ACL Meeting Friday, February 14, 2020: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, February 14, 2020, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
February 2020
Pawed Piper Review
Robinson, Michelle. Pawed Piper, The. Chinlun Lee, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 2019. [36]pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-0165-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. “I wanted a cat to cuddle. A great big furry fluff ball, like the cat in my [continue reading]
Charlotte Zolotow Awards Announced
Charlotte Zolotow Awards: Johnny’s Pheasant by Cheryl Minnema, illustrated by Julie Flett, was named the Charlotte Zolotow Award recipient for outstanding writing of a picture book, from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – January 2020
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]
Suggested Reading Review
Connis, Dave. Suggested Reading. Fiction. K. Tegen, 09/2019. 390pp. $17.9.9 978-0-06-268525-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-ADULT. “The problem is, we bring ourselves to the pages. Our whole selves. Every single darkness. Every single light. Every single passion. [continue reading]
Math Storytime, Part 4
Mathematical Storytime Ann Hotta concludes her blog posts on incorporating math into storytime: Why do we do storytime? We’ve long thought of storytime as a way to introduce young children to good books and demonstrate [continue reading]