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]
April 2018
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]
“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]
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]
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]
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
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]
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]