS

‘Here Be Fiction’ Site Launches with 500+ Ebooks – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/18lJ51T

The ‘Other’ E-Book Pricing Problem | Art Brodsky http://buff.ly/13mq1f9 #ebooks #libraries

LIBRARIES

Anniston Star – Shelved Who decides which books are available in the state s school libraries http://buff.ly/13mpTwk #libraries

Books, Smaller – or the reason that public libraries are vital shown in one library for one family – http://buff.ly/12DhEfD

DC Public Library Opens Digital Commons, “Dream Lab” – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/12PhInS #libraries

READING

The austerity story: How Spain fell in love with books again as locals flood back to libraries – The Independent http://buff.ly/15ODrlb

How to Create a Successful Reading Experience for Your Child | Dr. Gail Gross http://buff.ly/18SesjS #reading

TECHNOLOGY

Amazon’s Cloud Crash Disaster Permanently Destroyed Many Customers’ Data – Business Insider http://buff.ly/15ODlKi

How and Why Chrome Is Overtaking Firefox Among Power Users http://buff.ly/18nyYcY

Watch Out, Facebook: Why Google And Pinterest Are Gaining As Social Rivals – ReadWrite http://buff.ly/15PhWk9

Yahoo’s Fight for its Users in Secret Court Earns the Company Special Recognition in Who Has Your Back Survey | EFF http://buff.ly/15DoRdZ

TEEN BOOKS

From ‘The Giver’ to ‘Twilight,’ Young Adult Fiction Helps Teens Grow Up – Alyssa Rosenberg – The Atlantic http://buff.ly/1breUXd #yalit

Marvel Comics reveal new Spider Man is black and could be gay in the future | Mail Online http://buff.ly/12NCAM8

‘Megatokyo’ Raises Over $258K on Kickstarter http://buff.ly/15OX6kI #manga

What Are Grown-Ups Afraid of in YA Books? http://feedly.com/k/17omey1 #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Jeremy Strong’s top 10 funniest fictional families | Children’s books http://buff.ly/132acKw #kidlit

Leigh Bardugo’s top 10 childhood reads | Books http://buff.ly/12oACBL #kidlit

Making your writing the best it can be: top tips from children’s books editors | Children’s books http://buff.ly/15joepz

We’re Going On a Bear Hunt games for your teddy bear’s picnic | Children’s books http://buff.ly/15jxDxu #kidlit

Why Do Kids’ Books Matter? Here, Look – Steven Heller – The Atlantic http://buff.ly/15jEas3 #kidlit

The Wildest Children’s Books of 2013 — @100scopenotes 100 Scope Notes http://buff.ly/18bviuz #kidlit

EBOOKS

Apple Violated Antitrust Law By Conspiring To Raise eBook Prices, Judge Rules http://buff.ly/12rjjQz #ebooks

Does E-Reading Change the Way You Read? http://buff.ly/1dnPPsP #ebooks #reading

Dutch public libraries are commencing a test case on e-lending http://buff.ly/189qDJM #ebooks

The Future of Books: Library Apps http://buff.ly/1b3WT0U #ebooks #libraries

LEADERSHIP

The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents – Harvard Business Review http://buff.ly/1dnOrqi

LIBRARIES

NEWS: A bill would help libraries help job seekers – Library Worklife: http://buff.ly/1dnPqqx #libraries

Understanding Social Capital | American Libraries Magazine http://buff.ly/12pw4jk #libraries

Why public libraries should follow Chicago’s lead and build maker labs — Tech News and Analysis http://buff.ly/15wpd8l

SOCIAL MEDIA

11 Unique Ways to Boost Your Social Sharing with Buffer | Search Engine Journal http://buff.ly/1b3Y00K

Google Reader post-mortem: The death of the API, the rise of the all-in-one, and the return of the RSS reader – http://buff.ly/12eqpYC

Why Twitter Finally Killed The “Auto Follow” For Good | TechCrunch http://buff.ly/15u1HsD

TEEN LIT

Judy Blume is awesome: The author stands up for kids fighting censorship in Chicago. http://buff.ly/132g2vv

Patrick Ness ‏@Patrick_Ness 9 Jul – I believe that if you don’t engage with darkness, you’re leaving a teen alone to face it by themselves. I think THAT’s the amoral position.

