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June 2020

Storytime

Fourth of July Storytime – Revised

In celebration of Independence Day, offer a family storytime before the holiday. Have the children march around the library to replicate many of the parades featured in these stories. For a craft project, make these [continue reading]

Published on Jun 29, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Special Days
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Read-Alike

Five Nights at Freddy’s Read-Alikes

READ-ALIKES Five Nights at Freddy’s by Scott Cawthon   Coville, Bruce. Odds Are Good: An Oddly Enough and Odder Than Ever Omnibus. Coville, Bruce. Odder Than Ever: Stories.  Coville, Bruce. Oddest of All.  Hahn, Mary Downing. [continue reading]

Published on Jun 26, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

Review

Gold Rush Girl Review

Avi. Gold Rush Girl. Fiction. Candlewick, 03/2020. 306pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-0679-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Tory recounts her experience in San Francisco, where she, her father, and her younger brother have relocated from Rhode Is­land to seek [continue reading]

Published on Jun 25, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

Read-Alike

The One and Only Ivan Read-Alikes

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate   Appelt, Kathi. Keeper. Appelt, Kathi. The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp. Applegate, Katherine. Home of the Brave. Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Bob. [continue reading]

Published on Jun 19, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

Board Book Round-up, Part III

Last Minute Additions   Koster, Amy Sky. Egg. Illus. by Lisel Jan Ashlock. Creative Editions, 02/2020. [16p.] $9.99. 978-1568463513.      In this beautifully illustrated board book, rhyming couplets describe the eggs in each spread: “Blue [continue reading]

Published on Jun 16, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up

Will Eisner Comic Awards Announces Nominees

Will Eisner Comic Awards Announces Nominees for 2020: The Eisner Comic award nominees were announced in June, 2020, honoring books published in 2019. The results will be announced early in July 2020. There are 31 [continue reading]

Published on Jun 12, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards

Review

Dragon Hoops Review

Yang, Gene Luen. Dragon Hoops. Gene Luen Yang, Illus. Graphic novel. First Second, 03/2020. 448pp. $24.99. 978-1-626720-79-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. This graphic novel follows Bishop O’Dowd High School’s 2014-2015 basketball team and their quest for [continue reading]

Published on Jun 10, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

ACL Meeting Via Zoom This Friday, June 12, at 10am

Please join us for our Zoom meeting this Friday, June 12, 2020, 10-11:30am! We will present our new reviews of Outstanding titles, and then discuss how are libraries are responding to the current situation. Email [continue reading]

Published on Jun 7, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events
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