Twitterville Talk #24

The year's best lists are rolling in, opinions abound on e-books and all children need to have books of their own; the tweeters continue to tweet up a loud chorus on Twitter this week.


Twilight vs Harry Potter:  The Social Universe Picks a Winner  I was not a bit surprised at the results.  Will you be?

See what titles were selected by The New York Times as Notable Children's Books of 2011.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever sells more than one million copies in the first week of its release. 

Thanks to Children's Bookshelf of Publishers Weekly for the above tweets.

From the School Library Journal blog post ,  A Fuse #8 Production, Video Sunday, November 20th, 2011, came the link to this splendid video which could be the beginning of something truly wonderful.  What do you think?  Check out their website.



For Their Children, Many E-Book Fans Insist on Paper  To a diehard fan of children's books and young adult books that you can hold in your hand and literally turn the pages, this bit of news has me grinning ear to ear.

On the other side of the coin is Read Me An E-Book Story? giving the pros and cons of e-books from a Dad's perspective.

Many thanks to Larry Ferlazzo, blogger of Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day for the above two tweets this week.

The Horn Book offers Hanukkah Reading, a list of suggested books to celebrate this observance.