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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 1/24/16

Serendipity is maybe my favorite experience in the world, so I was pleased to read this New York Times piece on How to Cultivate The Art of Serendipity and learn that I can increase serendipitous “super-encounters.” Simon Beck’s snow and sand art is simply amazing. So incredible that my son actually stopped playing video games to look…

January 24, 2016 in curated content, online reading.

Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 1/17/16

The ALA Youth Media Awards were announced this week! I even woke up early for it–and I jealously guard my sleep. Check out the Reaction Tweets of the winners, and then enjoy the comments and opinions of the “real Caldecott committee” which chimed in on Calling Caldecott, a Mock Caldecott blog. I am such a…

January 18, 2016 in curated content, online reading, Uncategorized.

Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 1/10/16

This Lifehacker post shares the Top 10 Ways to Brainstorm New Ideas. I really need to listen to these 7 Meditation Talks to Inspire. Panels’ 7 Ways You Can Make Comics More Diverse and Inclusive contains good advice related to all reading. Katie Workman’s post on what it’s like to be a Boy Mom had…

January 10, 2016 in curated content, online reading.

Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 1/3/16

Brown Books & Green Tea, a new blog I just discovered thanks to Akilah, has a thought-provoking post making The Case for Reading Diverse Books. Shane Farnam shares his technique for busting through doorstopper books in Just Twenty-Five Pages a Day. If you want to read more in 2016, this is a great post to…

January 3, 2016 in curated content, online reading.

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