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January 2018

Review

People Shall Continue Review

Ortiz, Simon J. People Shall Continue, The: 40th Anniversary Special Edition. Sharol Graves, Illus. Non-fiction. Children’s Bk. Pr./Lee & Low, 10/2017. [32]pp. PB $9.95. 978-0-89239-125-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-ADULT. Ortiz, Simon J. Pueblo Seguira’: Edicion Especial [continue reading]

Published on Jan 31, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Musical Instruments Storytime

Musical Instruments  LIBRARIES ROCK! is the 2018 summer theme for the Cooperative Summer Library Program: www.cslpreads.org/. For libraries using the music-themed summer reading/learning program, BayNews will offer sound and music storytime outlines between now and [continue reading]

Published on Jan 30, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Airplanes Storytime

 Airplanes  The 2018 summer reading/learning program from iRead and the California Library Association is READING TAKES YOU EVERYWHERE! – 2018: hwww.ireadprogram.org/  and calchallenge.org/ . A great way to focus on this for toddler and preschool [continue reading]

Published on Jan 30, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Read-Alike

Seventh Wish Read-Alikes

The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner Tween novels featuring drugs and addiction     Childress, Alice. A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich.  Diaz, Alexandra. The Only Road. Elliott, Zetta. Bird.  Fletcher, Ralph. Uncle Daddy. [continue reading]

Published on Jan 28, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Drugs and Addiction, Kate Messner, Seventh Wish

New Voices Award

LEE & LOW BOOKS is proud to announce that Maham Khwaja of West Hollywood, California is the winner of the company’s eighteenth annual New Voices Award, given for a picture book manuscript by an unpublished [continue reading]

Published on Jan 26, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Lee & Low, New Voices Award

Sydney Taylor Book Awards Announced

2018 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Announced   Winners of the annual Sydney Taylor Book Award were announced by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Named in memory of Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind [continue reading]

Published on Jan 25, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Sydney Taylor Awards

Author Ursula Le Guin Dies

Author Ursula Le Guin Dies at Age 88:  Fantasy author Ursula Le Guin died on January 22 at age 88 at her home in Portland, OR. The Berkeley native created the “Earthsea” series of science [continue reading]

Published on Jan 24, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary
Tags: Ursula Le Guin

Review

When the Snow Falls Review

Sweeney, Linda Booth. When the Snow Falls, Jana Christy, Illus. Picture Book. Putnam/Penguin, 10/2017. [32]pp. $16.99.  978-0-399-54720-1. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-2. On a winter morning, a brother and sister awake to a window painted with frost [continue reading]

Published on Jan 24, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
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