Red's Journey Through Bookland

Chapter 17- #Weneeddiversebooks We Need Diverse Books is a non-profit organization for children’s and YA book lovers to advocate change in the publishing industry. Their goal is to “help produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.” This movement started via a hashtag on twitter in 2014 after frustration rose after an all-white, all male panel of children’s authors assembled for BookCon. This organization offers programs that provide voice to diverse authors and their works including The Walter Award (named after Walter Dean Myers), The Walter Grant to provide financial support for unpublished diverse authors and illustrators, Internship grants, mentorship programs, the OurStory App (a resource for finding diverse books for all audiences), Bookseller of the Year award, WNDB in the Classroom Initiative, WNDB Retreats, WNDB Scholastic Partnership, and Anthologies that feature diverse work. The organization and website provide resources for...

Chapter 3: Anatomy of a book This chapter summarizes and shows a diagram of the important parts of a book that can be of interest to a reader. The backbone (or spine), Endpapers, and Casewrap are often the first things we look at when assessing our interest in a book. These three items can help entice a reader into purchasing or checking out a book. The book block, gutter, and headband are normally more utilitarian than the others as they keep the book together and do not often used to impress a reader. We are all told as kids to not judge a book by it’s cover, but I don’t know anyone who hasn’t done that exact thing. These parts of the book help us judge the cover and our interest, and they create the first impression of a book which is important to get someone to read it. This chapter also gives additional vocabulary that revolves around the publishing process. Mock-Up, Format, and Proofs are parts of the publishing process which might explain how people may see different version...

Facebook or Twitter: Which one is better for a library's promotion and networking?  We have all had a lot of experience with facebook and twitter. They are the way that we communicate across countries, develop relationships, maintain relationships, and sometimes even for self promotion. Look at me and all the great things I am doing! Now why not do this for your library? Many people have had this idea- this is a look at how successful these two social media networks are for promoting libraries.  Facebook;  When I did my initial search for school library pages I had to scroll past many Library organizations, non-profits, and educational resources before I was able to find any effective school library pages. These are the Library pages that I found:  Green Forest High School Library  Green Forest, AR On this Facebook page for Green Forest High School's Library, you can tell that the Media Specialist uses this page to advertise the success of...