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May 2013

Review

Review of the Week

Here’s one!: Stone, Tanya Lee.  Who Says Women Can’’t Be Doctors: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell.‡ Marjorie Priceman, Illus. Non-fiction.  Henry Holt, 2013. [40]p. $16.99. 978-0-8050-9048-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-2. It is no easy task to [continue reading]

Published on May 29, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Tanya Lee Stone, Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors

LEGO Summer Reading Lists Available from ALSC

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has teamed up with LEGO® DUPLO® to expand the Read! Build! Play initiative by creating the LEGO® DUPLO® Read! [continue reading]

Published on May 28, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: ALSC, Legos

Review

Review of the Week

Crowder, Melanie. Parched.  Fic.  Harcourt, 2013. 154p. $15.99 978-0-547-97651-8.  OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. This dystopian novel is set in an unknown country in the not too-distant future when drought has devastated the land and the people. [continue reading]

Published on May 22, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Melanie Crowder, Parched

Bernard Waber, creator of “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” Dies

Children’s author-illustrator Bernard Waber, creator of much-loved picture books about Lyle the crocodile and other anthropomorphic animals, died on May 16, 2013. He was 88. Waber was born in Philadelphia on September 27, 1924; though [continue reading]

Published on May 20, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary
Tags: Bernard Waber

Monterey Library Wins Award for “Reading Rockets”

Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library, CA, has been awarded the Public Library Association’s (PLA) Innovations in Literacy Award for its “Reading Rockets” youth literacy program. The library is one of only eight public libraries in the [continue reading]

Published on May 17, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Monterey Public Library, Reading Rockets

Review

Review of the Week

Fleming, Candace. On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave .‡ Fic. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2012. 200p. $16.99. 978-0-375-86781-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. Sixteen-year-old Mike is running late and speeding when a girl appears in his [continue reading]

Published on May 15, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Candace Fleming, On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave

Do-It-Yourself Summer Reading Party – “Reading Is So Delicious!”

Summer reading program themes can be used in developing Do-It-Yourself programs. In California, the 2013 summer reading program materials from the California Library Association celebrate “Reading is So Delicious!” Here are some ideas for programs [continue reading]

Published on May 13, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas
Tags: Do-It-Yourself Programs, Summer Reading Program

Edgar Awards, “Briefings,” and ACL Pinterest Page

The Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of its 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television, in celebration of the 204th anniversary of Poe’s birth: BEST [continue reading]

Published on May 10, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Message from ACL, News
Tags: CLA Briefings, Edgar Awards, Pinterest
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