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

AUTHORS

50 unseen Rudyard Kipling poems discovered | Books http://buff.ly/WmEtxB

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

How to find picture books for older children | Books http://buff.ly/13K3VA6

Random House plans a Sandy Hook book for children from two award-winning authors – http://buff.ly/Ws2Hq1

Sharon Gosling’s top 10 children’s steampunk books | Children’s books http://buff.ly/XIyW4K

Shirley Hughes: a child in time – her top 5 picture books – Telegraphhttp://buff.ly/XzFIwL

EBOOKS

Nook Is Toast – Business Insider http://buff.ly/XwQvaW

LIBRARIES

Somerville Public Library Becomes 1st Public Library to Make “Awesome Box” Available | LJ INFOdocket http://buff.ly/XzGWrV

These are awesome. They scream library maker program. RT@mashable: 7 Working Devices Made From Cardboardhttp://on.mash.to/XYABlQ via @PSFK

PRODUCTIVITY

7 Qualities of Uber-Productive People | http://bit.ly/WZQEDC

PUBLISHING

Here’s How You Buy Your Way Onto The New York Times Bestsellers List – Forbes http://j.mp/120lUa8

TEEN READS

John Green: ‘I’m tired of adults telling teenagers that they aren’t smart’ | Children’s books http://buff.ly/YJ6ToZ

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Cressida Cowell’s top 10 mythical creatures | Children’s books – http://buff.ly/XfVDjs

Illustrator Sophie Blackall on Subversive Storytelling, Missed Connections, and Optimism | Brain Pickings http://bit.ly/YBpAHO

Indian children’s books find readers worldwide – NY Daily Newshttp://buff.ly/15iJkXf

Nonfiction 10 for 10 List for 2013! | There’s a Book for That – http://buff.ly/XnZNTx

‘Red Kite, Blue Kite’ and ‘Fish for Jimmy’ – http://buff.ly/XpTU8g

School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books http://buff.ly/XNUlfC

Why I Love Dirty Children’s Books | GeekDad http://buff.ly/12kD2Xi

EBOOKS

Four companies that are changing digital reading in Africa — paidContent http://buff.ly/1333zEk

Is Amazon About to Break the Law? TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics http://buff.ly/15siD2m

Killing the Pay First, Read Later E-bookselling Model | Publishing Perspectives http://buff.ly/Xmdja9

LIBRARIES

25 Writers on the Importance of Libraries – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/XULAk0

Jeff Sturges on libraries and makerspaces | ALA TechSource – http://buff.ly/15srelv

Terry Pratchett: ‘I taught myself more in the library than the school taught me’ – video-Children’s books http://buff.ly/15s8y5j

Vine Offers Boundless Creativity for Libraries; Have You Heard? – Blog http://buff.ly/Xmd7Yo

Why Libraries Should Be the Next Great Start-Up Incubators – Jobs & Economy-The Atlantic Cities http://buff.ly/Y38mX0

READING & WRITING

BBC News – War and Peace: Tolstoy novel to be adapted for BBC One http://buff.ly/15s2PN1

Defending the Freedom to Read http://buff.ly/Y57nFL

Lumio – the folding lamp that looks like a book – http://bit.ly/VOvrMZ

MAKE | MAKE Asks: Books that Inspire you to Make http://buff.ly/15s8u5Q

RT @bookpatrol: The end of an era: Reader’s Digest files for bankruptcy | @BloombergNews http://ow.ly/hOZC7

What 16 top #yalit literary #agents are looking for in the opening of your manuscript from @4YAlit #writing:http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/2013/02/inspired-openings-special-agent-edition.html …

TECHNOLOGY

All web pages ‘are 19 clicks away’ – Telegraph http://buff.ly/XmelTy

As 3-D Printing Becomes More Accessible, Copyright Questions Arise : All Tech Considered : NPR http://buff.ly/Xmvht9

Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology – http://buff.ly/RnaEQz

If A Social Network Falls In A Forest… | TechCrunch http://bit.ly/XKXv3I

The Risks of Music Piracy in 2013: http://mashable.com/2013/02/20/music-copyright-piracy-infographic/

