2019 Summer Reading Program “It’s Showtime at Your Library” Books Featuring Acting and Performing For Little Ones (ages two – five) Appelt, Kathi. Bat Jamboree. Bell, Cece. Sock Monkey Rides Again. Boyd, Lizi. Night Play. [continue reading]
February 2019
Louisiana’s Way Home Review
DiCamillo, Kate. Louisiana’s Way Home. Fiction. Candlewick, 10/2018. 227pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-9463-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6. In October of 1977, 12-year-old white Louisiana Elefante’s grandmother wakes her in the middle of the night, puts her in the [continue reading]
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 March edition of BayNews, where we will discuss [continue reading]
Bedtime for Babies Storytime
Bedtime 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]
Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced
Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced: Each year the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation acknowledges a children’s book author, and an illustrator, early in their careers for distinguished work that ”reflects the diverse nature of our culture.” [continue reading]
Imagine Review
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Imagine. Lauren Castillo, Illustrator. Picture Book. Candlewick, 09/2018. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-907636-9052-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-4. The autobiographical poem that Juan Felipe Herrera read aloud at his inauguration as the U.S. Poet Laureate in [continue reading]
Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books
Duprat, Guillaume. Eye Spy: Wild Ways Animals See the World. What on Earth Books, 10/2018. 36p. $21.99. 978-1-9998028-5-1. Using flaps over their eyes, this nonfiction book on how animals see contains quite a bit of [continue reading]
Author/Illustrator Tomi Ungerer Dies
Author/Illustrator Tomi Ungerer Dies: Noted picture book creator Tomi Ungerer died on Feb. 8, 2019 at age 87. His first book was The Mellops Go Flying (1957) about a family of unusual pigs. Other notable [continue reading]