2 2019 Award Winners The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock; illustrated by Claire A. Nivola (Candlewick Press, 2018). In 1947, Nek Chand began building [continue reading]
May 2019
“Big Nate” series Read-Alikes
“Big Nate” series by Lincoln Peirce Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. Birchall, Katy. The It Girl. Greenwald, Tom. Pete Milano’s Guide to Being a Movie Star. Griffiths, Andy. The 13-Story Treehouse. Howe, [continue reading]
Black Enough Review
Zoboi, Ibi (Ed.), Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, et al. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America. Fiction. Balzer & Bray, 2019. 393 [+6]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-269872-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Editor Ibi Zoboi invited [continue reading]
Father’s Day – Revised
Father’s Day – revised For Father’s Day, be sure to include other male relatives who may serve in the role of father, including grandfather, uncle, family friend, etc. For a craft, make a “Best Dad” [continue reading]
Whole Wide World and Me Review
Yuly, Toni. Whole Wide World and Me, The. Toni Yuly, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 2019. [32]pp. $15.99. 978 -0-7636-9263-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1. A young light-skinned girl with straight black hair reflects on her place [continue reading]
Free Webinar on Teaching Tolerance featuring Gene Luen Yang
Teaching Tolerance & Understanding with Gene Luen Yang Gene Luen Yang, the National Book Award-nominated author of American Born Chinese kicks off a new series of webinars for educators and librarians from CBLDF with “Teaching [continue reading]
ACL Meeting this Friday, May 10th
ACL Meeting Friday, May 10, 2019: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 10, 2019, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
New Kid Review
Craft, Jerry. New Kid. Jerry Craft, Illus. Graphic. HarperCollins, 02/2019. 250pp. $21.99. 978-0-06-269120-0, PB $12.99. 978-0-06-269119-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Jordan begins seventh grade at an elite school, which is very different from his local school [continue reading]