Tumblr Is Not What You Think | TechCrunch http://j.mp/12CV9b7

TEEN READS

3 Social Media Lessons From Young Adults And The Authors Who Speak To Them | Co.Create – http://buff.ly/15vUojF

Comic-book superheroine Cat aims to see off gender stereotypes by being smart & fully clothed! |http://bit.ly/Y0pTPE

Glen Weldon On LGBT Characters In Graphic Novels : NPR – http://buff.ly/XpWoDv

How the internet is kickstarting a teen poetry revolution | Children’s books http://bit.ly/15uvn8A

The Millions : Walking Enigmas: On the Reading Habits of Teen Boys – http://buff.ly/12mc0iu

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Eric Carle, Author Of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Announces New Book Called ‘Friends’ – http://buff.ly/159CeEr

Happy Birthday, Judy Blume! – http://buff.ly/15c74fy

I want to go to this school –> RT @librariancheryl: NYC to Name School in Honor Maurice Sendak http://huff.to/12Gz1wj via@HuffPostBooks

Miami Beach home of children’s book author Syd Hoff declared a historic literary landmark – Miami Beach http://buff.ly/X5Cr4O

EBOOKS

The e-book revolution is bypassing U.S. elementary schools – Computerworld http://buff.ly/X5Dt0I

Impelsys Enters Library Ebook Market, Joining OverDrive and 3M | Digital Book World http://buff.ly/15fALfD

LIBRARIES

ALA LibraryLab – Google+ – the mingling of librarians and Boing Boing readers – http://buff.ly/XzMWR1

BONK! Performance Series at Racine Public Library | Library as Incubator Project http://buff.ly/X5TBiT

Gaby Roslin: Why parents need Britain’s local libraries to be saved – Telegraph http://buff.ly/WTQZro

Hackerspace intro: Metrix Create:Space in Seattle, Washingtonhttp://buff.ly/X5QY0m

PUBLISHING

http://Beatrice.com » I Have Nothing to Say About Bookish http://buff.ly/WQgGsJ

READING

Your Brain on Books: 10 Things That Happen to Our Minds When We Read | OEDb http://buff.ly/159aOhK

WRITING

Ray Bradbury’s Tips on How To Sell 8 Million Books | Bestseller Labs – http://bit.ly/Yqt3c9

TEEN READS

Locus Online 2012 Recommended Reading List http://wp.me/p1iTZw-1Qb

MIND MELD: SF/F Book Recommendations for Teens 13-16 – SF Signal-SF Signal http://buff.ly/XzMQsB

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

"6 Tips for Nurturing a Child’s Love of Reading" http://buff.ly/X26fAk

10 Amelia Bedelia-isms | Mental Floss http://buff.ly/WUfGUg

bookshelves of doom: A teacher in Washington State has formally challenged two books in the Prosser School District. http://buff.ly/WMe2nU

Can books teach children to behave badly? | Children’s books http://buff.ly/WTRMbi

Dear Mom, Thanks for Making Me a Reader by Rebecca Dunn « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/WTSqpr

Final Sendak Book A Tribute To His Brother : NPR http://buff.ly/WTREso

First Book’s New Initiative Pledges $500K to Buying Diversity Children’s Books – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/WKs2ys

Jan Ormerod Dies http://wp.me/p1iTZw-1Qd

Joanna Nadin’s top 10 laugh-out-loud reads for 5-8-year-olds | Children’s books http://buff.ly/W0QuKH

We recommend 10 children’s books for Black history month –http://buff.ly/WM72HN

E-BOOKS

Digital Comics Are Getting Cheaper http://buff.ly/WYEmcu

LIBRARIES

Anti-Censorship Group Shushes New Jersey Library for Banning Games From Its Computers http://buff.ly/VR0DcT

Free pole dancing classes at Dalkeith’s Mayfield library ‘a success’ | News|Edinburgh|STV http://buff.ly/WMJqCE

The Future of Librarians in an EBook World – Technology-The Atlantic Cities http://bit.ly/11JTHyJ

Gaby Roslin: Why parents need Britain’s local libraries to be saved – Telegraph http://buff.ly/WTQZro

