ACL INSTITUTE REGISTRATION OPEN: We Are Here: Creating Better Library Services for Immigrant Youth and Families” is the title of the 2019 ACL Institute. Join us for a day of inspiration, exploration, networking, and partnership-building, [continue reading]
January 2019
Stuff of Stars Review
Bauer, Marion Dane. Stuff of Stars, The. Ekua Holmes, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 09/2018. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-7883-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. Hand-marbled paper and collage, digitally arranged, relate the story of the beginning of the universe [continue reading]
American Library Association Announces Youth Media Awards
The American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards today, at the Midwinter Conference in Seattle, WA. The Newbery Medal winner is Meg Medina for Merci Suarez Changes Gears, published by Candlewick. The Caldecott Medal winner is [continue reading]
“Ramona Quimby” Programming Ideas
Do It Yourself Programming Ideas: Beverly Cleary’s “Ramona Quimby” has been a beloved children’s book character for generations; her books are read by both boys and girls as soon as they move up [continue reading]
Saving Winslow Review
Creech, Sharon. Saving Winslow. Vincent Moustache, Illus. Fiction. J. Cotler/HarperCollins, 09/2018. 165pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-257070-3. PLB $17.89. 978-0-06-25702-7. OUTSTANDING . GRADES 3-5. Louie is tasked with caring for a baby miniature donkey and worries he won’t [continue reading]
Sing-Along Picture Books for Storytime – Revised
Sing-Along Picture Book Revised January 2019 Bateman, Donna M. Out on the Prairie. Bates, Ivan. Five Little Ducks. Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful: United We Stand. Berkner, Laurie. Monster Boogie. Berkner, Laurie. We Are [continue reading]
Interactive Books for Storytime – Revised
Pop-up, Flap, Tactile, and Interactive Books Revised January 2019 Byrne, Richard. This Book Just Ate My Dog! Caston, Jane. Can You Help Doug Find His Dog? Clarke, Jane. I Saw Anaconda: A Cumulative Lift-the-Flap Story. [continue reading]
Circular Picture Books for Storytime – Revised
Circular – such as Laura Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (HarperCollins, 1985) or Jules Feiffer’s Back George (HarperCollins, 1999 Revised January 2019 Archer, Peggy, and Anne Wilsdorf. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad. Barnett, Mac. [continue reading]