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October 2012

Review

Review of the Week

Gennari, Jennifer. My Mixed-up Berry Blue Summer.  Fic.  Houghton, 2012. 119p. $15.99 978-0-547-57739-5,  PB $5.99, 978-0-544-02273-7.  ADDITIONAL. GRADES 4-7. June has always known that her mom was gay, and she’s fine with that. What she’s [continue reading]

Published on Oct 31, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Jennifer Gennari, My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Summer

Serving LGBTQ Families

Naidoo, Jamie Campbell. Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children’s Books with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content. Libraries Unlimited, 2012. $30.  ISBN 978-1-59884-960-8. Although the bulk of this resource book focuses on children’s [continue reading]

Published on Oct 29, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: GLBT, Rainbow Families. Jamie Naidoo

Guardian Award, Random/Penguin Merger, Lowry Interview

Frank Cottrell Boyce was named the Guardian Award winner for his book The Unforgotten Coat, which he originally wrote for charity. He was commissioned to write the story (of a Mongolian schoolgirl whose family was [continue reading]

Published on Oct 26, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Media Watch, News
Tags: Guardian Award, Lois Lowry, Publishers

Review

Wolff, Ashley. Baby Bear Sees Blue.  Ashley Wolff, Illus. Pic. Bk. Beach Lane, 2012. 40p. $16.99. 978-1-4424-1306-1.  OUTSTANDING GRADES TOD-PRE Wolff captures a young child’s unending curiosity of the world, weaving in an identification of [continue reading]

https://www.bayviews.org/review/772-2/

Published on Oct 24, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Ashley Wolff, Baby Bear Sees Blue

National Book Award Young People’s Literature Nominees

The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2012 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. The nominees are:     William Alexander, Goblin Secrets(S&S/McElderry); Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach(Simon Pulse); Patricia McCormick,   Never Fall [continue reading]

Published on Oct 23, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News

Lynden Public Library wins 2012 Mora Award

Lynden Public Library wins 2012 Mora Award REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, is pleased to announce that Lynden Public Library of the Whatcom County [continue reading]

Published on Oct 22, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: El Dia de los Libros, REFORMA

Review

Review of the Week

Milford, Kate. The Broken Lands.  Andrea Offerman, Illus. Fic.  Clarion, 2012. 456p. $16.99. 978-0-547-73966-3.  OUTSTANDING.   GRADES 7-12. Arch-fiend Jack Hellcoal has sent his supernatural minions to transform New York into a literal hell on earth. [continue reading]

Published on Oct 17, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Broken Lands, Kate Milford

Do-It-Yourself Toy Science Program

Do-It-Yourself Toy Science Program Libraries are always interested in programming that will attract boys as well as girls, and a science program where the kids make toys is a great way to appeal to a [continue reading]

Published on Oct 15, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas, STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
Tags: Science
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