UPDATE: 2/5/2013 #Bedtimepicks hasn’t caught on, so I’m changing the hashtag to #BedtimeReads, which is more appropriate and easily understandable. Please join in! Just Tweet the hashtag with the titles of the books you’re reading to your children each night.
For two years I’ve been Tweeting the hashtag #bedtimepicks to share the picture books I’m reading to my kids that night. For two years some folks have joined in, yet all have dropped out.
Then I realized: YOU HAVEN’T BLOGGED ABOUT THIS FOR TWO YEARS?
What is wrong with me? (Don’t answer that!)
So I now triumphantly propose we get moving with this hashtag! It’s a simple way to share and discover great picture books for parent-child bonding. (And if you read chapter books or middle grade novels to your kids, of course, those count, too!)
In the evening, tweet something like this:
Then click on the hashtag to see what other parents and caregivers are reading.
VOILA!
TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING!
If you’re in, let me know in the comments. And please blog about it to spread the word.
Now quick, let’s all play catch-up!
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October 9, 2012 at 9:24 am
Kim Pfennigwerth
Wonderful blog, Tara!
October 9, 2012 at 9:33 am
Diandra Mae
Oooh- I never see the hashtag because we’re busy going to bed ourselves! Fab idea, Tara!
October 9, 2012 at 9:35 am
Janice D. Green
What a wonderful idea. I may blog about it too and pitch a few favorites.
October 9, 2012 at 9:45 am
Genevieve Petrillo
I have no kids to read to at night, but I may join in at random times when I’m reading something fun. #bedtimepicks Yay!
October 9, 2012 at 9:53 am
Sarah M. Isaacson
I’m in, but I promise I will only hashtag when we’re reading something new (to our hash). Lots of repeats for us right now. M is 7-months old, but loves to eat, er, I mean, listen to bedtime stories.
October 9, 2012 at 9:56 am
Lori Alexander
I’ve been meaning to do this but so…tired…by…then…zzzz. Will try to remember tonight!
October 9, 2012 at 11:24 am
Julie Falatko
FINALLY! Yay! My only question is how I can be grammatically correct if we’re only reading one book. I mean, I’ll do it (“Current #bedtimepicks: INVISIBLE INKLING: DANGEROUS PUMPKINS by @elockhart”) but, well, you know.
October 9, 2012 at 11:30 am
Laura Sassi
LOVE this idea, but I have same question Julie has. Will #bedtimepick work as well?
October 9, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Tara Lazar
We should stick to the same term because bedtimepick is a different hashtag search than bedtimepicks. So stick with the plural even if you’re reading only one book. Think of it in the collective–“look at all the great reads people are sharing for #bedtimepicks!” So all the tweets put together are definitely plural!
October 9, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Julie Falatko
Plural = tweets. That works for me. So everyone, please read an implied “here’s what I’m adding to all our” before the #bedtimepicks in my tweets. Oh, goodness, this is making me sound kind of obnoxious and persnickety. What I mean to be saying is: WAHOO! I’m psyched for this! And it’s brilliant! Going to add a special column in Tweetdeck for #bedtimepicks now!
October 9, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Abigail Rayner
Tara, I love this idea. Starting tonight!
October 9, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Saba
Well, technically, I don’t read bedtime stories to little ones as I don’t have any of my own but I love this idea and would love to join in on getting #bedtimepicks popular π
October 9, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Gary Masskin
Great suggestion. I’m in, although you might see my picks pop up at a weird (non-bedtime time) due to the Australian timezone difference. Will hopefully prompt me to start tweeting more in general. @garymasskin
October 9, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Tara Lazar
Any time of day is fine! Because it’s always bedtime somewhere! LOL
October 9, 2012 at 8:54 pm
scbwiqld
Great idea Tara. Count me in. I am away at the moment so will start when I get back in two weeks. Also I’m from Australia so my tweet times will be different. Also I don’t have children but am always keeping an eye out for great children’s bedtime reading.
October 9, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Tara Lazar
Like I said to another Aussie, any time is fine because it’s always bedtime somewhere! π
October 10, 2012 at 6:05 am
pavinee s (@onMerryDay)
This is interesting. I don’t have children to read to either but I collect picture books and read or look at them whenever I need inspiration. I’m sure this #bedtimepicks will lead me to more beautiful books!
Thanks Tara and I’m saying hi to you from Thailand π
October 10, 2012 at 7:41 am
Tara Lazar
Wow, all the way from Thailand! I see from my statistics that I get visitors from many far-off countries, but many of them do not say hello. HELLO!
October 10, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Catherine Johnson
What a neat idea! I’ve never noticed. Tweets drop through a hole in the ground and are probably plugging up a dam somewhere π
October 13, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Diana Murray (@DianaMWrites)
Great idea!