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Stories For All (Diversity & Inclusion) | First Book #diversity #books
Although the First Book Marketplace is for educators (to purchase books and educational materials at low prices for children in need), the resource highlights books for children and youth that showcase topics of diversity and inclusion. You can explore books by themes that include African American Interest, Asian American & Pacific Islander, Global Stories, Immigrant Experience, Latino Interest, LGBTQ, Muslim American, Native American, Religion and Special Needs & Abilities. Browse the themes to discover books within each interest area. There are also resources recommended for other topics and themes such as STEM and Me & My Feelings, etc.
“Through the Stories for All Project™ First Book strives to provide all kids with diverse books that act as mirrors and windows. Kids feel valued and validated when they see their own experiences reflected on the pages of books, and they develop curiosity and empathy when they read about experiences different from their own. To help your kids grow as both readers and global citizens, [view] our ever-expanding selection of diverse books.”
Audiobook Samples Now Available on Goodreads | The Digital Reader #audiobooks @GoodReads @audible_com
Note: Amazon owns Audible and GoodReads.
If you like listening to audiobooks then I have some good news for you. Goodreads is in the process of adding audiobook excerpts to its website. Soon GR members will find free audio samples for 180,000 Audible titles on the book listing pages. Along with the option of reading a sample from the book, GR members can now also listen to an excerpt from the audiobook. The excerpt will (should) play in a pop up window the web browser, and if you like what you hear you can the title to your “want to read” list, or you can head over to Audible and acquire the audiobook directly.
Obviously this feature is not available for all titles listed on Goodreads, but when it is available you’ll find the listen button below the cover image on the left side of the page. Goodreads told me that the new feature is only available on the desktop site, but not GR’s mobile site or its Android and iDevice apps.
READ MORE: Audiobook Samples Now Available on Goodreads | Ink, Bits, & Pixels | The Digital Reader
44 Social Media Tools Recommended by the Pros | Social Media Examiner #socialmedia
Are you looking for ways to enhance your social media marketing? Do you want new tools to simplify your marketing tasks? We asked a group of social media pros for the hottest social media tools they use today. Check out these social media tools to see if they’re a good fit for you! READ MORE: 44 Social Media Tools Recommended by the Pros | Social Media Examiner
The Top Fantasy Books To Get Any Beginner Interested In The Genre | Huffington Post
The fantasy genre can be daunting — magic, creatures, and unpronounceable names can seem, well, a bit weird to people who haven’t read those kinds of books before. However, as millions upon millions of fans know, there’s something to be said for the escapism and sense of wonder that a fantastical novel can provide.
There’s also the question of size to consider. One glance at hefty high-fantasy series like Lord of the Rings (approximately 1,200 pages altogether) and Game of Thrones (4,228 pages and counting) can intimidate even the most avid of readers. But rest assured, not all fantasy novels are as massive and terrifying.
Whether you’re new to fantasy, or even new to reading for pleasure, there is always a point A from which to start. In this hypothetical scenario, consider “Game of Thrones” point D.
Here are some fantasy trilogies, series and standalone novels that can get you to point B (or point D, if you’re feeling ambitious). READ MORE: The Top Fantasy Books To Get Any Beginner Interested In The Genre | HuffPo
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These are my fantasy genre recommendations. There is a mix of classic, historical and romance fantasy novels listed.
- The Hobbit & the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Ysabel and the Under Heaven series by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Inheritance series by N. K. Jemisin
- The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Study Trilogy by Maria V. Snyder
- Tairen Soul series and Weathermages of Mystral series by C.L. Wilson
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50 Great Novels About Madness | Flavorwire
Not so much into March Madness? Well, perhaps you should look at it another way. March is the perfect month for reading books about madness — it is a transitional time, after all, possessed of both lion and lamb. Plus, you’ll have ample reading time, both outside and inside. The books herein, it should be noted, are those that deal with a kind of literary madness — obsession and absurdity and hallucination — not directly focusing on mental illness proper, whenever the two can be separated. So you won’t find The Bell Jar or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest or The Yellow Wallpaper here, though those are all excellent reads. MORE: 50 Great Novels About Madness | Flavorwire.
30 Useful Apps For Students You Probably Don’t Know About | InformED
The number of college students taking at least one online course has nearly doubled over the past five years according to a report by market research agency Refuel.
Online students are often faced with the challenge of juggling their academic responsibilities alongside families or full-time jobs, which is certainly no easy task.
Technology can help students better manage their learning by providing everything from study aids and research tools to time-management apps, so it’s somewhat surprising to learn that few students are actually using such tools for learning purposes.
The majority of students use online and mobile apps primarily for entertainment according to the Refuel report, with over 70% using them for games, 67% using them for music, and 64% using them for social networking.
If you want to encourage your students to start taking advantage of the many technology tools available to them, here are a few examples of the types of productivity and learning apps that can support them in their studies.
SEE THE LIST OF TOOLS: 30 Useful Apps For Students You Probably Don’t Know About | InformED
26 Contemporary Books That Should Be Taught In High School | BuzzFeed
We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us what contemporary book should be taught in high school. Here are the brilliant results. READ MORE: 26 Contemporary Books That Should Be Taught In High School | BuzzFeed
This Interactive Chart Picks the Right Tablet for You | LifeHacker
Previously, we featured this comparison chart that helps you pick a phone or laptop based on your needs. Now, the site has been to include tablets as well, making it even easier to find the right smart device.
As with the other versions, you can filter your options based on storage, screen size, and resolution. It also seems the developer took some of our readers’ suggestions after last time. Not only does the tablet version now come with OS and camera filters, but the OS filter has been applied to the smartphone comparison chart as well.
READ MORE: This Interactive Chart Picks the Right Tablet for You | LifeHacker
74 Essential Books for Your Personal Library: A List Curated by Female Creatives | Open Culture
When Open Culture recently published Jorge Luis Borges’ self-compiled list of 74 ‘great works of literature’, commissioned by Argentine publisher Hyspamerica, I, along with many others, saw one glaring issue in the otherwise fantastically diverse list: it included no works by female writers.
Whether intentional or not, the fact that women are excluded from Borges’ noteworthies (and in 1985, no less) means that a vast number of historically and culturally significant books and writings have been overlooked. While this ought not to discredit the works listed in any way, after witnessing the immense popularity of Borges’ list I certainly felt that for his selection to be relevant today it needed to be accompanied by a list of works which had been overlooked due to the gender of their respective authors.
I decided to put a suggestion to a group of international women writers, artists and curators, and we compiled our own list of 74 ‘great works of literature’ — one just as varied, loose and substantial as that of Borges, but made up solely of writers identifying as women or non-gender-binary. Over two days we amassed many suggestions, which I’ve now curated to form the list below. It’s not intended to invalidate the original, but rather to serve as an accompaniment to highlight and encourage a dialogue on gender imbalances in creative and intellectual realms, as well as to provide a balance by actively ‘equalising’ that of Jorge Luis Borges.
SEE THE LIST: 74 Essential Books for Your Personal Library: A List Curated by Female Creatives | Open Culture.
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