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February 2017

Storytime

Construction Storytime

Construction 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 Feb 27, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Miscellaneous, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Tools Storytime

Tools 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 Feb 27, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Cybils Awards Announced

Cybils Awards Announced:  The Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards were announced on Feb. 14, 2017, honoring books published in 2016.  There were several categories, including Ghost by Jason Reynolds for best Middle Grade [continue reading]

Published on Feb 26, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Cybils Awards

Review

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up Review

Atkins, Laura and Stan Yogi. Fred Korematsu Speaks Up.  Yutaka Houlette, Illus. Biography. Fighting for Justice Series; Bk. 1. Heyday, 01/2017. 103pp. $18.00. 978-1-59714-368-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-8. Korematsu is considered the “Rosa Parks” of the [continue reading]

Published on Feb 22, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck

Professional Reading – Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to Authors Who Changed Their Lives

Gourley, Catherine, editor.  Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to Authors Who Changed Their Lives. Library of Congress Center for the Book/Candlewick, 2017.  240p. $18.99, ISBN 978-0-7636-8101-2, $9.99 (paper),  ISBN 978-0-7636-9578-1.  In 1984, the Center for the [continue reading]

Published on Feb 20, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Out of the Ordinary

Kwame Alexander at San Francisco Library on Sunday, Feb. 19th

Meet Kwame Alexander at the Library!  Winner of the 2015 John Newbery Award for most distinguished book for children, New York Times bestselling author, poet and educator, Kwame Alexander will share excerpts from The Playbook, [continue reading]

Published on Feb 17, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, San Francisco Public Library

Read-Alike

Girl Who Drank the Moon Read-alikes

Read-Alikes for the Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill   Baker, E.D. The Frog Princess. Barnhill, Kelly Regan. The Witch’s Boy. Colfer, Chris. The Enchantress Returns. Columbus, Chris. Battle [continue reading]

Published on Feb 16, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck

Review

One Last Word: Wisdom of the Harlem Renaissance Review

Grimes, Nikki. One Last Word: Wisdom of the Harlem Renaissance. Poetry. Cozbi A. Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, Pat Cummings, et al., Illus. Bloomsbury, 01/2017. 120pp. $18.99. 978-1-61963-554-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-9. Grimes finds “fuel for the [continue reading]

Published on Feb 15, 2017
Posted by: pennypeck
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