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January 2017

Storytime

Blocks Storytime

     Building with blocks is often the first time a child explores the concept of building. This theme is good for a wide age range, from babies, to toddlers, to preschoolers. For older children, offer [continue reading]

Published on Jan 30, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Architects Storytime

      The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the next [continue reading]

Published on Jan 30, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: People, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

APALA, Amelia Bloomer, and Walter Dean Myers Awards

APALA Awards: The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected the winners of the 2016 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature (APAAL). The awards promote Asian/Pacific American culture and [continue reading]

Published on Jan 27, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Updates
Tags: Amelia Bloomer List, APALA Awards, Walter Dean Myers

Review

Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White Review

Sweet, Melissa. Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White. Melissa Sweet, Illus. Biography. Houghton, 10/2016. 162pp. $18.99. 978-0-544-31959-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Two-time Caldecott Honoree Sweet seamlessly blends photography, correspondence, quotations from various articles, and [continue reading]

Published on Jan 25, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck

American Library Association Honors Ruth Gordon

At the American Library Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting in Atlanta, GA, the late Ruth Gordon was honored with a memorial resolution. Gordon was a longtime member of ACL (the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California), [continue reading]

Published on Jan 25, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: American Library Association, Ruth Gordon

Newbery, Caldecott, and other Youth Media Awards Announced

Press release from the Association of Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association: American Library Association announces 2017 youth media award winners ATLANTA- The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the [continue reading]

Published on Jan 23, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: American Library Association, Association of Library Service to Children, Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal

Storytime

Vehicles for Babies Storytime

Vehicles for Babies 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.  A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]

Published on Jan 20, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things
Storytime Ages: Baby

Review

Lunch Witch Knee-deep in Niceness Review

Lucke, Deb. Lunch Witch Knee-deep in Niceness. Deb Lucke, Illus. Graphic Novel. Papercutz, 10/2016. 165pp. PB $14.99. 978-1-62991-503-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Grunhilda Blackheart—full-time witch and part-time school cafeteria cook—has a problem: her mostly black and [continue reading]

Published on Jan 18, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
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