McClear, Kyo. It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way. Julie Morstad, Illus. Biography. HarperCollins, 10/2019. [48]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-244762-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. The life of illustrator and social justice advocate Gyo Fujikawa [continue reading]
December 2019
Planes for Babies Storytime
Planes 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]
13-Story Treehouse Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES 13-Story Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts. Angleberger, Tom. Inspector Flytrap. Avi. A Beginning, a Muddles, and an End. Blabey, Aaron. “The Bad Guys” series. Bruel, Nick. “Bad Kitty” series. [continue reading]
Ireland Storytime
Ireland Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Ireland. For a craft project, make shamrocks: www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/mscissor-skills.htm . Or, make these fun stamps out of potatoes: www.thebestideasforkids.com/potato-stamping/ . Bateman, Teresa. Fiona’s Luck. [continue reading]
Denmark Storytime
Denmark Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CLSP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and [continue reading]
Vietnam Storytime
Vietnam Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Vietnam. For a craft project, make a craft celebrating elephants, such as this mask: www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mplate-elephant.htm or this puppet: www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mbagelephant.htm . Brereton, Libby. Raven [continue reading]
Hazel’s Theory of Evolution Review
Bigelow, Lisa Jenn. Hazel’s Theory of Evolution. Fiction. HarperCollins, 10/2019. 325[+4]pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-279117-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Hazel Brownlee-Wellington is spending her eighth grade year in a new school, trying to survive until high school—when she’ll [continue reading]
Brazil Storytime
Brazil Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CLSP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and [continue reading]