Hot Off the (Library) Press – Technology-The Chronicle of Higher Education http://buff.ly/XabfCW

How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed Bank : The Salt : NPR http://bit.ly/11yCFTZ

It has started already – Kirtsaeng and First Sale – Scholarly Communications @ Duke http://buff.ly/W073q1

Park It! – a summery pop up park at Oak Park Public Library –http://buff.ly/VRvmGP

Recorded Books Rolls Out IndieFlix Movie Streaming Service – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/11JtEYc

"S.F. library eyes laptop-lending kiosks" http://bit.ly/14M9Ibz

PUBLISHERS

Hachette, Penguin and Simon & Schuster Launch Bookish – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/14C8ZZr

http://Beatrice.com » I Have Nothing to Say About Bookish http://buff.ly/WQgGsJ

Op-ed: Publishers’ fear of e-books is hurting libraries | Opinion|The Seattle Times http://buff.ly/X2KujJ

TECHNOLOGY

For the Internet-Deprived, McDonald’s Is Study Hall –http://on.wsj.com/WutJ35

Government Wants to Create Free Public ‘Super Wi-Fi’http://on.mash.to/Y5GePC

iPad at 81% tablet web share in North America, Kindle Fire grabs 7.7%, and Galaxy line takes 3.9% – The Next Web http://buff.ly/14BV9pW

Love it, Hate it, Twitter Forges On http://mbist.ro/VzyHgS

Maybe Those Chromebooks Weren’t Such A Crazy Idea After All | TechCrunch http://buff.ly/WQO7Ly

TEEN BOOKS

EarlyWord: Neil Gaiman’s Big Year – http://buff.ly/WMSRSB

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

50 Inspiring Children’s Books with a Positive Message – PART 2 « Positively Positive http://buff.ly/UFRwfP

Algonquin Books Launches New Children’s Books Imprint – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/WV8eGe

Amelia Bedelia Turns 50 With a New Look and Over 35 Million Books Sold – ABC News http://buff.ly/11h28RC

Critics Eating Crow: Google+ Becomes Second Largest Social Platform http://buff.ly/14mxURD

Dan Abnett’s top 10 fantasy mash-ups | Children’s books http://buff.ly/WC3zuO

How Dr. Seuss Helped the Berenstain Bears – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/WV8d5d

How the Story of Alice in Wonderland Was Born 150 Years Ago Today | Brain Pickings http://buff.ly/N7hGjl

Katherine Applegate on Winning the 2013 Newbery: ‘Stunned Disbelief’ http://bit.ly/11asaWN

My top 10 horses in fiction | Children’s books http://buff.ly/Ysiwmh

PW Talks with Laurel Snyder: Kid’s Books Are Not Just for Kids http://buff.ly/11h20l6

Why books need literary prizes | Books http://buff.ly/WLTREu

LIBRARIES

The Best Fictional Libraries in Pop Culture – Flavorwire http://buff.ly/WqOQTF

Bring back shushing librarians – http://buff.ly/WSEsSI

Featuring: Lisa Congdon | Library as Incubator Project http://buff.ly/WDCWFX

"I see a library as a place of quiet wonder, in a world designed to frazzle us." http://buff.ly/YsihYl

Madison’s libraries are state leaders in checkouts per resident : http://buff.ly/WC4YBH

The New York Times Declares War on the New York Public Library http://buff.ly/WCZ3MF

Social Media Marketing: How New York Public Library increased card sign-ups by 35% | MarketingSherpa Blog http://buff.ly/11lKM6r

TECHNOLOGY

Critics Eating Crow: Google+ Becomes Second Largest Social Platform http://buff.ly/14mxURD

Google’s Plans For Trekker Come To Fruition With 9,500 Grand Canyon Panoramas Added To Google Maps | TechCrunch http://tcrn.ch/14yCPPy

Why a Microsoft Office 2013 Subscription Makes Sense for Families http://buff.ly/11iYeaW

Why 2013 Is The Year You Need To Get Serious About Tumblr – Forbes http://buff.ly/Yqmegg

TEEN READS

Storytelling in the graphic form, or why writing comics is the bomb |http://t.co/N8Jspumi

