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]
April 2012
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]