2015 Summer Reading Program “Read to the Rhythm” For Little Ones (ages two – five) Andreae, Giles. Giraffes Can’t Dance. Costello, David. Little Pig Joins the Band. Craig, Lindsay. Dancing Feet! Emberley, Rebecca. The Ant [continue reading]
February 2015
Review of the Week: “Hansel and Gretel” by Neil Gaiman
Gaiman, Neil. Hansel and Gretel. Lorenzo Mattotti, Illus. Non-fiction. Toon, 2014. 54p. $16.95, 978-1-935179-62-7, PLB $29.95, 978-1-935179-65-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti lend their noir strengths to this deeply satisfying retelling of [continue reading]
New Pop-up and Flap Books for Spring 2015
New Pop-up and Flap Books for Spring 2015 Green, Rod. Giant Vehicles. Illus. by Stephen Biesty. Templar/Candlewick, 2014. $15.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-7404-5. Illustrator Stephen Biesty is respected for his many factual books, including The Story of [continue reading]
New BayNews, Workshop on Serving Children and Teens, New Seuss, Children’s Choice Finalists
New ACL BayNews Posted: The February 2015 BayNews (the newsletter for the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California) is now available on our website: http://www.bayviews.org . You will find reviews of new pop-up books, [continue reading]
Review of the Week: “A Fine Dessert”
Jenkins, Emily. A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Dessert. Sophie Blackall, Illus. Non-fiction. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2015. [44]p. $17.99, 978-0-375-86832-0, PLB $20.99, 978-0-375-96832-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-5. From Lyme, England, in 1710, to [continue reading]
Author Steve Sanfield Dies, Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced
Steve Sanfield Dies: Steve Sanfield, a noted Bay Area author and poet, died on Jan. 28, 2015 at his home in the Sierra Foothills in Nevada County of heart failure. Along with his poetry for [continue reading]
Scott O’Dell Award, Amelia Bloomer List Announced
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Dash by Kirby Lawson (Scholastic, 2014) has been named the 2015 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction recipient. Set in 1942, fifth-grader Mitsy Kashino is forced to deal with [continue reading]
Review of the Week: “Morris Micklewhite”
Baldacchino, Christine. Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress. Isabelle Malenfant, Illustrator. Picture Book. Groundwood, 2014. [32]p. $16.95. 978-1-5549-8347-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. Despite his classmates’ taunts and cruel remarks, Morris loves putting on fingernail polish, shoes [continue reading]