Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 22 May 2020

From SLJ:
     The Importance of Critical Thinking in the Age of Fake News "In today’s complex media environment, students must learn how to identify the source of information, verify it, and analyze how it was designed to make them feel, according to news and information literacy experts."
     Take 5: Things to Keep in Mind While Doing Virtual Programming
     For Kids Who Don’t Have Books at Home, Communities Are Working to Reach Them | Donalyn Miller
     #BreakTheStigma: 14 Nonfiction Mental Health Books for Children, Tweens, and Teens
     VIDEO: School Librarian Panel Discusses Using Virtual Meeting Tools To Connect with Students
     Free Virtual Field Trips for Touring the World From Home
     IMLS, CDC Offer Guidance for Disinfecting Returned Library Books

From Brightly:
      Mondays with Michelle Obama Featured Books
     5 Teacher-Recommended Tips for Exploring Current Events with Your Students
     How to Talk to Your Children About Climate Change

From The Bulwark: Dear Reader A letter from the author of ‘The Giver’ and ‘Number the Stars.’ (Lois Lowry)

From The Conversation: Urban fantasy novels: why they matter and which ones to read first

From tes: How would the Weasleys have coped with homeschooling?

From PW: In Pandemic, Dystopian Fiction Loses Its Luster for Editors

From Pub Rants: Publishing—From a Social Distance by agent Kristin Nelson

From JSTOR's The Daily: The Linguistics of Cooties (and Other Weird Things Kids Say) The game of cooties lets children learn about the idea of contagion, but kid culture and wordplay aren’t meant for adults.

From Tor: A LITTLE PAOLINI, SCHWAB, AND DOCTOROW. AS A TREAT.

From YouTube: EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW TO SURVIVE COVID-19 I LEARNED BY WATCHING SCIFI & HORROR MOVIES

From The Guardian: The end of coronavirus: what plague literature tells us about our future

From PW: Bologna's Virtual Fair Draws 60,000 Online Visitors

Terri Windling's Myth and Moor: Harvesting Stories



ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS

From The Good News Network: IKEA Released Instructions on How to Build the 6 Best Blanket Forts For Your Home Quarantine

From PW: The Fanatic (Weekly Graphic Novels Newsletter)

From AIGA: 50 Books, 50 Covers This year's award-winners

From Random House: RH Graphic Their graphic novel newsletter

From Illustrator Christian Robininson: Making Space (activity show for kids)

From CBC: Kelly Pousette had a fear of the forest, but her paper cut dioramas helped her find joy in the wild

From Children's Illustrators.com: Their monthly newsletter with interviews, industry news, and featured illustrators

From Muddy Colors:
     A PLAGUE OF DRAGONS AND DAUGHTERS OF NEREUS SKETCHBOOK with JUSTIN GERARD

     TODD LOCKWOOD: CURVILINEAR PERSPECTIVE, PART 1
     CONTRAST, HARMONY, AND ATTRACTION – THREE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR COMPOSING PICTURES by Ron Lemen
     FISCHER’S INSTAGRAM ROUND UP: FOLKS TO FOLLOW by SCOTT FISCHER
     COLOR CONSTANCY OR IS IT THE POWER OF GRAY? with HOWARD LYON
     INTERVIEW WITH TERRYL WHITLATCH by DAN DOS SANTOS


From Soundcloud: Podcast - Design Matters - has a great lineup of speakers!

From SLJs 100 Scope Notes: The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2020

From CommArts: Kathleen O’Hara Based in Tiverton, Rhode Island, this illustrator continually innovates her approach to create work in the arena of fantasy.

From The NYT: A Drive-By Art Show Turns Lawns and Garages Into Galleries

On Twitter: Liza Donnelly draws, Visual Journalist @NewYorker, cartoonist/writer.

From Angie's Web: Drachenburg Castle, an elegant Palace with a magnificent Terrace - Now THAT'S a castle worth drawing!

From Let's Talk Picture Books: Let's Talk Illustrators #142: Ana Sender

From The NYT: Traumatized by Memories of Middle School? You Are Not Alone

From Terri Windling's Myth and Moor: Time and Creativity



OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From ChronicleVitae: 5 Takeaways From My Covid-19 Remote Teaching

From The New York Times: The America We Need

From The NYT: When ‘Valley Girl’ (and Nicolas Cage) Shook Up Hollywood - for those of you who remember, this is actually a really interesting article!

From USA Today: Coronavirus gives us a chance to rebuild society together. Let's not blow it.

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