2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Magicians Even young children have seen a magic show, probably at your library. For a craft project, make magician hats: www.crayola.com/crafts/whirl–twirl-party-hats-craft/. Agee, Jon. Milo’s Hat [continue reading]
March 2019
Musicians Storytime
2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Musicians “It’s Showtime at Your Library” is the theme for iRead’s 2019 summer reading program, which is distributed for free to California libraries: www.ireadprogram.org/ and [continue reading]
Lion of the Sky Review
Salas, Laura Purdie. Lion of the Sky: Haiku for All Seasons. Mercé López, Illus. Poetry. Millbrook, 04/2019. 32pp. $19.99. 978-1-5124-9809-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. What am I? Seasonal observations become haiku riddles in this enchanting poetry [continue reading]
Board Book Round-up, Part II
Board Book Round-up, Part II Chen, Eva. A Is for Awesome! 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World. Illus. by Derek Desierto. Feiwel, 2019. [30p.] $9.99. 978-1-250-21599-4. Arranged alphabetically, this joyful look at [continue reading]
Dog Man Read-Alikes
Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey Anderson, Laura Ellen. Evil Emperor Penguin. Blabey, Aaron. The Bad Guys series. Boothby, Ian. Sparks! Brockington, Drew. CatStronauts. Brown, Jeffrey. Lucy and Andy Neanderthal series. Burks, James. Bird & [continue reading]
Author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Dies
Author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Dies at Age 90: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, best-known as the creator of the “Nate the Great” series of beginning reader books, has dies at age 90. She wrote more than 130 [continue reading]
Let ‘Er Buck! Review
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. Let ‘Er Buck! George Fletcher, the People’s Champion. Gordon C. James, Illus. Non-fic. Carolrhoda, 02/2019. [40]pp. PLB $18.99. 978-1-5124-9808-0. OUTSTANDING GRADES. Gr. 2-5. A brief but important incident from an Oregon rodeo [continue reading]
Art for Babies Storytime
Art 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]