Savage, Stephen. Little Tug Stephen Savage, Illus. Pic. Bk. N. Porter/Roaring Brook, 2012. [32]p. $12.99 978-1-59643-648-0 OUTSTANDING GRADES TOD-PRE. Though not the biggest, tallest or fastest boat in the harbor, anthropomorphized Little Tug still has [continue reading]
February 2013
New ALSC Forum on E-books and Children
The ALSC Board of Directors and ALSC President Carolyn Brodie will be hosting two ALSC Community Forum live chats on the topic of eBooks and children’s services. In addition to the 45 minutes of discussion, [continue reading]
Cybil Awards Announced
Cybil Awards Announced: The Children’s and Young Adult Blogger Literary Awards were announced on February 14, 2013: http://www.cybils.com/2013/02/the-2012-cybils-awards.html . Among the winners are A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead, Mrs. Harkness and the Panda [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Murphy, Jim and Alison Blank. Invincible Microbe Tuberculosis: And the Never Ending Search for a Cure. Photos. Non-fic. Clarion, 2012. 149p. $18.99. 978-0-06-1853574-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-6. This impeccably researched, highly fascinating, and definitive biography of [continue reading]
Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas – Dr. Seuss – Read Across America
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday (March 2) coincides with Read Across America Day and is a popular program at many elementary schools; it is held in early March. If you would like to extend the idea to [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Hale, Christy. Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. Christy Hale, Illus. Non-fic. Lee & Low, 2012. [40]p. $18.95. 978-1-60060-651-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES TODDLER-4 Rhyming concrete poetry combines with illustrations and photographs to create a book [continue reading]
Midwinter ALA Meeting – Thoughts from some ACL Members who attended
Midwinter ALA Meeting – Thoughts from some ACL Members who attended Alan Bern, Berkeley Public Library reports: I had a really great time on the Carnegie Video Award Committee — the winner this year is [continue reading]
International Reading – Books from other countries
Minwalla, Shabnam. The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street. Hachette India, 2013. 112p. E-book $12.49. ASIN B00B86G8DI. English. As this book is only available thru Hachette India, ACL cannot put it in our regular reviews. It [continue reading]