Tomie dePaola died at age 85 on March 30, 2020 in the hospital in New Hampshire, after suffering a fall last week. He published over 200 books, including Strega Nona (1975) which received a Caldecott [continue reading]
March 2020
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part II
New Muslim Board Books Dee, Noor H. “Good Little Deeds” series. Illus. by Iput. Islamic Foundation, 2019/March 2020. [20p.] $9.95 each. I Say Bismillah. 978-0-86037-633-0. I Say Mashallah. 978-0-86037-643-9. I Say As-Salamu ‘Alaykum. 978-0-86037-648-4. I [continue reading]
Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones Review
Lendroth, Susan. Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones. Bob Kolar, Illus. Non-fiction. Charlesbridge, 03/2020. [36]pp. $16.99. 978-1-62354-104-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-3. This informational picture book has a dual text—a rhyme based on “Here We [continue reading]
Canada Storytime – Revised
Canada – revised Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Canada. For a craft project, make Maple Leaf Wreaths: https://dltk-kids.com/canada/mwreath.htm . Campbell, Nicola. A Day with Yayah. A First Nations family [continue reading]
China Storytime – Revised
China – revised Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CSLP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy [continue reading]
Jinxed Review
McCulloch, Amy. Jinxed. Fiction. Sourcebooks, 01/2020. 336pp. $16.9.9 978-1-4926-8374-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-8. Lacey Chu thought she had been rejected from Profectus, the tech-centric school of her dreams. Getting into Profectus is the only way [continue reading]
Scary Stories for Young Foxes Read-Alikes
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker Adams, Richard. Watership Down. Arden, Katherine. Small Spaces. Auxier, Jonathan. The Night Gardener. Clark, Zack Loran. The Adventurers Guild. Gaiman, Neil. M Is for Magic. Gidwitz, [continue reading]
ACL Institute Cancelled
The ACL Board voted to cancel this year’s Institute (scheduled for April 10, 2020 in San Francisco). Eric is looking into what action is needed to issue refunds to ticketholders for the Institute. In future [continue reading]