Thursday, October 28, 2021

The Nerdy Book Club-Blog Share

 The Nerdy Book Club


Do you consider yourself a book nerd? If so, this is the blog for you! 


The Nerdy Book Club offers children's and young adult book reviews, podcast, and even their own book awards! Let's check out some of the great information below.



One section of the blog offers "Nerdy Site News". Bloggers discuss topics like the pandemic, whether or not to join a book club, and interesting news and happenings with the site. I personally enjoyed the post, Do You Want to Join a Book Club? by Donalyn Miller. The post describes the advantage of book clubs and even how reading children's and young adult literature benefits educators. (Which is so true!) Finally, the blogger includes a list of books read in the book club which can be incredibly helpful to new librarians/media specialists.





Another great section of this blog is the book awards. Every year, the site announces the nerdy book club winners in the following categories:
  • Picture Books: Fiction,
  • Picture Books: Nonfiction
  • Early Readers/ Chapter Books
  • Graphic Novels
  • Poetry and Novels in Verse
  • MG/YA Nonfiction
  • Middle Grade Fiction
  • Young Adult Fiction
Viewers and subscribers can vote on their favorites each year. I love this! This gives readers the chance to say what books they enjoy and recommend it to others! When I started the program, I was positive I wanted to work in the elementary school library. However, after taking a course in young adult literature, I have found a passion for that too. If I decide to pursue middle grades, I will use recommendations from blogs (Like this one!) and reviews to help me recommend and select books while I read more YA novels myself.


SOCIAL MEDIA ALERT!!!



Another huge selling point of this blog is their big social media presence. They are on Facebook and Twitter. I don't know about y'all, but I get a fair share of my information from social media, so this is a big deal for me! I love that I can like Nerdy Book Club on Facebook and get the latest news, videos, and blog posts while playing on my phone. 



The latest post gives suggestions for Down Syndrome Awareness Month. How cool is that? I know that is something practical I could use in the library to help with programming. They also have some great videos with educators, authors, and librarians. I have included a link below to a video with Colby Sharp (a fifth grade teacher) and Megan Freeman the author of Alone. The link to purchase the book is also below.




I hope you all get a chance to check out this blog and all the great information available on the site and social media accounts. I can't wait to read your comments and see what features you find most helpful and could use in the library!



References

Freeman, M. E. (2021). Alone. Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

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2 comments:

  1. Hi Tiffany,

    Thanks so much for sharing The Nerdy Book Club with us. I feel like I heard about it earlier in my program, but lost track of it. Thanks to your post, I've added it to my collected list of SLIS resources under book award resources (but it could go under many other categories as well). I love Donalyn Miller, The Book Whisperer; knowing she is one of the contributors on the blog ensures that the information being put out by them is quality stuff!

    Thanks Again,

    Michelle Grabiec

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  2. Thanks so much for providing us this informaiton on The Nerdy Book Club. I love being a part of book clubs so having a place where I can look at reviews can be very helpful. I love the ideas of having other input on the blog as well.

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