The weekly web ramble (5/16)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– SLJ expands on its cultural diversity booklist

– A quick Ted-Ed on the power of our words

<– AUTHOR TALK

Anne Ursu tackles “the John Green effect,” contemporary realism and form as a political act

Jim C. Hines on why visibility matters

Claire Legrand squares off versus the killjoys

Kelli Stanley‘s confessions of a comic book fan

WEB READS –>

The Islands of Chaldea

– Check out the first four chapters of The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones & Ursula Jones

The Castle Behind Thorns

– Read the first eight chapters of The Castle Behind Thorns by Merrie Haskell

Heir of Fire

– Check out an excerpt from Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Silver Shadows

– Read the first chapter of Silver Shadows by Richelle Mead