Blogging about Children’s and Teen Books

New Jersey Association of School LibrariansFall Conference

December 1, 2012

Elizabeth Burns

Work: eburns@njstatelib.orgPersonal: lizzy.burns@gmail.com

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A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy

blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy

Pop Goes the Library

A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy

blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy

The first post

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, 2005

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, 2006

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, 2010

I don't want any trouble. I just want be alone and quiet in a room with a chair and a fireplace and a tea cozy. I don't even know what a tea cozy is, but I want one.

www.buffyguide.com/episodes/anne.shtml#ixzz2AGmJNdxZ

nicholasmosse.com/t/textiles/textiles/tea-cosy

The first post

And first comments

Talking about books . . .

High Tech Organization

Review copies

OK, sometimes a cat….

Kidlitosphere

melissawiley.typepad.com/bonnyglen

June 5, 2006 Melissa Wiley, Here in the Bonny Glen

June 19, 2010Over 24,000 results

November 24, 2012over 80,000 results

http://www.cybils.com/

Cybils, Est. 2006

www.robinbrande.com

Potluck Dinner, June 2007Robin Brande’s blog

www.kidlitosphere.org/kidlitcon

Annual Conference, Est. October 2007

www.kidlitosphere.org

Kidlitosphere Central, Est. 2009

What is a blog?ReviewsRecommendationsDiscussionsBooklistsNewsToursInterviewsGiveawaysChallengesCommunity

AuthorsIllustratorsLibrariansTeachersReadersParentsTeensPublishers

Now, Now, Now

Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein, Hyperion 2012

Wonder, R.J. Palacio, Random House, 2012

The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate, HarperCollins, 2012

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/

New Genre?

How To Find the “Right” Blogs

• search: review book name author– Internet– Twitter

• Follow links

A Start….

• School Librarians• Teachers• Public Librarians• And Other Book Lovers

http://childrensbookalmanac.com/

Anita Silvey’s Children’s Book a Day

Teachers

http://medinger.wordpress.com/

Educating Alice

http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/

Nerdy Book Club

http://www.nonfictiondetectives.com/

Nonfiction Detectives

http://slatebreakers.com/

Slatebreakers

http://stephsureads.blogspot.com/

Steph Su Reads

http://www.teachmentortexts.com

Teach Mentor Texts

http://readingyear.blogspot.com/

A Year of Reading

School Libraries

http://100scopenotes.com/

100 Scope Notes

Programming Ideas

http://bookends.booklistonline.com/

Bookends, a Booklist Blog

http://campbele.wordpress.com/

Crazy Quilt Edi

http://www.kissthebook.blogspot.com/

Kiss The Book

http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Yingling Reads

http://www.readingrants.org/

Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists

http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/

Seven Impossible Things…

http://shelfelf.wordpress.com/

Shelf Elf

http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/

Watch. Connect. Read.

Mr. Schu’s Road Trip: Via Tweet, Video Blog, and Pinterest

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/08/k-12/mr-schus-road-trip-via-tweet-video-blog-and-pinterest/

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

American Indians in Children’s Literature

http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/

www.motherreader.com

MotherReader

http://www.sproutsbookshelf.blogspot.com/

Sprout’s Bookshelf

http://www.stackedbooks.org/

Stacked

http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/

Teen Librarian’s Toolbox

http://www.youthservicescorner.com/

Youth Services Corner

And Everyone Else

http://thebooksmugglers.com/

The Book Smugglers

http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/

Charlotte’s Library

http://foreveryoungadult.com/

Forever Young Adult

slayground.livejournal.com

Little Willow

cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com

Cynsations

And other fun sites

http://battleofthebooks.slj.com/

SLJ Battle of the Kids’ Books

Reading Challenges

http://novelchallenges.blogspot.com/

blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/

Fuse # 8

Poetry Friday

http://www.kidlitosphere.org/poetry-friday/

http://asuen.com/blog/?page_id=27

Nonfiction Monday at Anastasia Suen

More resources….

http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy/2012/11/24/help-please/

Elizabeth Burns

Work: eburns@njstatelib.orgPersonal: lizzy.burns@gmail.com

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