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June 2015

ALA Conference Report, Part 1 – San Francisco Celebrates!

ALA Conference in San Francisco – Reports from Our Members: The ALA Conference in San Francisco kicked off big-time on Friday with the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality. The positive [continue reading]

Published on Jun 29, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: ALA Conference

Author Judith St. George Dies, Mo Willems Sketchbooks

Author Judith St. George Dies: Author Judith St. George has died at age 84 at her home in Bloomfield, CT. Her many books included So You Want to Be President?, which earned illustrator David Small [continue reading]

Published on Jun 25, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Obituary
Tags: Mo Willems

Review

Moonpenny Island Review

Springstubb, Tricia. Moonpenny Island. Gilbert Ford, Illus. Fiction. Balzer & Bray, 02/2015. 292p. $16.99. 978-0-06-211293-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-6. Set on Moonpenny Island, “a dot, a titch, a pinch” in Lake Erie, this tale of friendship, [continue reading]

Published on Jun 24, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Moonpenny Island, Tricia Springstubb

Programming Ideas: Robots at the Library

Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas “Robots at the Library!” is a great program you can hold at almost any size library, and at any time of year. The program features robot demonstrations and hands-on projects, geared to [continue reading]

Published on Jun 22, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas, STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
Tags: Robots

New ACL BayNews, Bay Area Publishing, Motivating Reading, and LGBTQ List

New ACL BayNews Posted: The June 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 the second part of our Spring [continue reading]

Published on Jun 19, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Message from ACL, News
Tags: Bay Area Publishing, BayNews, LGBTQ Books

Review

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler Review

Hoose, Phillip. The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club. Non-fiction. Farrar, 05/2015. 208p. $19.99. 978-0-374-30022-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-10. This riveting non-fiction account of a little known piece of WW II history [continue reading]

Published on Jun 17, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Phillip Hoose, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

Read-Alike

Paper Towns Read-Alikes

Read-Alikes for Paper Towns by John Green: Armentrout, Jennifer L. Don’t Look Back. Asher, Jay. Thirteen Reasons Why. Brooks, Kevin. Black Rabbit Summer. Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Cohn, Rachel and David [continue reading]

Published on Jun 15, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: John Green, Paper Towns

Riddell and Herrera Named Laureates, Summer Reading Lists, All of a Kind Family Blog Post

Chris Riddell Named U.K. Children’s Laureate: Author and illustrator Chris Riddell has been named the Children’s Laureate in the United Kingom, succeeding Quentin Blake and Anthony Browne. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/67058-chris-riddell-named-u-k-children-s-laureate.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=8b6ec2f050-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-8b6ec2f050-304449365 Berkeley School Libraries Offer Summer Reading Suggestions: [continue reading]

Published on Jun 11, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Chris Riddell, Juan Felipe Herrera, Summer Reading, Sydney Taylor All of a Kind Family, Sydney Taylor Awards
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