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts these last two weeks that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S LIT

The Best Books For Kids Age 9-14? You Tell Us : NPR http://buff.ly/14smQ3F

Kids’ Books Stay Stubbornly White, Even as Demographics Shift – Atlanta Black Star http://buff.ly/1aeQsI9 #kidlit

Mark Lowery’s top 10 embarrassing moments in children’s books | Children’s books | http://guardian.co.uk http://buff.ly/122ezAx

Should adults read children’s books? http://buff.ly/1aeQmQS #kidlit

EBOOKS

Digital ‘Library For All’ Brings Books to Developing World http://buff.ly/14cr1AB

Why Genre Rules e-Books, and What the Big Publishers Are Doing About It http://buff.ly/14sp8zG #ebooks #publishers

LIBRARIES

3M SelfCheck, NoveList Partner on Reader Recommendation http://buff.ly/17C5CHm #libraries

ALA to senate: “protect privacy and civil liberties” – District Dispatch http://buff.ly/14XdNtS #libraries #privacy

SOCIAL MEDIA

Have You Been Avoiding LinkedIn Like The Plague? Here Is How To Get Started — socialmouths http://buff.ly/120BVqm

HootSuite launches an RSS reader, Syndicator, for social media managers | VentureBeat http://buff.ly/122waZl

How Women & Men Use Social Media Differently – Business 2 Community http://buff.ly/1clR7UM

TEEN LIT

10 Insane Facts About Marvel Comics – Listverse http://buff.ly/1clR6QC

10 Things to Know About Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl | Mental Floss http://buff.ly/12nJlIp

‘Divergent’ author Veronica Roth to release e-stories | Shelf Life | http://EW.com http://buff.ly/14e1KpG #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts these last two weeks that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S LIT

5 Powerful Anti-Bullying Books Students Should Read | Edudemic http://buff.ly/1bHCFpH #kidlit

More calls for books about non-white children | Books | http://guardian.co.uk http://buff.ly/14JFBSs

EBOOKS

New DRM Will Change the Words in Your E-Book | Gadget Lab | http://Wired.com http://buff.ly/11H5bSI #ebooks

Why Borrowing an E-Book from your Library is so Difficult | Digital Trends http://buff.ly/11gyWOV

LIBRARIES

Every Library and Museum in America, Mapped – Emily Badger – The Atlantic Cities http://buff.ly/17tPVRF

We Need a Fixer (Not Just a Maker) Movement | Wired Opinion | http://Wired.com http://buff.ly/16DTemh

“We Will Not Be Shushed” http://buff.ly/11nwFg5 #libraries

SOCIAL MEDIA

Is Your Private Information Safe on Social Media? http://on.mash.to/15iziSH

Using Social Media to Engage Teens in the Library – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/11rkAXg #libraries

Where Teens Go Instead of Facebook (and Why You Should Too) | Upgrade Your Life – Yahoo! News http://buff.ly/16KYCUH

TEEN LIT

Elizabeth Wein’s top 10 dynamic duos in fiction | Children’s books | http://guardian.co.uk http://buff.ly/1bZAq1i

Honest sex scenes in books will stop teens learning from porn, Malorie Blackman says – Telegraph http://buff.ly/14MwHDI #yalit

‘The Maze Runner’: Patricia Clarkson joins cast of dystopian saga | http://EW.com http://buff.ly/11lNsoy #yalit

No tweet and pin summary next week, since I’m spending the week on vacation!

