Books, Literacy

The Economist

Official site for The Economist. Follow for article updates, events and news from The Economist. To subscribe go to: http://econ.st/ddIkQq
1,980,265 followers |

LeVar Burton

Actor, Director, Educator, Student
1,751,304 followers |

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is a weekly magazine with a mix of reporting of politics and culture, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism.
1,550,063 followers |

Le Monde

Bienvenue sur le fil d'actualité du Monde.fr. Pour suivre la campagne présidentielle : @lemonde_pol.
820,365 followers |

Smithsonian

We're not a museum. We're 19 of them! Plus 9 research centers & the National Zoo. Follow your favorites
671,871 followers |

Sesame Street

Coming to you live and official from Hooper's Store!
656,369 followers |

Megan Calhoun

SocialMoms is a community of influential moms who are active in social media. Join us at http://www.socialmoms.com!
429,795 followers |

Holly Robinson Peete

If you get a chance take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.
245,329 followers |

TED News

ALL the news from #TED: TEDTalks, TED Conferences, the TED Prize and more.
162,600 followers |

Boing Boing

Official BoingBoing.net feed. Links to our blog posts, videos, and features, plus RTs + extras from our editors.
132,812 followers |

Library Journal

Library views, news, and book reviews from LJ staffers
129,398 followers |

NPR

This is NPR, PR. Info from our comm. team: media, PR, creative and corporate. Note: Follow @nprnews to get more NPR news stories.
109,126 followers |

goSmithsonianed

We're goSmithsonian, the official guide to the Smithsonian! Follow us to learn all about events and exhibitions at our 19 museums and galleries.
84,756 followers |

Elivan Souza

I #Teach C-L-I-L #enjoy Mozart´s #piano #concertos #food #drink #travel #quote #coldplay #retweet articles of general interest #followback #tfb #autofollow
62,464 followers |

Sesame Workshop

The nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street and so much more.
46,376 followers |

MAKE

The twitter home of MAKE magazine.
46,263 followers |

Scholastic

The official Twitter account of Scholastic Inc. Tweet @ us with your thoughts on books and education!
42,488 followers |

Angela Maiers

I believe these 2words can change the world - #YouMatter - I'm an Educator, Author, Speaker passionate about literacy, learning, and power of social media
40,837 followers |

Marshall Kirkpatrick

CEO @plexusengine
40,352 followers |

Brandon Colby, MD

CEO/Medical Director of Existence Genetics & author of Outsmart Your Genes. Dr. Brandon Colby is a world leader in the revolutionary field of genetic testing.
37,847 followers |

Jack Bergstrom

Writer,Public Speaker,Seminar Leader, Life/Business Coach, NLP Practitioner, Outdoorsman, World Traveler, Gourmet Cook, Avid Reader, Book Collector, Scots/Swede
37,599 followers |

Smithsonian Magazine

Official Twitter feed for Smithsonian magazine and Smithsonian.com. Updates on history, science, arts and culture. @ replies may be reprinted in the magazine.
31,693 followers |

Oliver Sacks

Author, Neurologist
24,408 followers |

Random House Kids

Get the latest on #kidlit and #kidsapps from Random House Children's Books! Vist @RandomBuzzers for YA chat.
24,024 followers |

Linda Thieman

Author of the Mom's Choice Awards(R)-winning chapter book series, Katie and Kimble: A Ghost Story, for ages 6-10.
21,718 followers |

Astronomy Magazine

Astronomy informs, entertains, and inspires people who are interested in the science and hobby of astronomy.
14,604 followers |

iSpeech - TTS & ASR

iSpeech provides free human quality speech recognition and text to speech SDKs for mobile developers. Over 12 mil people use iSpeech apps like DriveSafe.ly.
13,291 followers |

Hay Festival Blog

The twitter companion to the unofficial blog about the Hay Literary Festival in Wales
12,599 followers |

Reading Rockets

Teaching kids to read, especially those who struggle. Research, classroom strategies, parent tips, books & authors, and much more, for educators and families
11,770 followers |

Marilyn Walker

Writer, Exec at www.homerenergy.com, mondayswithmoney.com, specialtystoremarketingmagic.com. Tweet about writing, renewable energy, marketing, small biz.
11,609 followers |

symmetry magazine

Dimensions of particle physics
10,976 followers |

Disability Now

Your rights, your voice, your life. News direct from Britain's leading disability magazine.
10,945 followers |

Andrea Chhan

Bayard publishes a range of award-winning magazines for children: StoryBox (ages 3-6), AdventureBox (ages 6-9) and DiscoveryBox (ages 9-12).
9,881 followers |

