In memory of the late Maurice Sendak: Sendak, Maurice. Bumble-Ardy. Maurice Sendak, Illus. Pic. Bk. HarperCollins, 2011. [32]p. $17.95 978-0-06-205198-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3 Loosely based on an animated short film made for TV’s Sesame Street [continue reading]
May 2012
Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak Dies
Maurice Sendak, the children’s book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen,” died early Tuesday. He was 83. Longtime [continue reading]
California Young Reader Medal and Crystal Kite Awards
The California Young Reader medal winners for 2011-2012 were announced May 1, 2012: http://californiayoungreadermedal.org/: Primary: I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll. Flashlight Press, 2009 Intermediate: Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette [continue reading]
The 16th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture
Children & Youth Services, the African American Center and the Fisher Children’s Center of the San Francisco Public Library presents The 16th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture: A Sense of Place Real and Imagined Guest [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Barnett, Mac. Extra Yarn. Jon Klassen, Illus. Pic. Bk. Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, 2012. [40]p. $16.99 978-0-06-19538-5. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-4 In a drab, wintry town, Annabelle discovers a box “filled with yarn of every color.” Starting [continue reading]
The Borrowers Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for The Borrowers by Mary Norton, adapted into the film The Secret World of Arrietty The newest film adaptation of Mary Norton’s The Borrowers was originally made in Japan in 2010. The version with [continue reading]
Hunger Games and Dystopian Tween Fiction Read-Alikes (2012)
There has been a big increase in the demand for read-alikes for The Hunger Games due to the hit feature films. We have added some titles, and broken down the list into books to recommend [continue reading]
The Penderwicks Read-Alikes
The Penderwicks Series by Jeanne Birdsall. These are all traditional family stories, almost a throwback to the first types of children’s books, which will appeal to a wide audience who likes historical fiction as well [continue reading]