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April 2018

Review

Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card Review

Saedi, Sara. Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card. Biography. Knopf, 02/2018. 288pp. $17.99. 978-1-5247-1779-7, PLB $20.99. 978-1-5247-1780-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12.  In a breezy YA memoir about growing up Iranian American in Northern California in the [continue reading]

Published on Apr 25, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

Review

Bob Review

Mass, Wendy and Rebecca Stead. Bob. Nicholas Gannon, Illus. Fiction. Feiwel, 05/2018. 208pp. $16.99. 978-1-250-16662-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6.  Livy doesn’t remember much from the last time she visited her Gran in drought-stricken Australia, five years [continue reading]

Published on Apr 17, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

“Beyond the Binary” Resources

  Congratulations to all the ACL members who worked on our recent ACL Institute, “Beyond the Binary,” especially the coordinator Eric Barbus of San Francisco Public Library!  This all-day event on celebrating the diverse array [continue reading]

Published on Apr 15, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events
Tags: ACL Institute, Gender

2018 Beatty Award Goes to “57 Bus” by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the [continue reading]

Published on Apr 14, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Beatty Award

Review

Funeral Review

James, Matt. Funeral, The.  Matt James, Illus. Picture Book. Groundwood, 04/2018. [40]pp. $18.95. 978-1-55498-908-9. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-2. Norma’s great-uncle Frank has died. As the family prepares to attend the funeral, Norma, a white child, practices [continue reading]

Published on Apr 11, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

Reminder – ACL Institute Friday, April 13th in San Francisco

Registration now open!  Register directly at Brown Paper Tickets! Beyond the Binary: Embracing Diverse Gender Identities Koret Auditorium, SF Main Library San Francisco, CA

Published on Apr 7, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events
Tags: ACL Institute

Review

What Makes a Blizzard? Review

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner. What Makes a Blizzard? Maddie Frost, Illus. Non-fiction. Let’s Read and Find Out Science Series. HarperCollins, 01/2018. 35pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-248473-4. PB $6.99. 978-0-06-248472-7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 1-3. This non-fiction book for early [continue reading]

Published on Apr 4, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Drums Storytime

Drums  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 June. [continue reading]

Published on Apr 3, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool
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