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January 2015

NCTE Huck Award, Margaret Bloy Graham, Meal Program Workshop

Rain Reign Named Charlotte Huck Award Winner: Rain Reign by Ann M Martin, (Feiwel, 2014) was named the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Fiction recipient. For more information, see: www.ncte.org/awards/charlotte-huck . Illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham [continue reading]

Published on Jan 30, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News, Obituary
Tags: Huck Award, Margaret Bloy Graham, Meal Program

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Review of the Week: Viva Frida

Morales, Yuyi. Viva Frida. Yuyi Morales, Illus. Pic. Bk. Roaring Brook, 2014. [32]p. $17.99. 978-1-59643-603-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. Lush visuals created by stop-motion puppets, acrylic paints, and digital manipulation transport the reader into the lyrical [continue reading]

Published on Jan 28, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Viva Frida, Yuyi Morales

Read-Alike

2015 Summer Reading – Every Hero Has a Story Read-Alikes

READ-ALIKES: 2015 Summer Reading Program “Every Hero Has a Story” For Little Ones (ages two – five) Buehner, Caralyn. Dex: The Heart of a Hero. Chabon, Michael. The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man. Cottringer, Anne. [continue reading]

Published on Jan 26, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Every Hero Has a Story, Summer Reading

Review

Review of the Week: The Iridescence of Birds

MacLachlan, Patricia. The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse. Hadley Hooper, Illus. Non-fiction. Roaring Brook, 2014. 42p. $17.99. 978-1-59643-948-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. Patricia MacLachlan’s gift for whittling prose to its essential conveyance of [continue reading]

Published on Jan 23, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Patricia MacLachlan, The Iridescence of Birds

Bonnie Christiansen Dies, Sydney Taylor Awards Announced

Author/Illustrator Bonnie Christiansen Dies Author/Illustrator Bonnie Christiansen died on January 12, 2015 at age 63 due to ovarian cancer. Many of her books were picture book biographies or other factual picture books for elementary school-age [continue reading]

Published on Jan 21, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Obituary
Tags: Bonnie Christiansen, Sydney Taylor Awards

Spanish Language Bookfair, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015

Spanish Language Bookfair: Friday, February 13, 2015 is the date for the Spanish Language Bookfair cosponsored by the Daly City Public Library and Bibliotecas Para La Gente (BPLG), the Northern California chapter of REFORMA. The [continue reading]

Published on Jan 19, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: Spanish Language Bookfair

Programming Ideas: Disney’s “Frozen”

Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas – “Frozen” Film, Crafts, and Games Winter is a great time for a program based around the film “Frozen,” but the film is so popular you would attract a huge audience even [continue reading]

Published on Jan 16, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas
Tags: "Frozen"

Review

Review of the Week: “Neighborhood Sharks”

Roy, Katherine. Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting With the Great Hunters of California’s Farallon Islands. Katherine Roy, Illus. Non-fic. Roaring Brook, 2014. [44]p. $17.99. 978-1-59643-874-3. OUTSTANDING.GRADES 2-7. In this lively book, the migration of white sharks to [continue reading]

Published on Jan 14, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Katherine Roy, Neighborhood Sharks
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