Language Books

Interested in linguistic study. Love to share around great books and materials for all languages
9,130 followers |

Lisa Brookes Kift

Therapist & writer committed to marriage, relationship & emotional health. Author of Therapy-At-Home Workbooks®, creator of The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com
8,061 followers |

Chic Mom Magazine

Moms, be inspired, be uplifted, be understood. Be you!
7,401 followers |

Donalyn Miller

reader, teacher, blogger, author of The Book Whisperer, #nerdybookclub and #bookaday facilitator, #titletalk co-host
7,325 followers |

ADDitudeMag

Resources for families touched by attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD). Tweets courtesy of the editors & bloggers you love!
6,413 followers |

proven book

In continuous search of proven books. Let`s share our experiences!
6,235 followers |

Amalia Starr

Mother to an independent autistic adult son, Motivational Speaker, Author, and Founder of Autism Independence Project. Book Amalia to speak, call 800-939-1046.
5,989 followers |

Sprout

Sprout is the 24-hour preschool channel that brings parents and kids together for shows, activities and adventure.
5,798 followers |

Ann Douglas

Toronto Star columnist. Also tweet @anndouglas. 10th anniversary edition of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books now avail in Canada. Coming to US in '12.
5,466 followers |

The Quirkles

The Quirkles® book series is comprised of 26 imaginary scientists that help children every day, all over the world, develop a love and appreciation for science.
4,944 followers |

John Elder Robison

A Free Range Aspergian, author of Look Me in the Eye and Be Different. Asperger autism advocate Lover of cars photography writing writing outdoors
4,723 followers |

Bianca Schulze

Freelance writer, blogger (recognized by the ALA as a Great Website for Kids), book reviewer, aspiring author, mom. Check out my blog!
4,661 followers |

ReadToday!

Busy Starting a Reading Revolution!
4,609 followers |

Everybody Wins! USA

Everybody Wins builds the love of reading & literacy among low-income kids by bringing volunteers into schools for weekly 1-on-1 lunchtime reading experiences
4,480 followers |

Rosalyn Schnall

Author of the book, When Teachers Talk. Exposing principal abuse in the Chicago school system and how it affects our kids
4,457 followers |

Jen Robinson

A Red Sox fan living in San Jose, working in the semiconductor industry, but blogging about children's books, literacy, and growing bookworms
4,378 followers |

TeachingBooks

Website offering readers multimedia instructional materials about children's and young adult books and their authors.
4,345 followers |

Tracy Grand

connecting you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books for Children and Young Adults
4,191 followers |

Kara T. Tamanini

Children's Therapist, Author of Children's Books, Gainesville Mental Health Examiner, Wife, Mother, All around good egg
3,949 followers |

Arte Público Press

Oldest, largest Hispanic press, non-profit publisher of Latino writers. Based at UH where Carmen in the marketing office tweets about books & relevant topics.
3,446 followers |

Bookshare

making the world of print accessible to people with disabilities
3,382 followers |

Marcela Summerville

Early Elementary World languages specialist,Preschool and Kindergarten Spanish teacher,who loves to teach through storytelling, speaker, consultant and author.
3,366 followers |

Language Today

An ongoing effort to seek out, make observations about, and highlight contemporary examples of language, literacy, and culture in action in global media.
3,218 followers |

childrens books

Everything about childrens books from news and reviews to special deals
3,159 followers |

Adonya Wong

Modern Day Gypsy! Curious? Learn more at http://AdonyaWong.com !
3,107 followers |

Generations Inc

Generations Incorporated engages active older adults in results-driven intergenerational literacy programs that inspire students and improve schools.
3,041 followers |

PSB

Publisher Standards Board
2,926 followers |

SAGE Education

SAGE is a leading international publisher of books and resources for education professionals.
2,840 followers |

Maria Lucia Martin

Psychanalyse, littérature, ACF-MC
2,594 followers |

CYOA Publisher

Publisher of Choose Your Own Adventure books.
2,556 followers |

Dr.Gary Brannigan

Clinical & School Psychologist specializing in parenting issues and learning, reading & other disabilities. Coauthor READING DISABILITIES: BEATING THE ODDS.
2,554 followers |

Books About Children

Books about children, books for children - get all the latest children's books news tweeted to you as it happens.
2,524 followers |

Make Magazine

Make On Twitter!
2,424 followers |

Melissa

full screen, color children’s eBook reader & store, recordable eBooks from top publishers, literacy advocates, bridge love of reading with technology
2,415 followers |

Karen Deerwester

Author of The Entitlement-Free Child: Positive Parenting Solutions for Raising Confident and Respectful Kids and owner of Family Time Inc.
2,403 followers |

