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November 2013

Review

Counting by 7s Review

Sloan, Holly Goldberg. Counting by 7s.  Fiction. Dial, 2013. 380p. $16.99. 978-0-8037-03855-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Although seventh grader Willow Chance was adopted by loving parents at a young age in Bakersfield, she’s faced a very [continue reading]

Published on Nov 27, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Counting by 7s, Holly Goldberg Sloan

Kadohata wins Nat’l Book Award, Lobel Exhibit at SF Jewish Museum, Arab American Book Award

Kadohata Wins National Book Award Cynthia Kadohata won the National Book Award, Young People’s Literature category, for her novel The Thing About Luck (Atheneum, 2013). A story of a young girl and her brother who [continue reading]

Published on Nov 22, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Arab American Book Award, Arnold Lobel, Contemporary Jewish Museum, Cynthia Kadohata, National Book Award, The Thing About Luck

Review

Charlotte Zolotow Dies, Review of the Week

Author Charlotte Zolotow Dies at age 98 Author and editor Charlotte Zolotow died at age 98 on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 at her home in New York. Zolotow was renowned for her many picture books [continue reading]

Published on Nov 20, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Alphablock, Charlotte Zolotow, Christopher Franceschelli

“Junie B. Jones” Author Barbara Park Dies

Author Barbara Park, creator of the “Junie B. Jones” series of transitional fiction books, has died at age 66 from ovarian cancer.  The New Jersey native died on Friday, November 15, 2013 at her home [continue reading]

Published on Nov 18, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary
Tags: "Junie B. Jones" series, Barbara Park

Pop-up and Flap Books

Pop-up and Flap Books Litton, Jonathan. Mesmerizing Math. Illus. by Thomas Flintham. Templar/Candlewick, 2013. 16p. $18.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-6881-5. Full of small pop-ups, booklets, games, pullouts, and other movable elements, this look at math factoids includes [continue reading]

Published on Nov 15, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Updates
Tags: Pop-up books

Review

ALSC Institute Registration Open, Review of the Week

ALSC Institute Registration Open Registration for the 2014 ALSC National Institute is now open– a great development and networking opportunity for library staff working in youth services.  This biennial conference moves around the country so [continue reading]

Published on Nov 13, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: ALSC Institute, Desperate Adventures of Zeno and Alya, Jane Kelley

Professional Reading: Pura Belpre biography, Little Golden Books gift

Gonzalez, Lisa Sanchez. The Stories I Read to the Children: The Life and Writing of Pura Belpre, the Legendary Storyteller, Children’s Author, and New York Public Librarian. Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College of [continue reading]

Published on Nov 8, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development
Tags: Little Golden Books, Pura Belpre

Outstanding!

Every month, we’ll 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]

Published on Nov 6, 2013
Posted by: hayleybeale
Categories: Outstanding Books of the Month
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