Friday Links List and Illustrators' Treehouse News - 21 August 2020


From School Library Journal:
     Spotting Misinformation and #FakeNews: 10 Resources To Teach Students Media Literacy
     Take 5: MG and YA Lit that Talks About Periods and Puberty

From SmithsonianMagazine: Why a Campaign to ‘Reclaim’ Women Writers’ Names Is So Controversial

From PW:
     Giving Voice to Indigenous Children: Spotlight on Rebecca Thomas
     Leonard S. Marcus Joins Astra Publishing House as Editor-at-Large

From EAB: Foster connections in a physically distant environment

From the NYTimes:
     The Celebrity Bookshelf Detective Is Back
     How Do You Translate a Comic Book Into Audio? Ask Neil Gaiman

From Inside Higher Ed: Making Remote Learning Relevant

From PW: Booksellers to America: Save the Post Office

From YA Studies Association: This year's conference will be online

Linnaeus University's Conceptions of Girlhood Now and Then: "Girls' Literature" and Beyond Conference will be online this year

Are you familiar with the blog The Picture Book Den - they have lots of smart articles and are worth following!

From Lee & Low: Writing Contests

Miss this year's SCBWI Summer Conference? Many of the talks were recorded and are now available online for free!

From BookBub: 22 of the Best Reading Nooks to Escape Into




ILLUSTRATORS' TREEHOUSE NEWS
From Brightly: Keep Calm and Color On: Amazing Coloring Books for Adults

From PW: The Fanatic (graphic novels newsletter)Topics: Race and Representation: Relaunching Asterix in America; PW Talks with V.E. Schwab; etc.

From The Washington Post: How John Lewis’s masterful illustrated memoir is a shining torch for the next generation

Do you know about Cedarseed's Artist's Guide to Human Types?

From CommArts: 2021 Typography Competition

Dark Horse Library News (Graphic Novels)

From Getty: 8 Fascinating Virtual Art Exhibits and Events To View This Summer

From Muddy Colors:
     Flaming Birds, but Gouache with Steven Belledin
     PAINTING MARVEL MASTERPIECES 2020
     IN THE STUDIO WITH ALEX ROSS

From ChildrensIllustrators.com: latest newsletter with interviews and features

From Print & Pattern: KIDS DESIGN - tesco childrenswear pt.1 (following print trends in a major UK retailer)

From The NYTimes:
     SUFFRAGE AT 100: A VISUAL HISTORY
     Fighting for the Vote With Cartoons

From The Art Room Plant:
     Vincent Grave

     Sydney Smith




OFF TOPIC BUT INTERESTING
From Yahoo!: Barack Obama shares his 2020 summer playlist and Megan Thee Stallion can't contain her excitement: 'Omg!'

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: How to Curate Your Zoom Backdrop, and Why You Should

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