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August 2019

Renee Watson to Speak at SFPL on Sept. 5th

Have you heard Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor winning author Renee Watson will be the speaker at this year’s Effie Lee Morris Lecture? It’s coming up quickly — next Thursday, September 5 at [continue reading]

Published on Aug 31, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, San Francisco Public Library, Updates

Review

Green Place to Be Review

Yazdani, Ashley Benham. Green Place to Be, A: The Creation of Central Park. Picture Book. Candlewick, 03/2019. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-9695-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. In 1858, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted won a con­test to [continue reading]

Published on Aug 28, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Earth Day Storytime – Revised

Earth Day (revised) Earth Day (celebrated in April) and environmental concerns in general can be a really informative and fun theme for storytime. Even preschoolers can understand the importance of not polluting or littering, and [continue reading]

Published on Aug 25, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Science, Special Days
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Mother Goose for Babies Storytime

Mother Goose 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 [continue reading]

Published on Aug 23, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Miscellaneous
Storytime Ages: Baby

Review

Cinderella Liberator Review

Solnit, Rebecca. Cinderella Liberator. Arthur Rackham, Illus. Folklore. Haymarket, 05/2019. 29pp. $17.95. 978-1-608-46596-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-ADULT. A feminist reimagining of Cinderella, this story alters the nar­rative to focus on the liberation that comes with helping [continue reading]

Published on Aug 21, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Vegetable Gardening Storytime – Revised

Vegetable Gardening (revised)  Vegetable gardens are a great way to encourage children to eat healthy foods. For those without gardens or yards, they can grow herbs (like parsley or chives) in pots. See if there [continue reading]

Published on Aug 19, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Science
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Read-Alike

Sal & Gabi Break the Universe Read-Alikes

Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez   Cervantes, J.C. The Storm Runner. Chokshi, Roshani. Aru Shah and the End of Time. Crowder, Melanie. The Lighthouse Between the Worlds. DasGupta, Sayantani. The Serpent’s [continue reading]

Published on Aug 17, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck

Review

Sweeping Up the Heart Review

Henkes, Kevin. Sweeping Up the Heart. Fiction. Greenwillow, 03/2019. 183pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-285254-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. It’s 1999, and 12-year-old Amelia is frustrated by her rigid sin­gle father’s reluctance to seek any sort of adventure and [continue reading]

Published on Aug 14, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
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