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts these last two weeks that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Hooray for Malorie Blackman, an inspiring new children’s laureate | Bim Adewunmi|Comment is free http://buff.ly/1b2fINU

LEADERSHIP

7 Surefire Ways to Make Sure Your Ideas Don’t Take Off – Lifehack http://buff.ly/14hJJc5

LIBRARIES

A/N Blog . Six Outstanding Libraries Honored by the AIA and American Library Association http://buff.ly/11fVdaR #libraries

ALA, It’s Time to Step Up for School Libraries | Editorial|School Library Journal http://buff.ly/17lTeu3 #libraries

Book Domino Chain World Record – YouTube http://buff.ly/10MSZUP

In the Digital Age, What Becomes of the Library? | MindShift http://buff.ly/10FlTpK #libraries

Wear What You Want: Dressing to Lead in Libraries | Librarian in Black Blog|Sarah Houghton http://buff.ly/1aGnoFn

READING

The Best Resources On The “Summer Slide” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… http://buff.ly/17tyhgJ

Your mega summer reading list: 180+ books recommended by TEDsters | TED Blog http://buff.ly/16wz94z

TEEN LIT

‘The Hunger Games’ author Suzanne Collins planning new teen series http://buff.ly/14bUoVI #yalit

Veronica Roth and Leigh Bardugo in conversation about YA lit | Shelf Life http://buff.ly/10OUUbr #yalit

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter and Pinterest accounts this week that you might find interesting:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

2013 Middle Grade Black Boys: Seriously, People? — @fuseeight A Fuse #8 Production http://buff.ly/10o2W6a #kidlit

‘Irish illustrators are on fire at the moment’ – The Irish Times- http://buff.ly/19xETak #kidlit

Kate Pankhurst’s top 10 books starring young detectives | Children’s books http://buff.ly/16mCHW2 #kidlit

Molly Idle picks kid-friendly dinosaur books http://buff.ly/13vqgV8 #kidlit

The Official SCBWI Blog: Announcing The Karen and Philip Cushman Late Bloomer Award http://buff.ly/10x5aAc #kidlit

S&S Children’s to Relaunch John Christopher http://buff.ly/10vTE8c #kidlit

Why Reading Aloud to Older Children Is Valuable | MindShift http://buff.ly/129p5rA #reading

EBOOKS

Children reading more on screen than print, NLT finds | The Bookseller http://buff.ly/19xFgl7 #ebooks

E-book sales are up 43%, but that’s still a ‘slowdown’ http://buff.ly/15MCGLM #ebooks

New Report Says Microsoft Won’t Buy Nook Media http://buff.ly/15KgIZY #ebooks

LEADERSHIP

8 Ways to Be a Truly Memorable Boss | http://buff.ly/16y0gvh

Interviewing Etiquette Infographic

LIBRARIES

BEA For All: A Librarian’s Guide to BookExpo America 2013 http://buff.ly/146IgVa

The Library’s Future Is Not an Open Book | By Julie V. Iovine|Public Library Renovation http://buff.ly/10x32sf #libraries

TEEN LIT

Bid to censor Anne Frank’s ‘pornographic’ diary in schools fails | Books http://buff.ly/19xFmsT #yalit

Fox rejects ‘Delirium’ pilot starring Emma Roberts | Inside TV http://buff.ly/198NPT8 #yalit

If you like books like these: historical fiction for teens | Children’s books http://buff.ly/15KCJrA #yalit

Stacked: On Cover Flipping http://buff.ly/198LbNr #yalit

YA mother-daughter reading recommendations – The Horn Book http://buff.ly/13vqf3u #yalit

An intriguing new site about children’s book has opened in beta.  Zoobean is a website that seeks to offer “Remarkable books for kids.  Handpicked by parents.”  The site is very attractive, inviting you to explore deeper and deeper.  It has filters that let you easily narrow down the books you are looking for by format, recommended age, genre, language, topics and character backgrounds.  There is also a straight keyword search as well. 

What Zoobean conveys best of all is an appreciation of books and the joy of connecting a child with the right book.  They have a “most loved” section and people who become members can also mark favorite books as their most loved items.