This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

In Australia, Lance Armstrong books are moved to fiction

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

This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

Helsinki Central Library

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

New 10 States Sticking Up for Public Libraries – Stephen's Lighthouse

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

Gorgeous books

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

First Look at Catching Fire

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

Top 10 Posts of 2012

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!

secret tree little bird mighty miss malone

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

i have a dream goldilocks

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

glory be boy on cinnamon street 

3. 2013 Carnegie Medal Longlist

2. Review: Glory Be by Augusta Scattergood

1. Review: The Boy on Cinnamon Street

This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Best of the Best Children’s Books Reading List – Chicago Public Library http://buff.ly/A1aB0j

LIBRARIES

New York Public Library Offers Peek at Renovation – http://buff.ly/Ta3j3U

Writers and Their Books: Inside the Personal Libraries of Famous Authors | Brain Pickings http://buff.ly/x7o7oQ

SOCIAL MEDIA

Guardian kills its Facebook social reader, regains control over its content — Tech News and Analysis http://buff.ly/ZmdmaW

Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos | Politics and Law|CNET News http://buff.ly/U94xhO

Twitter Now Has More Than 200 Million Monthly Active Users – http://buff.ly/Ua9WFk

Twitter’s Giving You Your Data Back, Enables Archiving | Fast Company http://buff.ly/U4as6Y

TEEN LIT

Wall of Books: 140+ Books for the Boys of YA – The Readventurer – http://buff.ly/WtYiCl #yalit

This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

BBC News – Tallow Candle: Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘first work’ – http://buff.ly/TaQdTB

Best New Books For ‘Backseat’ Readers, Aged 9 To 14 : NPR – http://buff.ly/X1j2le

Children’s books shouldn’t sit still and behave – Telegraph – http://buff.ly/X2Gr5J #kidlit

Fresh Air Interview: Daniel Handler : NPR http://buff.ly/S0tUDh

Jeff Kinney: An audience with the king of geek chic – Profiles-People-The Independent http://buff.ly/S3Nr5M

NYT upgrades children’s bestseller lists for a digital era — paidContent http://buff.ly/YT71DK

Our Favorite Read Aloud Books (so far) for English Language Learners by Erika Victor « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/VpTqgX #kidlit

Raymond Briggs: The Snowman is not really about Christmas, it’s about death – News-Books-The Independent http://buff.ly/SMX2ek

Scholastic Editors Forecast Top 10 Trends in Children’s Books for 2013 | Scholastic Media Room http://buff.ly/ZgUMkt

Tea Party condemns children’s book on anarchy | Bookshttp://buff.ly/12lRUBW #kidlit #politics

Watch. Connect. Read.: Author Augusta Scattergood http://buff.ly/Vp3rLi #kidlit

The Way Life Should Be: The House of E. B. White | Writers’ Houses – http://buff.ly/Zh0frD

Writ Small: Places: Design Observer http://buff.ly/12nzFMu – favorite children’s books about houses

 

E-BOOKS

25 Free Christmas eBooks – GalleyCat http://buff.ly/12kVZGD

The Wrong War Over eBooks: Publishers Vs. Libraries – Forbes – http://buff.ly/12jRM61

LIBRARIES

The Bedbug Bunk: How the New York Times Used Fear and Misinformation to Spread Public Library Hysteria http://buff.ly/RKswEV

Libraries and Their Landscapes http://buff.ly/12kzXne

The portable Pacifist Library » MobyLives http://buff.ly/ZfbUXO

UK lost more than 200 libraries in 2012 | Books http://buff.ly/X2HbrB

PRIVACY

Many Apps For Children Still Raise Privacy Concerns, FTC Says : The Two-Way : NPR http://buff.ly/S3P6Ze

READING

Children’s reading skills suffer if they have TVs and mobile phones in their bedroom | Mail Online http://buff.ly/ZloCV9

How Do Millennials Like to Read the News? Very Much Like Their Grandparents – Derek Thompson-The Atlantic http://buff.ly/S6xhbX

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook EdgeRank – How to Beat It and Never Miss Your Favorite Updates http://buff.ly/RJEDSw

Join my new Google+ Community about books for children and teens:https://plus.google.com/communities/102778619139742668641 … #kidlit #yalit

Stop acting like we have ‘rights’ on Facebook | The Technology Chronicles http://buff.ly/X2GYEY

TEEN READS

It Matters If You’re Black or White: The Racism of YA Book Covers | The Hub http://buff.ly/RWTjxR

Wouldn’t You Like to Know . . . Libba Bray | VOYA http://buff.ly/ROQBdN #yalit

This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

25 of the Most Wonderful Book Covers of the Year – Entertainment – The Atlantic Wire http://buff.ly/SkyZTD #yalit #kidlit

2012 Nerdy Book Club Award Nominees « Nerdy Book Clubhttp://buff.ly/YEZW9R

Children’s books that would make good gifts – Books – The Boston Globe http://buff.ly/YHsWO3

