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July 2014

Review

Review of the Week – There Will Be Bears

Gebhart, Ryan. There Will Be Bears.  Candlewick, 2014. 218p. $16.99. 978-0-7636-6521-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-9. Thirteen-year-old Tyson plans to accompany his grandfather on an annual elk hunt until “Gramps” moves into a nursing facility for his [continue reading]

Published on Jul 31, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Ryan Gebhart, There Will Be Bears

Play Summit at Sacramento Public Library Sept. 13, 2014

2014 Play Summit date has been set for September 13, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 2014 Play Summit will be held at Central Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Early Bird Registration Deadline: August [continue reading]

Published on Jul 28, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development
Tags: Play Summit, Sacramento Public Library

Review

Review of the Week – The Pilot and the Little Prince

Sis, Peter. The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Peter Sis, Illus. Non-fiction. Farrar, 2014. [48]p. $17.99.  978-0-374-38069-4. OUTSTANDING GRADES 2-5 In the latest exemplary picture book biography by Caldecott [continue reading]

Published on Jul 23, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Peter Sis, Pilot and the Little Prince

Out of the Ordinary

Out of the Ordinary: Reissues and other unusual books Engelbreit, Mary. Mary Engelbreit’s Nursery and Fairy Tales Collection. Illus. by Mary Engelbreit. Harper, 2014. $11.99. ISBN 978-0-06-228707-6. Although Engelbreit’s colorful and pleasantly sweet illustrations are [continue reading]

Published on Jul 21, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Out of the Ordinary

ALA Conference Reports Part 4, Helen Block ALSC Member, Infopeople Course on Children’s Services

More Reports from the ALA Conference, from Elizabeth Overmyer: 1. General buzz: not a program, but I found that many of my ALA acquaintances are ruminating over the January revision of the ALSC guidelines for [continue reading]

Published on Jul 18, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Message from ACL, Professional Development
Tags: ALA Conference, ALSC, Helen Bloch, Infopeople

Review

Review of the Week

Arndt, Michael. Cat Says Meow (and other Animalopoeia).  Michael Arndt, Illus. Picture book.  Chronicle, 2014. [36]p. $12.99. 978-1-4251-1234-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-K. Inspired by animals and typography, Arndt presents a marvelous book whereby an animal’s sound [continue reading]

Published on Jul 16, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Cat Says Meow and Other Animalopoeia, Michael Arndt

Reports from ALA Conference by ACL Members, Part 3, and New BayNews Posted

AASL President’s Program, featuring Donalyn Miller: Donalyn Miller, 5th grade teacher / author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild, gave the keynote address for this program. She described the ways she has [continue reading]

Published on Jul 14, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Message from ACL, News, Professional Development
Tags: ALA Conference, BayNews

More Reports from ALA Conference by ACL Members

Helen Bloch’s highlights of her ALA Annual Conference attendance: • ECRR2 – Does it Really Work? Evaluating the Program – This was a panel discussion looking at the research protocol used and results gathered from [continue reading]

Published on Jul 11, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Professional Development
Tags: ALA Conference
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