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March 2012

Notable Books for a Global Society 2012

“Notable Books for a Global Society 2012” list.  This list is sponsored by the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association. Notable Books for a Global Society 2012 Alicia Alonso [continue reading]

Published on Mar 30, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: Andersen Award, International Reading Association, Notable Books for a Global Society

Review

Review of the Week

Ponti, Claude. Chick and Chickie Play All Day.  Claude Ponti, Illus. Graphic.Toon, 2012. 31p. $12.95 978-1-935179-14-6.      OUTSTANDING      GRADES PRE-1 “What do you want to play?” Chick asks his friend Chickie, as they start this giggle-inducing [continue reading]

Published on Mar 28, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Claude Ponti, Mary Ann Scheuer, outstanding

Andersen Award and Arne Nixon Center Party

IBBY ANNOUNCES HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD FOR 2012 The Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) announces that Maria Teresa Andruetto from Argentina is the winner of [continue reading]

Published on Mar 26, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: Andersen Award, Arne Nixon Center, IBBY, Maria Teresa Andruetto, Peter Sis

Read-Alike

Hunger Games Read-Alikes for a younger audience

If they’re asking for The Hunger Games, but you’re in a K-5 Library, try… These are possible alternatives found in some K-5 libraries.  In most cases, they are on the edge (grades 5-8), but they [continue reading]

Published on Mar 23, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Film, Hunger Games, Linda Perkins, Read-Alikes

Review

Review of the Week

Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars ‡ Fic. Dutton, 2012. 318p. $17.99 978-0-525-47881-2   OUTSTANDING      GRADES 8-ADULT It is ironic that such a funny YA book is about teens with cancer, yet that is the [continue reading]

Published on Mar 21, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: John Green, Melissa McAvoy, outstanding, YA Fiction

Media Watch

Disney Junior is a new cable network debuting March 23.  Two of their programs are based on children’s books: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney (Candlewick, 1995) and the Gaspard and Lisa [continue reading]

Published on Mar 19, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Media Watch
Tags: Anne Gutman, Film, Sam McBratney, Television

Not too late to register for Institute!

Workshop on Food Justice Resources for Libraries                 “Eat the Library: How Libraries and Food Justice Organizations Can Work Together to Make Food Healthy, Safe, and Available in Their Communities” is the title of the [continue reading]

Published on Mar 17, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events
Tags: Community, Food, Justice, Oakland Public Library

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Welcome to BayViewsandMore, the blog of the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL)!  Here we will post announcements and news regarding both our organization and things of interest to children’s librarians everywhere.  So [continue reading]

Published on Mar 16, 2012
Posted by: bayviewsandmore
Categories: Message from ACL
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