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August 2013

BAYA Craft Workshop – October 15, 2013

BAYA Craft Workshop: Tuesday October 15th, 2013, 3:30pm to 5:30pm. $25 pre-registration, $30 at the door and for e-mail RSVP. San Leandro Public Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro, CA 94577. BAYA, the Bay Area [continue reading]

Published on Aug 30, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development, Programming Ideas
Tags: BAYA

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Kirby, Matthew J. The Lost Kingdom ‡ Fiction. Scholastic, 2013. 348p. $17.99. 978-0-545-27426-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. n this rousing old-fashioned yarn reminiscent of Treasure Island (Stevenson, Cassell & Co., 1883), an expedition of the American [continue reading]

Published on Aug 28, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Lost Kingdom, Matthew J. Kirby

U.S. Postal Service Seeks Stamp Ideas from Children’s Books

U.S. Postal Service Seeks Stamp Ideas from Children’s Books

In the past, postage stamps that celebrated children’s books have been popular, from the 2004 series of stamps based on Dr. Seuss characters, to the 2006 series based on animal characters in children’s books.  The U.S. [continue reading]

Published on Aug 27, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: U.S. Postal Service

Two Upcoming Workshops

Children’s Services Fundamentals An Infopeople online course, September 24 to October 21, 2013 Do you want to be more comfortable and confident in providing library services to children and their families? In this course, expert [continue reading]

Published on Aug 23, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development
Tags: Infopeople

Review

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Deems, James M. Faces from the Past: Forgotten People of North America .‡ Photos. Non-fiction. Houghton, 2012. 154p. $18.99. 978-0-547-37024-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-ADULT. Graves from as early as 10,500 years ago to 1881 in both [continue reading]

Published on Aug 21, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Faces from the Past, James Deem

Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas: “Narnia” Theme

Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas: “Narnia” Theme

Recently, “Vivian the Librarian,” author of the “As I See It” blog (vivianthelibrarian.blogspot.com/) posted some ideas for a “Narnia” themed library program on the PUBYAC Listserv.  I have taken her ideas and added a few [continue reading]

Published on Aug 19, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas
Tags: Narina Program

Review

Review of the Week

Konigsberg, Bill. Openly Straight.  Fiction. A. Levine, 2013. 336p. $17.99. 978-0-545-50989-3. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 8-12. High school sophomore Rafe Goldberg is openly gay, out to his parents, his friends, and his soccer team. Although his coming [continue reading]

Published on Aug 14, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Bill Konigsburg, Openly Straight

New Pop-up and Toy Books

New Pop-up and Toy Books

Carter, David A. Princess Bugs: A Touch-and-Feel Fairy Tale. Little Simon, 2013. $12.99.  ISBN 978-1-4424-5055-4. This small book doesn’t have Carter’s customary pop-ups; all the illustrations are flat. But the book does contain tactile elements, [continue reading]

Published on Aug 12, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: Pop-up books, Toy books
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