MotabilityOperations

The Rough Guide to Accessible Britain, www.accessibleguide.co.uk, produced with Motability, is packed with ideas for days out for the disabled visitor.
2,142 followers |

Avocado Technologies

PLN for language, speech therapy, technology, education, science news from the web. @MeganPanatier M.S., CCC-SLP #SLPeeps Salons
2,038 followers |

Angieville

Bookish sort reading and reviewing YA, fantasy, scifi, romance, etc.
1,982 followers |

special_needs

Mother of a child with Angelman Syndrome, entrepreneur www.lilangelgifts.com , special needs blogger http://www.specialneedsreads.com
1,979 followers |

Inclusive Planet

The best place on the web for accessible content, conversations and friends.
1,864 followers |

Carolyn Graham

Editor for AAA publications. And I blog, usually about mom stuff, food stuff, and travel stuff. But don't hold me to those.
1,766 followers |

Seema Thobhani

Child Coach, #Author of children's book series, Speaker, Mum of 2, Mumpreneur. Do you want to make a difference in the lives of #children
1,749 followers |

Saqer Almarri

MA Translation student, opensource culture & technology supporter (yes, Linux), currently working on my thesis, and a translation.
1,728 followers |

Susan Dee

Wife. Auntie. 5th Grade Teacher. Literacy Adjunct Instructor. Avid Reader & Recommender. Devoted to inspiring life-long reading habits!
1,673 followers |

Chantal Sicile-Kira

I write, speak, educate and inspire, mostly about autism. Autism College http://autismcollege.com/ Full Life With Autism http://autismcollege.com/book/
1,607 followers |

Alison Shapiro

Alison Shapiro, stroke survivor and author of Healing Into Possibility
1,572 followers |

SpeechTech Magazine

Your source for info on Speech Technology Magazine & Blog and SpeechTEK.
1,547 followers |

Readeo.com

Readeo combines great children’s books w/ video chat to create a live reading experience where people can see, read and interact with their children. #kidlit
1,532 followers |

Philippe Sollers

菲利普 · 所来尔思,法裔欧洲作家,很早就独自开始关注中国。
1,431 followers |

Early Achievements

Helping parents to get their children to read BEFORE they reach kindergarten!
1,426 followers |

Colorín Colorado

Colorín Colorado is a website dedicated to helping young English language learners learn to read... and succeed!
1,407 followers |

AAPT

AAPT was established in 1930 with the fundamental goal of ensuring the dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching.
1,382 followers |

Thomas Armstrong

Educator, speaker, author of 14 books including: The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain.
1,286 followers |

RoutledgeLinguistics

Keeping you up-to-date with news and offers from Routledge Language and Linguistics books and journals.
1,274 followers |

connie goldin

Mom to Madre is a California nonprofit corporation in San Diego, tax exempt under Internal Revenue Section 501(c)(3); EIN 27-1299878.
1,271 followers |

Jenny Moss

Ex-NASA engineer who now writes novels: SHADOW (Scholastic Press), WINNIE'S WAR (Walker), and TAKING OFF (Walker, Jan 2011)
1,248 followers |

AdLit.org

Resources for parents and educators of struggling teen readers/writers. Classroom strategies, instructional articles, parent tips, and book recommendations.
1,235 followers |

Headsprout

Headsprout's mission is to be a major force in helping eliminate illiteracy in young children around the world.
1,227 followers |

KidsSmart Publishing

Kids Smart Publishing - Hands-on activities and worksheets created by K-3 teachers! It's fun to learn.
1,152 followers |

Keetoy Miki

Son, Brother, Uncle, Social Media Nerd, Sports Nut & Youth Coach With Dodgy Knees
1,150 followers |

Maya Creedman

K-8 teacher, writer and mom blogging about her family's geo-educational adventures in Lake Tahoe, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Pacific Northwest
1,116 followers |

Susan Senator

Author, public speaker, English prof, autism activist, bellydancer, mother of 3 boys
1,110 followers |

PBS Booklights

Inspire a love of reading in your child with help from these children’s book experts.
1,103 followers |

Papertrails Family

We write a family book blog that includes news, reviews and plenty of fun takes on great kids' lit.
1,097 followers |

Laura Finn

Follow me for news, updates and title alerts from the world of Cambridge Linguistics (follow @CambUP_LING too for updates from our New York office)
1,049 followers |

BasieAndPaisley

Brother and sister creating fun children's books about friendly monsters.
1,030 followers |

Marshall Cavendish

Marshall Cavendish is a leading North American publisher of illustrated encyclopedias, digital resources, nonfiction series, and children's books.
987 followers |