Christmas 2012: children’s books of the year – Telegraph http://buff.ly/VkumaW

Festive Books for Children booklist | Booktrust http://buff.ly/YKR3LR #kidlit

Great New 2012 Teen Reads For International Day of Persons With Disabilities | The Hub http://buff.ly/Vg449I

New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2012 http://wp.me/p1iTZw-1Mp

NYT upgrades children’s bestseller lists for a digital era — paidContent http://buff.ly/YT71DK

Young Latino Students Don’t See Themselves in Bookshttp://buff.ly/YPx8eW

 

E-BOOKS

Can a ‘Spotify for books’ really work? — paidContent http://buff.ly/YPvbiC

Kindles For Kids: Amazon Launches Service For Children’s Games, Videos And Books http://buff.ly/YPxdiF

 

LIBRARIES

Everyone Achieves at NYPL | The New York Public Library http://buff.ly/VkGZ5U

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

A cautionary tale: Putting your business in the hands of Facebook http://buff.ly/RAHexY

Instagram Declares War on Twitter, Social Media Loses http://on.mash.to/TIoKtR

Why I love Twitter and barely tolerate Facebook — I.M.H.O. — Medium http://buff.ly/VaWTzK

 

TEEN BOOKS

9th Grade English Assignment Prompts Some Parents To Ask For Book Ban for Perks of Being a Wallflower – http://buff.ly/YKP7Dh #yalit

"The Legacy of Katniss, or, Why We Should Stop ‘Protecting’ Manhood and Teach Boys to Embrace the Heroine" http://buff.ly/VhPTky

MIND MELD: Great Books to Read During Winter – SF Signal –http://buff.ly/YP7wyN

MT @TLT16 has a thoughtful essay "We NEED YA books for Teens…." where they discuss the influx of adult #YA readers:http://ow.ly/fOUZP

The Norton Jury on the Norton Award: Why It’s Important for All SFWA Members http://buff.ly/YKOdqe #yalit

This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

2012 Nerdy Book Club Award Nominations by Donalyn Miller « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/YfWfXN Nominations open until Nov. 30. #kidlit

And if you want MORE School themed books (not just pic books):http://www.playingbythebook.net/2012/08/13/im-looking-for-a-book-about-starting-school/ … #picturebookmonth

BIG news for Suzanne Collins fans! – it’s an autobiographical picture book next for her! http://buff.ly/Yu4wYs

‘Lots of Lambs,’ ‘One Spotted Giraffe,’ and More New Interactive & Pop-Up Books http://buff.ly/V8zK0F #kidlit

The rise of the ‘Wimpy Kid’ empire – Fortune Management http://buff.ly/V8KrjT

DIGITAL RIGHTS

Here’s Why Digital Rights Management Is Stupid And Anti-Consumer – The Consumerist http://buff.ly/YnTROJ

Tell your senators: ‘Don’t let ECPA threaten my electronic privacy!’ http://buff.ly/V4EFzT

E-BOOKS

Apple’s iPad Book Ban Violates The Hippie Spirit Of Steve Jobs: Author http://buff.ly/V5RMAL

OUPblog » The e-reader over your shoulder http://buff.ly/V0ggLI

SOCIAL MEDIA

Facebook makes it official — an external advertising network is coming soon — Tech News and Analysis http://buff.ly/YanPpi

How To Use Google+ As Your Social Media Dashboard To Cross-Post To Facebook, Twitter & More http://buff.ly/V0sSCL

Is It Time for Content Marketers to Abandon Facebook? | Copyblogger http://buff.ly/V5Z9It

MediaPost Publications Some Sites Reserve Right To Share Personal Data – http://buff.ly/V5RPwt

The Social Media Economy Explained – By The Onion [Video]http://buff.ly/UTwDtz

Time Spent on Social Media: http://pinterest.com/pin/193021534001108847/

TEEN BOOKS

Librarian Nancy Pearl’s Picks For The Omnivorous Reader : NPR http://buff.ly/Ymr8Ka – happy to see Code Name Verity included!

Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, & Brenna Yovanoff Talk with Roger Sutton — The Horn Book http://buff.ly/V8klxD #yalit

This Week’s Tweets and Pins

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

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

8 Thanksgiving Story Books http://buff.ly/TCYeAt #kidlit

‘Baby-Sitters Club’ series to be released as ebooks | Shelf Life |http://buff.ly/y4ZbiJ http://buff.ly/W7K92b #ebooks #kidlit

"The Cybils are turning me into Sybil, and my personality is fracturing." #nerdybookclub essay today. by @polkinghttp://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/the-trouble-with-cybils-by-william-polking/ … Retweeted from @Loveofxena

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/15/who-could-that-be-lemony-snicket?CMP=twt_fd … Daniel Handler’s new Lemony Snicket novel! – Retweeted from @communitydisco.

