The Morning RSS, 22 April 2024 Edition
A collection of share-worthy items from our morning blog scroll.
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For Writers & Creators
Authors Victoria J. Coe and Cheryl Lawton Malone guest post at Pragmatic Mom, offering their Top 5 Books to Begin or Level Up Your Writing for Kids or Young Adults.
The title is Haiku for Kids: How to Teach It and What To Avoid, and yet … it is a great primer for anyone curious about Haiku as a poetic form and/or interested in writing Haiku.
Author Sandy Grubb guest posts at Unleashing Readers with a post about the role location plays in writing a story. Pirates in a wading pool anyone?
New Boo& Book Lists
Remember these? It’s Time to Awaken the Sleepers: Twelve Backlist Titles For a New Generation. [guest post by Susan Koehler at Teen Librarian Toolbox]
… because not all books have chapters! or chapters you have to read in order! Essential Cookbooks for Beginners and Beyond by Rebecca Joines Schinsky [Book Riot]
Over at Pragmatic Mom, author/blogger Mia Wenjen has a collection of more than 70 books [picture books through middle grade] for Latinx Heritage Month. Her primary focus is on authentic voices who can speak to culture through lived experiences (formerly known as #OwnVoices), but she also has some highly recommended books written by others, as well.
Our Books Eligible To Be Nominated for #CYBILS2024 is up and running - and growing! As of this writing there are 525 books across all categories. Get more detail in the blog post.
Book Bans & Censorship
For 2024, we’re going to flip the perspective on book bans and censorship. Instead of sharing the head-shaking news, we’re going to share head-nodding ideas!
All’s quiet. Eerily quiet.
Other Bookish Stuff
Summer break will be here before you know it, and with it comes the summer slide. Looking for ways to keep kids reading? Have you thought about a summer book club? Libraries have them, but why not make your own for your kids and their friends.
Call their moms, show them this ready-made list (complete with discussion questions) from Afoma: 15 Middle-Grade books for your [7th grade] book club. Make a plan:
Let the KIDS pick from the list for their choices.
Set a (bi)weekly date. Rotate locations, meet at the pool.
Get the kids started with a question or two, and then sit back and watch the magic.
It works. We promise.
~ Team CYBILS