San Diego Literacy

The San Diego Council on Literacy and its partners work to improve the quality of life for those at the lowest levels of literacy.
980 followers |

Andrew Gitt

Andrew Gitt, the CEO of StoryTimeForMe.com, tweets about children's literacy a interesting topics that parents with young children with enjoy.
974 followers |

Jolene Philo

wife, mom, teacher, special needs advocate, author, blogger, national speaker, & Downton Abbey groupie-www.jolenephilo.com
952 followers |

gayle slate

Family Therapist. Award Winning Author-Dana's Legacy: From Heartbreak to Healing. Expert- Parenting Children w/ Disabilities. Founder of Kids Included Together.
933 followers |

Library Technology

This represents Shepherd University's Scarborough Library Technology
875 followers |

Literally Ready

K-2 Literacy coordinator/coach/interventionist, lover of emergent literacy, ΔΣΘ
849 followers |

Barbara Drake

Writer, teacher, expat blogger, obsessed with melting glaciers, dancing bear-men, world's best ceviche...
816 followers |

Dee White

Kid's/YA author of 4 books including Letters to Leonardo- tips & free writing competitions for kids at http://writingclassesforkids.com & www.deescribe.com.au
805 followers |

Barefoot Books NYC

We feature articles on literacy, education and award winning children's books that nourish and encourage creativity
805 followers |

Danielle Burbank

Hashk’aa hadzohí nishli’. Tséníjíkiní éí bashishchíín. Ak'oteego asdzaa nishli'. Naltoos bahooghandi naashnish. Amá nishli.
754 followers |

ME Family Literacy

A program of the Barbara Bush Foundation, designed to support the development and/or improvement of family literacy in Maine.
736 followers |

Pro Ed, Inc

Publisher of assessment, books, and other materials related to all areas of disability and development.
733 followers |

Amy Moore

Mobile indie children's bookseller and book fair company in Dallas area.
710 followers |

Sesame Street

Bring back Sesame Street to the UK!
663 followers |

Desiree Allen

Ambassador for Barefoot Books. Mother. Colorado native transplanted in New Jersey.
597 followers |

lcpearse

Newly minted librarian/archivist tweeting about the professions
568 followers |

Audacity Magazine

The disabled magazine for the able mind.
557 followers |

Jennifer Beck

Educational Consultant & Supervisor, Usborne Books & More, publishers of Usborne & Kane/Miller titles. Pittsburgh-based wife & mom to my 4 awesome kids.
546 followers |

Thru The Tollbooth

Your Road Map To Writing For Children And Young Adults
539 followers |

Friends of Literacy

Support second chances and make a difference in the lives of our students.
397 followers |

New Museums Books

All new museums & collections book releases posted on their publication day
357 followers |

Valerie Byrd Fort

Dogs. Yoga. Gadgets. Kids. Books. Libraries.
325 followers |

Readeez

Readeez are short films that help kids learn to read, with original songs and a cool technique called SyllableSync™. We love you! http://facebook.com/readeez.
322 followers |

Brighter Minds Media

Engaging minds of all ages with entertaining & educational books and multimedia
301 followers |

Robin Gibson

Youth Services Librarian; CAS, U of Illinois; MLIS UW-Madison; reader, reviewer, book lover
259 followers |

Corona Library pal

Friends of the Corona Library in Corona, California. We like writers, bookstores, book-lovers & those interested in literacy everywhere!
230 followers |

Integrative Speech

Executive Coach - Author - Books/Newsletters
216 followers |

shawn brown

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well” John Marshall
213 followers |

paula willey

I call myself a critic. Sounds meaner than 'reviewer,' and when you review books like 'Turtle & Guppy Learn to Share,' SOMETHING about you needs to sound tough.
211 followers |

SpeakWithMe Books

Children's Books and Songs Series for Speech Development! Written by Angela Holzer, MA
189 followers |

Jonathan Potter

academic health sciences librarian, etc.
162 followers |

Katelin Holloway

Children's Book Writer/Illustrator
158 followers |

smartelfins

Education for children to adults in innovative fashion|design,math,sci,languages, humanities. Listening to your needs in learning & self improvement
143 followers |

kim krug

Monkey See, Monkey Do is an independent children's bookstore located in Clarence, New York. Its fun filled setting provides a learning adventure for all!
114 followers |

Becky Young

Children's book reviewer, librarian at Seabury School, journalist
92 followers |

Penny Eifrig

books for kids and adults, good reads, good stories, good for the environment
70 followers |

Holly Baker

all about kids and their books; NEVER lets a pigeon drive the bus
65 followers |

singingyogi

Speech Therapist. Author of One Life to Ride
46 followers |

working with elmo

44 followers |

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