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March 2018

Storytime

Eggs for Babies Storytime

Eggs 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 Mar 30, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Animals, Special Days
Storytime Ages: Baby

Review

Seeing Into Tomorrow: Haiku Review

Seeing Into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright. Nina Crews, Illus. Poetry. Millbrook, 02/2018. 32pp. PLB $19.97. 978-1-5124-1865-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-4 . Richard Wright wrote more than 4,000 haiku, most in the last year when he [continue reading]

Published on Mar 28, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

Woodson Named Astrid Lindgren Laureate

Jacqueline Woodson Receives 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award:  Author Jacqueline Woodson (the current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature in the United States) was named the Astrid Lindgren Memorial laureate for 2018 on March 27. [continue reading]

Published on Mar 28, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Jacqueline Woodson

Reminder: Register for the annual ACL Institute – this year on gender issues

2018 Institute mailregistrationflyer Join us at San Francisco Public Library on Friday, April 13, 2018 for our annual ACL Institute – this year’s theme is “Beyond the Binary,” embracing diverse gender identities. 8:30am-5pm, 100 Larkin [continue reading]

Published on Mar 27, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events
Tags: ACL Institute

Author Russell Freedman Dies

Newbery Medal Winner Russell Freedman Dies: Russell Freedman, author of many biographies and nonfiction books for tweens and winner of the 1988 Newbery Medal for Abraham Lincoln: a Photobiography, died at age 88 on March [continue reading]

Published on Mar 22, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Obituary
Tags: Russell Freedman

Review

Hidden Figures Review

Shetterly, Margot Lee and Winifred Conkling. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race. Laura Freeman, Illus. Non-fiction. HarperCollins, 01/2018. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-274246-9. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 1-5. Hidden Figures is the picture [continue reading]

Published on Mar 20, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

Review

Blue Rider Review

Valério, Geraldo. Blue Rider. Geraldo Valério, Illus. Picture Book. Groundwood, 03/2018. [44]pp. $19.95. 978-1-55498-981-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2.  Blue Rider is a paean to a book; in fact, it could be a paean to itself since [continue reading]

Published on Mar 15, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

Board Book Round-up, Part I

Board Book Round-up, Part I It’s that time of year again! Time to evaluate new board books for library purchase and use in baby storytimes. Watch for Part II in the May edition of BayNews, [continue reading]

Published on Mar 12, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up
Tags: Board books
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