From the Horn Book Guide: Artists and Masterpieces http://buff.ly/TCZBz8 #kidlit

Interview: Katherine Marsh, Author Of ‘Jepp, Who Defied The Stars’ : NPR http://buff.ly/TmMIsK #kidlit

Interview: Phillip Pullman, Author of ‘Fairy Tales From the Brothers Grimm" : NPR http://buff.ly/VTk8n6

Making Picture Books: The Pictures by Barbara Cooney — The Horn Book http://buff.ly/VYTMQR

Making Picture Books: The Words by Charlotte Zolotow – The Horn Book – http://buff.ly/TwWdFT #kidlit

Monica Edinger: Stop Calling Books for Kids ‘Young Adult’ http://buff.ly/XIWfPS #yalit #kidlit

Raising Kids Who Love Books « mama smilesmama smileshttp://buff.ly/W35vhf

Utah district sued for segregating children’s book about lesbian mums – http://buff.ly/UIwAAG #kidlit

What’s Your Desert Island Picture Book? http://buff.ly/TD9JI0 #kidlit

E-BOOKS

An 81-year-old Startup Entrepreneur, Seymour Simon, Sees a Bright Future in Digital Publishing – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/TmMLVE

Bookboard: startup offers Netflix-type model for children’s ebooks http://ow.ly/fe8os Retweeted from @victoriastrauss

Oyster App for subscription ebooks. Essentially, a spotify for books, novels and great reads. http://mashable.com/2012/11/13/oyster/ … Retweeted from @JaredFink

Penguin Ebook Pilot Test Expands Beyond NYC – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/W7JC0r

Reading on a Kindle is not the same as reading a book – Slate Magazine http://buff.ly/XI6e88 – I don’t agree at all, but it’s interesting.

Tablets Continue to Gain Ground Versus E-Readers Among Ebook Buyers | Digital Book World http://buff.ly/W7K3rk

LIBRARIES

Art Brodsky: The Mystery of the Missing E-Books – specifically about libraries on HuffPost! http://buff.ly/XIrCdf

Cleveland Public Library working to become a "People’s University" – The Digital Shift http://buff.ly/XIOn0F #libraries

Disaster plans and #libraries http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/what-katrina-can-teach-libraries-about-sandy-and-other-disasters/40986 … – Retweeted from @T_Swanson

Making the Case for a Public Library Makerspace » Public Libraries Online http://buff.ly/TCYsrk

My Terry Kendrick (library marketing guru par excellence!) interview from the book has been published in American Libs http://www.librarymarketingtoolkit.com/2012/11/an-interview-with-terry-kendrick-now.html?spref=tw … Retweeted from @theREALwikiman

A new chapter for libraries has The London Library becoming more social and more of a hub – http://buff.ly/TmN7eN #libraries

Newcastle library closures attacked in open letter from authors |http://buff.ly/ooI9mF #libraries

RT @infoDOCKET OCLC and GoodReads Are Expanding Their Partnership http://ow.ly/fhoKq

Two publishers make large donations to help libraries & schools recover from Hurricane Sandy: http://mbist.ro/RB2GPW Retweeted from @GalleyCat

SOCIAL MEDIA

How Social Media is Changing the Publishing Industry | Social Media Today http://buff.ly/UFkQid

interesting post on newspapers fighting Google: are they stupid, or is the value of Google News decreasing?http://pandodaily.com/2012/11/10/newspapers-take-aim-at-google-news-again-maybe-because-theyre-no-longer-scared/ … Retweeted from @mathewi

Killing Rumors With Facts: No, Facebook Didn’t Decrease Page Feed Reach To Sell More Promoted Posts | TechCrunch http://buff.ly/VEmbeL

TECHNOLOGY

Analyst: iPad will dip below 50% tablet market share in mid-2013 | VentureBeat http://buff.ly/W0z6rA

The prevalence of #mobile in #Africa: more mobiles than toilets and 10 times as many mobiles as landlines. #Tanzania http://bit.ly/RMgZCT Retweeted from @neildrewitt

TEEN BOOKS

Amazon has announced their Top 10 Books of the Year, and The Fault in Our Stars is alongside Eggers, Erdrich, etc. Wow! http://shelf-life.ew.com/2012/11/12/amazon-best-of-2012/ … Retweeted from @realjohngreen

The Dudes of YA, a "Lit-Erotic" Photo Spread | The Weeklings http://buff.ly/XGkNJp – hysterically funny greatness. #yalit

Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn has landed a deal for a YA book & a new novel for adults: http://mbist.ro/T52bjH

Gregg Olsen’s top 10 deadly reads – murderous fiction for teens! http://buff.ly/XIFiVO #yalit

How Paul Zindel Saved My Life by A.S. King « Nerdy Book Club http://buff.ly/W36QVf #yalit

‘Mortal Instruments’: Cassandra Clare talks about film — FIRST LOOK | Shelf Life | http://buff.ly/y4ZbiJ #yalit

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can’t Afford to Miss in November – great mix of adult & YA – http://buff.ly/TCWSWr #yalit

The State of the YA Market http://buff.ly/W36vC0 #yalit

YA Fiction and the Many Possibilities of Manhood | Malinda Lo http://buff.ly/TzzEAr #yalit