Children’s Librarianship – Is it for you? The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) invites students of children’s librarianship and/or children’s literature to apply for one of three annual membership scholarships. Discover a [continue reading]
March 2013
Review of the Week
Mills, Claudia. Zero Tolerance. Fic. Farrar, 2013. 231p. $16.99. 978-0-374-33312-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8 When Sierra accidentally takes her mom’s bag lunch to middle school instead of her own, she realizes there is a small knife [continue reading]
Free Webinar – What’s New in Teen Literature
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Start Time: Pacific – Noon, Mountain – 1:00 PM, Central – 2:00 PM, Eastern – 3:00 PM Speaker: Michael Cart Are you wondering: What the latest things in YA literature are? [continue reading]
ACL Institute Rate for SLIS Students, BayViews.org Updates
Library School Students – take advantage of a special student discount and attend the Association of Children’s Librarians 2013 Institute, for just $25 for the day. The program, to be held on Friday, April 12 [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Frazee, Marla. Boot and Shoe. Marla Frazee. Illus. Pic. Bk. Beach Lane, 2012. [32]p. $16.99. 978-1-4424-2247-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Brother dogs Boot and Shoe live together, but one prefers the front porch, the other the [continue reading]
Hattie Big Sky Read-Alikes
Homesteading Fiction: Read-Alikes for the “Hattie” series by Kirby Larson. Armstrong, Jennifer. Black-Eyed Susan. Avi. The Barn. Babb, Sanora. An Owl on Every Post. Conrad, Pam. Prairie Song. Dallas, Sandra. The Quilt Walk. DeFelice, Cynthia. [continue reading]
Poet Nancy Wood Dies
Poet Nancy Wood Dies: Award-winning poet, author, and photographer Nancy Wood died March 12, 2013 in Santa Fe, NM. She was 76. Wood devoted her career to exploring the culture and lives of the Native [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Lu, Marie. Prodigy. Fiction. Legend Trilogy Series. Putnam, 2013. 384p. $17.99. 978-0-399-25676-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-12. In this stunning sequel to Legend (2011), former Republic soldier June Iparis and rebel hero Day Wing are on the [continue reading]