Teen fiction and the shadow of cancer | Books|The Guardian http://buff.ly/Wnl8z5

Top 10 Urban Fiction Books by Jennifer Fountain « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/10P0kPE

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

6 Cautionary Tales That Terrified Kids of Yesteryear | Mental Floss http://buff.ly/Yklmd7

David Melling’s top 10 books featuring hugs | Children’s books http://buff.ly/WbBxqj

Great Tips to Turn Kids into Regular Readers – http://buff.ly/10jsamS

More Kids Read E-Books But What Do They Retain? | Digital Book World http://buff.ly/WdF73c

READING IS DUMB. THERE, I SAID IT. by Christopher Lehman « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/10pcKgW

Time to VOTE! 2013 Mock Caldecott polls are open – The Horn Book – http://buff.ly/WdFPNC

LIBRARIES

16 Great Library Scenes in Film http://buff.ly/WP3HVU

A Doll’s Magic, Free to Renew – http://NYTimes.com http://buff.ly/10vlvWJ

Library Services in the Digital Age | Pew Internet Librarieshttp://buff.ly/WcA5Up

Rumors of the library’s demise have been greatly exaggerated | ITworld http://buff.ly/YpJomY

TECHNOLOGY

7 Libraries Of Sensational Photographs You Can Use For Free | Bestseller Labs http://buff.ly/WPxLAH

If you shop til you drop, will they track when you come back? | ITworld – http://buff.ly/Yq43qW

Why online book discovery is broken (and how to fix it) — paidContent http://buff.ly/13JlKkI

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

The Art of Breaking Hearts – Books that will make your heart ache « The Ship’s (B)log http://buff.ly/V2WVjg

The Call That Changes Everything – or Not – PW speaks with previous Newbery & Caldecott winners about that famous call http://buff.ly/X8f0XT

Hold On To Your Tighty Whities, Captain Underpants Is Back! : NPR http://buff.ly/10xs3de

Michael Ian Black re-teams with artist Debbie Ohi for children’s book ‘Naked!’ — The Family Room http://buff.ly/XhMmDY

Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas: The ABC’s of Learning to Read Through Play – A thru M http://buff.ly/WK72mY

My top five: books to grab in an emergency! | Children’s books http://buff.ly/Xe3j25

EBOOKS

How bookshops could be happy ever after: ebooks could provide new revenue stream – The Independent http://buff.ly/UZbww1

LIBRARIES

7 Free Technologies Your Library Should be Using http://buff.ly/11qYaKX

Bexar set to turn the page on idea of books in libraries – San Antonio Express-News http://buff.ly/VYKikV

Libraries crisis set to get ‘much worse’ this year in the UK – http://buff.ly/W4DAu2

PUBLISHING

10 Ways Publishers Can Succeed and Survive | Publishing Perspectives http://buff.ly/W470sb – note the message to work with libraries!

TECHNOLOGY

The Nightmare That Keeps Microsoft Awake… Android On The Desktop – Forbes http://buff.ly/11rhCHa

TEEN READS

Here They Are — The Best Comic Books of 2013! | Underwire http://buff.ly/10zdqpS

A Literary Tour of Historical Y.A. – Entertainment-The Atlantic Wire http://buff.ly/VU3a4j

New Series from Author of THE MAZE RUNNER » EarlyWord http://buff.ly/10wKq1W #yalit

Top Ten Books featuring Autism Spectrum Disorders by Carrie Cox « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/UZbvbs

Wouldn’t You Like to Know . . . Marissa Meyer | VOYA http://buff.ly/VEGEzo #yalit

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

100 Chapter Books You MUST Read to Your Children!! | Chasing Supermom http://buff.ly/UFf86l

ALA 2013 Youth Media Awards will be announced on January 28th at 8 am PST! Yippee! http://buff.ly/WzGPrd

BBC Enlists Famous Children’s Authors To Pen Doctor Who | The Mary Sue http://buff.ly/TOujpV

CJ Daugherty’s top 10 secret society books | Children’s books – http://buff.ly/11k6Su8

Interview with children’s book author Ame Dyckman about BOY + BOT, picture books & writing process – Inkygir http://buff.ly/WFnQeV

