Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America. Brian Pinkney, Illus. Non-fic. Disney/Jump at the Sun, 2012. 244p. $19.99. 978-1-4231-4257-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. In this collective biography, the author celebrates ten [continue reading]
January 2013
ALA/ALSC Youth Media Awards Announced
At the American Library Association’s Midwinter meeting held on January 28, 2013 in Seattle, several book and media awards were announced. These included: Newbery Medal: Katherine Applegate for The One and Only Ivan (HarperCollins) Caldecott [continue reading]
Orion School Author Festival – Free!
The 11th annual Orion School Children’s Authors and Illustrators Festival will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2013, 10am-3:30pm, at Orion Elementary School, 815 Allerton St., Redwood City, CA. Teachers, librarians, parents, and children are [continue reading]
ALSC Job Opening -Advocacy Website
ALSC is seeking a Member Content Editor for its upcoming ALSC Advocacy Website, scheduled to go live on May 1, and electronic newsletter. The mission of the new site is to educate youth services librarians [continue reading]
Infopeople Programming Course, “Ivy + Bean the Musical”
Programming for Children and Tweens Infopeople Online Course An Infopeople online course, March 5 to April 1, 2013 Do you want to improve your ability to develop library programs for children and pre-teens? Here’s an [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Pratchett, Terry. Dodger. Fiction. HarperCollins, 2012. 360p. $17.99. 978-0-06-200949-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Dodger makes his living finding loose change and baubles in the sewers of early nineteenth century London. Things change when he saves the [continue reading]
Year of the Snake Programming Ideas
The 2013 Lunar New Year begins on Feb. 10, and this year is the Year of the Snake. For a library program, you can include both books and activities on the traditions of Lunar New [continue reading]
Outstanding!
Every month, we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]