This document discusses blogging about children's and teen books. It provides information about Elizabeth Burns and her blog "A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy". It discusses the growth of blogging about children's literature over time, how to find relevant blogs, and recommends several blogs about children's and teen books written by school librarians, teachers, public librarians, and other groups.

1. Blogging about
Children’s and Teen Books
New Jersey Association of School Librarians
Fall Conference
December 1, 2012

2. Elizabeth Burns
Work: eburns@njstatelib.org
Personal: lizzy.burns@gmail.com
www.slideshare.net/eaburns/njasl-blogging

3. A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy

4. Pop Goes the Library

9. A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy

10. The first post

11. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, 2005

12. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, 2006

13. The Hunger Games by Suzanne
Collins, 2010

16. 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

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

18. The first post

19. And first comments

20. Talking about books . . .

21. High Tech Organization

22. Review copies

23. OK, sometimes a cat….

24. Kidlitosphere

25. June 5, 2006
Melissa Wiley, Here in the Bonny Glen
melissawiley.typepad.com/bonnyglen

26. June 19, 2010
Over 24,000 results

27. November 24, 2012
over 80,000 results

28. Cybils, Est. 2006
http://www.cybils.com/

30. Potluck Dinner, June 2007
Robin Brande’s blog
www.robinbrande.com

31. Annual Conference, Est. October 2007
www.kidlitosphere.org/kidlitcon

32. Kidlitosphere Central, Est. 2009
www.kidlitosphere.org

33. What is a blog?
Reviews Authors
Recommendations Illustrators
Discussions Librarians
Booklists Teachers
News Readers
Tours Parents
Interviews Teens
Giveaways Publishers
Challenges
Community

34. Now, Now, Now

35. Code Name Verity, Elizabeth
Wein, Hyperion 2012

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

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

38. New Genre?
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/

40. How To Find the “Right” Blogs

42. • search: review book name author
– Internet
– Twitter
• Follow links

43. A Start….
• School Librarians
• Teachers
• Public Librarians
• And Other Book Lovers

45. Anita Silvey’s Children’s Book a Day
http://childrensbookalmanac.com/

46. Teachers

47. Educating Alice
http://medinger.wordpress.com/

48. Nerdy Book Club
http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/

49. Nonfiction Detectives
http://www.nonfictiondetectives.com/

50. Slatebreakers
http://slatebreakers.com/

51. Steph Su Reads
http://stephsureads.blogspot.com/

52. Teach Mentor Texts
http://www.teachmentortexts.com

53. A Year of Reading
http://readingyear.blogspot.com/

54. School Libraries

55. 100 Scope Notes
http://100scopenotes.com/

56. Programming Ideas

57. Bookends, a Booklist Blog
http://bookends.booklistonline.com/

58. Crazy Quilt Edi
http://campbele.wordpress.com/

59. Kiss The Book
http://www.kissthebook.blogspot.com/

60. Mrs. Yingling Reads
http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/

61. Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary
Teen Booklists
http://www.readingrants.org/

63. Seven Impossible Things…
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/

64. Shelf Elf
http://shelfelf.wordpress.com/

65. Watch. Connect. Read.
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/

66. 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/

67. PUBLIC LIBRARIES

68. American Indians in Children’s Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/

69. MotherReader
www.motherreader.com

70. Sprout’s Bookshelf
http://www.sproutsbookshelf.blogspot.co
m/

71. Stacked
http://www.stackedbooks.org/

72. Teen Librarian’s Toolbox
http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/

73. Youth Services Corner
http://www.youthservicescorner.com/

74. And Everyone Else

75. The Book Smugglers
http://thebooksmugglers.com/

76. Charlotte’s Library
http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com/

77. Forever Young Adult
http://foreveryoungadult.com/

78. Little Willow
slayground.livejournal.com

79. Cynsations
cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com

80. And other fun sites

81. SLJ Battle of the Kids’ Books
http://battleofthebooks.slj.com/

82. Reading Challenges
http://novelchallenges.blogspot.com/

83. Fuse # 8
blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/

84. Poetry Friday
http://www.kidlitosphere.org/poetry-friday/

85. Nonfiction Monday at Anastasia Suen
http://asuen.com/blog/?page_id=27

86. More resources….
http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy/2012/11/24/help-please/

87. Elizabeth Burns
Work: eburns@njstatelib.org
Personal: lizzy.burns@gmail.com
www.slideshare.net/eaburns/njasl-blogging