Jo Knowles – Live Your Life: A Theme and a Challenge for 2013 http://buff.ly/WyTOte

‘Polar Bear Morning,’ by Lauren Thompson, and More in the NY Times – http://buff.ly/WDPNUA #kidlit

TED Blog | 10 great children’s books that will become classicshttp://buff.ly/11gmcrT

E-BOOKS

Douglas County Acquires 10,000 E-Book Titles from Smashwords | ALA TechSource http://buff.ly/TOB0Zd

Why Amazon Won’t Give You Free Digital Copies of Your Movies and Books http://buff.ly/11kkiq8

LIBRARIES

As Use of Libraries Grows, Government Support Has Eroded –http://NYTimes.com http://buff.ly/Wz5rAr

Book Forest Library in Berlin – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/VREhpU

Check These Out at the Library: Blacksmithing, Bowling, Butchering –http://buff.ly/11dlsDY

DAFUQ You Say to Me?: CNBC Calls Librarian one of the 10 Least Stressful Jobs for 2013 « The Magpie Librarian http://buff.ly/11jP8iM

Douglas County, Smashwords Refine Selection Tools for Bulk Ebook Purchases – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/11fQ33L #ebooks

Emerald Fennell’s top 10 villainesses | Children’s bookshttp://buff.ly/Zkk41G #kidlit

Kids Rule In The Land Of ‘Hokey Pokey’ : NPR – an interview with Jerry Spinelli http://buff.ly/Sdy7Ed

River Falls Public Library’s motorcycle exhibit woos bikers and bookish … quietly http://buff.ly/11j8dSc

School Library Thrives After Ditching Print Collection – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/11gm3EP

Screwy Decimal: 5 Reasons Being a Librarian Is Stressful http://buff.ly/TOQFHU – A sane, funny response to the idiotic CNBC article

Stacked: On being busy and being stressed http://buff.ly/Wz6vEm

Turning a new page: Libraries hoping to attract new ‘customers’ » Naples Daily News http://buff.ly/WophhE

PRIVACY

How Generation Y really feels about online privacy | CES 2013|CNET Blogs http://buff.ly/UNYO38

PUBLISHING

Penguin Random House merger begins a new chapter for publishing | Books http://buff.ly/118ji8m

READING

The Best Books of 2012 | GeekDad http://buff.ly/11fbUIp

The Psychology of Books: Why We Read What We Read | Beyond The Margins http://buff.ly/SfFTgL

A Very Merry Christmas for Children’s Booksellers http://buff.ly/11fQbQP

SOCIAL MEDIA

New Myspace: an early review of the good, bad and overwhelming – Forbes http://buff.ly/UFfmum

Plus-One This: Proof That Google Plus Will Prevail | Fast Companyhttp://buff.ly/ZwVJpt

TEEN READS

Fifty Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels to Look Forward to in 2013 | The Ranting Dragon http://buff.ly/UhjdYW

UK teenagers without the internet are ‘educationally disadvantaged’ – University of Oxford http://buff.ly/Z5Petp

Y.A. to Watch for: The Winter 2013 Preview – Entertainment-The Atlantic Wire http://buff.ly/TNBC12 #yalit

2012 was a great year for this blog thanks to all of you who visit!  So thank you for making my time spent here so much fun and so worthwhile.  Here are the top posts of the year thanks to you!  Now, my blog does see a lot of action on older posts too, but I kept those out of this list.  My post with the most hits for the year is actually one from 2011, my review of Pie by Sarah Weeks.

I find it intriguing that there are both reviews and award announcements in the top 10 of 2012, no teen novels, and a nice mix of picture book and children’s books.  And I am very proud of all of you for clicking through to books that have characters of different races and books that originated in different countries.  You are clearly an astute group of readers!

  

10.  Review: The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford

9.  Review: Little Bird by Germano Zullo

8.  2012 Notable Children’s Books

7.  Review: The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

 

6. 2013 Kate Greenaway Medal Longlist

5. Review: I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. Review: Goldilocks and the Three bears by Gerda Muller

  

3. 2013 Carnegie Medal Longlist

2. Review: Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood

1. Review: The Boy on Cinnamon Street