Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter for the past week or so @JensBookPage. Please note that I'm not including my various Tweets from last weekend's KidLitCon (you can find those under the hashtag #KidLitCon13). I'm also not including links to the other KidLitCon recap posts, because I have been rounding those up here. There are still plenty of links to share!
Book Lists
Stacked: Contemporary YA Books Featuring Humor http://ow.ly/qNs27 @catagator #yalit
Best Audiobooks: 20 Must-Have Titles for Tweens and Teens (includes nonfiction) | @sljournal http://ow.ly/qPMBh #kidlit
It's time again for agreat resource: @Susan_Thomsen Best Kids' Books 2013: A List of Lists and Awards http://ow.ly/qNrVR #kidlit
Fun! A Tuesday Ten: Little Folk (miniature book in #kidlit) | Views From the Tesseract http://ow.ly/qNvAk
Stacked: Contemporary #YAlit Books Featuring Mental Illness from @catagator http://ow.ly/qIf7E
Reading with Kids - Let's Make Some Noise • Favorite books featuring sounds from @readingtub http://ow.ly/qIeVU #kidlit
So You Want to Read Middle Grade, Strong Girls Edition by @CStarrRose @greenbeanblog http://ow.ly/qvW6P #kidlit
What To Read Next after Percy Jackson « Fat Girl, Reading http://ow.ly/quaZi #kidlit via @catagator
Book Awards/Cybils
Get young readers ready! Voting for the Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards will open March 25: http://bit.ly/17U9Mey ! @cbcbook #ECAR
Great poem from @carwilc on the madness and joy that is life as a round 1 #cybils judge http://ow.ly/qPJzM
A Year of Reading: #CYBILS: Picture Book Biographies by @frankisibberson http://ow.ly/qKgDF #kidlit
Diversity
Huge list of SLJ Resources for Diversity in Kid and YA Lit | @sljournal via @tashrow http://ow.ly/qIg1G
Literary Agents Discuss the Diversity Gap in Publishing « the open book http://ow.ly/qIiUC via Wendie Old
Coming this weekend--A More Diverse Universe, with a list of the books I hope to read http://ow.ly/qNuLJ from @charlotteslib #kidlit
Growing Bookworms
Nice guest post by Jake Ball on Reading with Dad | @wendy_lawrence http://ow.ly/qNtPE #literacy
RT @ShareaStory 12 Ways to Help Your Kids Break Free From Electronics and Get Outside http://buff.ly/1eJk96E via My Kids' Adventures
That's a lot of turkeys! 60+ turkey themed activities, crafts, + books for kids from @bookblogmomma http://ow.ly/qKC6y
Top Ten Go-To Authors for Reluctant Readers by Brooks Spencer @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/qIjDp #kidlit
Excellent post by @katsok on how she is Raising Readers at home and school http://ow.ly/qIjkV #literacy
Advice on Helping Reluctant Readers from @ReadingWithBean http://ow.ly/qIivY #literacy
Advice on how to use the pictures when reading picture books aloud, from @readingwithbean http://ow.ly/quaiu #literacy
Movies and Entertainment
I find this kind of creepy: Lionsgate Pursuing 'Hunger Games' Theme Park Opportunities - TheWrap @BrentALang http://ow.ly/qKYP7
I believe that Jennifer @5M4B has convinced me to see #TheBookThief Movie with this review: http://ow.ly/qPTaY @BookThiefMovie
Interesting! Promoting 'The Book Thief' with Help from Little Free Library, report from @PublishersWkly http://ow.ly/qKYBZ
On Reading and Writing
Must-read from @charlotteslib | Consternated about gender and #kidlit with reference to two sessions at AASL meeting http://ow.ly/qPYcF
Powerful! Sometimes The 'Tough Teen' Is Quietly Writing Stories : Matt de la Pena @NPRBooks http://ow.ly/qKZ7n via @PWKidsBookshelf
'Stephen King Saved My Life' says @robinwasserman in @TheAtlantic essay http://ow.ly/qKeHx via @bkshelvesofdoom
Reading and Writing Feed One Another: 8 Key Illustrations from @TrevorHCairney http://ow.ly/qIltZ #literacy
Must-read at Stacked: A Closer Look at The New York Times YA Bestsellers List, Part 2 by @catagator http://ow.ly/qvZdO
Well done piece | Who Buys (And Who Reads) Teen Novels, by Elizabeth Wein | @WriteTeenNovels http://ow.ly/qubhI via @catagator
Parenting
Refreshing words of sanity from @MotherReader in response to "pinkwashing" controversy and right book at right time http://ow.ly/qPTH9
I liked this post @SensibleMoms on how Ellen handles her child reading more mature book content http://ow.ly/qNqk0 via @bkshelvesofdoom
I like this article from Kara Corridan in Parents Magazine on how more worry doesn't equal more parental love http://ow.ly/qNujr
Common-sense guidelines: Much ado about media | Sound It Out by Joanne Meier | @readingrockets http://ow.ly/qyNEk
Programs, Research and Events
Authors and Illustrators for the Victims of Typhoon Haiyan, and online auction via @TarieS http://ow.ly/qNssu
I learned via @cjfriess that it's National Nursery Rhyme Week - what will you be reading? http://ow.ly/qIh4d #kidlit
Early Warning (on importance of reading by end of grade 3) Confirmed | Annie E Casy Fdn via @tashrow http://ow.ly/qyOXO #literacy
Let's Celebrate with Picture Books! urges @bookchook for #PictureBookMonth http://ow.ly/quaKc #kidlit
Sigh! New Study Finds Language Gap Between Rich and Poor Children Begins Earlier Than Previously Thought | @CBCBook http://ow.ly/qpA8G
Schools and Libraries
Reading teachers take note! Reading in the Wild by @donalynbooks – Reviewed by @katsok @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/qIlDX
How are books judged? @postlocal rips apart Accelerated Reader as applied to #CommonCore titles http://ow.ly/qyOJR via @100scopenotes
Uncommonly Good Books (and more!), resources for Common Core Instruction | Hi Miss Julie! http://ow.ly/qphZV #literacy
Social Media and Communication
Very useful article, I thought: How to Get Busy People to Take Action When You Send an Email @msuster http://ow.ly/qI08O via @cmirabile
Thoughts from @bonnyglen on why she likes the Facebook "Like" button (and Twitter Favorite) http://ow.ly/qNvqS
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