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November 2014

Review

Review of the Week: “The Fourteenth Goldfish”

Holm, Jennifer L. The Fourteenth Goldfish. Fiction.  Random, 2014. 208p. $16.99 978-0-375-87064-4, PLB $19.99 978-0-375-97064-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Ellie’s mom brings home a 13-year-old relative from the police station. He turns out to be Ellie’s [continue reading]

Published on Nov 26, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Fourteenth Goldfish, Jennifer Holm

Kirkus “Best” Lists, Fall Board Book Round-up Part 3

Kirkus Announces “Best Children’s Books of 2014”: Kirkus Reviews announced their choices for the best books for children of 2014, organizing the list into 11 categories. These include “Best Informational Picture Books,” “Best Pictures Books [continue reading]

Published on Nov 24, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up
Tags: Board books, Kirkus Best Lists

Woodson Wins Nat’l Book Award, 2015 Summer Reading, SLJ’s Best List

Jacqueline Woodson Wins National Book Award: Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir in verse, Brown Girl Dreaming, won in the Young People’s Literature category at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014. Ursula Le Guin received [continue reading]

Published on Nov 21, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Brown Girl Dreaming, Eva Mitnick, Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award, School Library Journal, Summer Reading

Review

Reading Levels, November BayNews, Review of the Week

Mary Ann Scheuer’s “Great Kid Books” blog has a very informative post on reading levels, and using them to motivate children to read. Check it out! http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/2014/11/reading-levels-using-them-to-help-kids.html New ACL BayNews Posted: The November 2014 BayNews [continue reading]

Published on Nov 19, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Imani's Moon, JaNay Brown-Wood, Mary Ann Scheuer

R.A. Mongomery Dies, Kirkus Prize Announced

Author R.A. Montgomery of “Choose Your Own Adventure” Books Dies: R.A. Montgomery, publisher and sometime author of the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series of novels for grades 3-5 has died at age 78, at his [continue reading]

Published on Nov 17, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Obituary
Tags: Choose Your Own Adventures, Kirkus Prize, R.A. Montgomery

Review

Review of the Week: “Stubby”

Bausum, Ann. Stubby: The True Story of World War I’s Bravest Dog. Non-fiction.  National Geographic, 2014. 72p. $17.99. 978-1-4263-1486-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Initially, he hung around the U.S. Army training camp scrounging for food, but [continue reading]

Published on Nov 12, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Ann Bausum, Stubby

ACL Meeting Reminder, Publishers’ Weekly Best Books 2014

ACL Meeting Friday, November 14, 2014: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, November 14, 2014, from 9am-1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]

Published on Nov 10, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events, Awards, Message from ACL, News
Tags: Publishers' Weekly

Outstanding!

Every month, we 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 5, 2014
Posted by: hayleybeale
Categories: Outstanding Books of the Month
Tags: outstanding
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