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]
February 2017
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]