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October 2013

Review

Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table Review

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table.  Eric-Shabazz Larkin, Illus. Non-fiction.  Readers to Eaters, 2013. [32]p. $17.95.  978-0-9836615-3-5.  OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-6. Will Allen deserves this compelling biography so aptly rendered by author [continue reading]

Published on Oct 30, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Halloween Read-Alouds

Halloween Read-alouds for ages 4-8 (Picture books) Reynolds, Aaron.   Creepy Carrots!   Jasper Rabbit wants some of the carrots that grow in a nearby field, but shadows and a “Twilight Zone” vibe frightens him. Savage, Stephen. [continue reading]

Published on Oct 28, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Updates
Tags: Halloween

Read-Alike

Al Capone Does My Homework Read-Alikes

Readalikes for Gennifer Choldenko’s “A Tale from Alcatraz” series, in celebration of the series’ final book Al Capone Does My Homework, Dial, 2013. Books set during the Great Depression: Ayres, Katherine. Macaroni Boy. Curtis, Christopher [continue reading]

Published on Oct 25, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: A Tale from Alcatraz series, Al Capone Does My Homework, Gennifer Choldenko

Review

Review of the Week

Say, Allen. The Favorite Daughter ‡. Allen Say, Illus. Pic. Bk. Scholastic, 2013. [32]p. $17.99. 978-0-545-17662-0.  OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-6. While gently understated, this autobiographical picture book is outstanding on many levels. Yuriko is teased because [continue reading]

Published on Oct 23, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Allen Say, The Favorite Daughter

Retro Reads: The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means

From time to time, we will reread classics or award winning children’s books from the past to see how they might be viewed in our current day. Means, Florence Crannell. The Moved-Outers. Houghton, 1945. 161 [continue reading]

Published on Oct 21, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Message from ACL
Tags: Florence Crannell Means, Retro Reads, The Moved Outers

Review

Review of the Week

Ottaviani, Jim.  Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikus.‡ Maris Wicks, Illus. Graphic novel.  First Second, 2013. 144p. $19.99. 978-1-59643-865-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-ADULT. The surprising and groundbreaking stories of the [continue reading]

Published on Oct 16, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Jim Ottaviani, Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall...

Elisa Kleven at Fresno State on Nov. 1, 2013

The Arne Nixon Center Advocates would like to invite everyone to their Annual Meeting on November 1, 2013, in the Henry Madden Library at Fresno State.  Award-winning picture book author and illustrator Elisa Kleven  will [continue reading]

Published on Oct 12, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: Arne Nixon Center, Elisa Kleven, Fresno State University

Board Books Round-up Part 3

More Board Books arrived just as we were finishing last month’s column, so here are more mini-reviews of new Board Books. Single Titles: Light, Steve. Diggers Go. Chronicle Books, 2013.  16p. $9.99. ISBN 978-1-4521-1864-2. As [continue reading]

Published on Oct 9, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up, Updates
Tags: Board books
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