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April 2012

Get Out Your Thimbles; It’s Time to Quilt!

The Bay Area Storytelling Festival returns to the Bay Area on Saturday and Sunday May 19th and 20th, and it’s time to quilt the annual Bay Area Storytelling Festival Quilt.  This year we continue with [continue reading]

Published on Apr 14, 2012
Posted by: bayviewsandmore
Categories: News
Tags: Quilt, Storytelling, The Bay Area Storytelling Festival

CLA announces 2012 Beatty Award winner

One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street by Joanne Rocklin has been selected by the California Library Association (CLA) to receive its prestigious Beatty Award. “I’m absolutely thrilled and honored,” said Rocklin. “I’ve [continue reading]

Published on Apr 14, 2012
Posted by: bayviewsandmore
Categories: News
Tags: Beatty Award, CLA, Joanne Rocklin

Review

Review of the Week

Levine, Kristin. The Lions of Little Rock.  Fic.  Putnam, 2012. 300p. $16.99  978-0-399-25644-8        OUTSTANDING      GRADES 5-8 A tender and mutually beneficial but fragile friendship lies at the heart of this story. “Practically thirteen,” Marlee loves [continue reading]

Published on Apr 11, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Grades 5-8, Kristin Levine, Linda Perkins, Lions of Little Rock, outstanding

Eisner Award Nominations and Indies Choice Awards

Eisner Awards Nominations Check out the Eisner Award Nominations, celebrating comic books and graphic novels: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.php Indies Choice Book Awards / E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards 2012 The Indies Choice Book Awards  E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, [continue reading]

Published on Apr 9, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: Barbara Cooney, Colin Meloy, Eisner Awards, H. A. Rey, Indies Choice Awards, Jon Klassen, Maile Meloy, Ruta Sepetys, Watty Piper

Friday Fun, and ACL on Twitter and Facebook

Want to have some fun?  Try the Bobbsey Twin Quiz, submitted by Linda Perkins:  http://mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=1422.  Linda says “If 60% is passing, I didn’t pass, but I did have more correct answers than wrong ones.” Also, [continue reading]

Published on Apr 6, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Message from ACL, News
Tags: Bobbsey Twins

Outstanding!

Each month, we’ll post an annotated bibliography of books that have been rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List in the previous month. Members can see full reviews of the following books and many [continue reading]

Published on Apr 4, 2012
Posted by: hayleybeale
Categories: Outstanding Books of the Month
Tags: march2012, outstanding

Review

Review of the Week

Duffield, Kay S. California History for Kids: Missions, Miners, and Moviemakers in the Golden State   Non-fic.    Chicago Review, 2012. 144p. PB $16.95    978-1-56976-532-6                       LOW ADDITIONAL                        GRADES 4-6 The task of covering the history of California from [continue reading]

Published on Apr 4, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: California History for Kids, Grades 4-6, Kay Duffield, Low Additional, Non-Fiction
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