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September 2016

Review

Little Home Bird Review

Empson, Jo. Little Home Bird ‡Jo Empson, Illus. Pic. Bk. Child’s Play, 07/2016. [40]pp. $16.99. 978-1-84643-889-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. When it is time to migrate, Little Bird brings his favorite things with him, including wind [continue reading]

Published on Sep 29, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Migration

Pop-up and Flap Books: The White House

Pop-up and Flap Books Sabuda, Robert.  The White House: A Pop-Up of Our Nation’s Home. Orchard/Scholastic, 2016. 12p. $29.99. ISBN 978-0-545-54089-6.      Sabuda is best-known for his elaborate, detailed pop-ups in books for older children. In [continue reading]

Published on Sep 26, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Updates
Tags: Pop-up books

Website of the Month: Embrace Race

Embrace Race: Where to find “diverse” children’s books: https://medium.com/embrace-race/where-to-find-diverse-childrens-books-5bc8c8bc971b#.knz156fia Looking for lists and reviews of great books for kids featuring cultural diversity? Try Melissa Giraud’s website “Embrace Race,” and her collection of websites listing suggestions. [continue reading]

Published on Sep 24, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Media Watch, Website of the Month
Tags: Embrace Race

Review

Mrs. Bixby’s Last Day Review

Anderson, John David. Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. Emma Yarlett, Illus. Fiction. Walden Pond/HarperCollins, 06/2016. 320pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-233817-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. With their favorite teacher in the hospital battling cancer and unable to make it back [continue reading]

Published on Sep 21, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck

National Book Awards Longlist Announced

National Book Awards Longlist Announced:  The finalists for the National Book Awards have been announced; check out the books in the Young People’s Literature category:  www.nationalbook.org/index.html . Titles include Booked by Kwame Alexander, Raymie Nightingale [continue reading]

Published on Sep 19, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: National Book Awards

Read-Alike

Serafina and the Black Cloak Read-Alikes

Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty Anderson, R.J. A Pocket Full of Murder. Baptiste, Tracey. The Jumbies. Beatty, Robert. Serafina and the Twisted Staff. Chainani, Soman. The School for Good and Evil. Edge, [continue reading]

Published on Sep 19, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Halloween for Babies Storytime Ideas

Halloween for Babies Welcome song:  “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: This Is the House That Monster Built by Steve Metzger.  In this cumulative tale, monsters build a house [continue reading]

Published on Sep 16, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Special Days
Storytime Ages: Baby

Storytime

Autumn for Babies Storytime Ideas

Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents, and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day.  At times, a baby-toddler storytime will be followed [continue reading]

Published on Sep 16, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Science
Storytime Ages: Baby
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