Harrold, A. F. The Imaginary. Emily Gravett, Illus. Fiction. Bloomsbury, 03/15. 224p. $16.99. 978-0-8027-3811-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Rudger is an excellent imaginary friend; Amanda’s sparky imagination brings him to life. But when a sinister man [continue reading]
June 2015
ACL Meeting Friday, June 12th, Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People’s Poet Laureate
ACL Meeting Friday, June 12, 2015: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, June 12, 2015, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Tim Federle Receives Lambda Literary Award for Five, Six, Seven, Nate!
2015 Lambda Literary Awards Announced: Tim Federle received the 2015 Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Children’s/Young Adult, for Five, Six, Seven, Nate! (Simon & Schuster, 2014), announced on June 1 in New [continue reading]
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]
Dinosaurs Storytime Ideas (2015)
Dinosaurs are always a huge hit with preschoolers, and many of them know the names of different dinosaurs. You can make all types of projects, including dinosaur masks, paperbag puppets, or Playdoh dinosaurs. Try some [continue reading]
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part I
Spring Board Books, Part I My allergies have alerted me that it is Spring again, and time for our semi-annual Board Book Round-up! Here is Part I, with some mini-reviews of new board book series [continue reading]
Sizes (large, small) Storytime Ideas
The size of things relative to other things is an important concept for preschoolers to learn. Be sure to use the Geisel Award-winning book, You Are (Not) Small, a really fun and very brief picture [continue reading]