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]
February 2013
Meeting Reminder, Diane Wolkstein Dies, Gryphon Award, Arne Nixon Center News
Meeting Reminder – Friday, February 8, 2013, 9am-1pm at Oakland Main Library Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, [continue reading]
Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards
The latest issue of the California Library Association youth services interest group’s “Briefings” Newsletter is now available: http://www.cla-net.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=261 . Author/Illustrator Jan Ormerod Dies, Age 67: Australian-born author and illustrator Jan Ormerod died in Cambridge, England, on January [continue reading]
Novels in Alternating Voices Read-Alikes
Read-Alikes for Novels in Alternating Voices: Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Avi, and Rachel Vail. Never Mind! A Twin Novel Carvell, Marlene. Sweetgrass Basket Clements, Andrew. A Week in the Woods Creech, [continue reading]
Indian, Pakistani, and Afghan Asian-American Characters Read-Alikes
Novels with Indian, Pakistani, and Afghan Asian-American Characters: Banerjee, Anjali. Looking for Bapu Banerjee, Anjali. Seaglass Summer Chari, Sheela. Vanished Fleming, Candace. Lowji Discovers America Krishnaswai, Uma. The Grand Plan to Fix Everything Hiranandani, Veera. [continue reading]
Digging in Flower Gardens Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging in Flower Gardens Flower gardening can be fun for preschoolers, even if they don’t have a yard at their home. They can have flowering houseplants, or flower pots on the windowsill. [continue reading]
Digging in the Sand Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging in the Sand For many California libraries, the beach is not far away, and most preschoolers have been to the beach. Even if they haven’t, they would enjoy these stories, and [continue reading]
Strawberries Storytime Ideas (2013)
Strawberries are tasty and sweet, but also healthy, so they are great for helping preschoolers learn good eating habits. Luckily, there are some great picture books featuring strawberries! For a simple craft, make these handprint [continue reading]