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February 2022

Storytime

Camping Storytime – Revised

Camping Storytime – Revised Last month, we started to offer some storytime themes to go along with “Read Beyond the Beaten Path,” the theme of the 2022 iRead summer reading program: https://www.ireadprogram.org/ focusing on a [continue reading]

Published on Feb 28, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Miscellaneous, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Read-Alike

The Last Cuentista Read-Alikes

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera Ahmed, Samira. Amira & Hamza. Bardugo, Leigh. Ruin and Rising.  Bowling, Dusti. The Canyon’s Edge. Emerson, Kevin. Last Day on Mars.  Gaiman, Neil. The Ocean at the End [continue reading]

Published on Feb 25, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Review

Genius Under the Table Review

Yelchin, Eugene. Genius Under the Table, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Eugene Yelchin, Illus. Biography. Candlewick, 10/2021. 201pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-1552-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. Yelchin’s memoir of growing up Jewish in 1960s Communist Leningrad, [continue reading]

Published on Feb 22, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Oceans Storytime

Oceans Storytime   “Oceans of Possibilities” is the theme of the 2022 Collaborative Summer Library Program: https://www.cslpreads.org/ . Of course, oceans and ocean creatures are great themes for California libraries all year long. For an [continue reading]

Published on Feb 18, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Science, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Hiking Storytime

Hiking  Storytime  “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” is the theme of the 2022 iRead summer reading program: https://www.ireadprogram.org/ focusing on a summer camp at the library. Even if you are not using iReads materials, camping, [continue reading]

Published on Feb 18, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Miscellaneous, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

MINI-GRANT APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING – 2022

ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN’S LIBRARIANS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MINI-GRANT APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING – 2022             The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California are pleased to announce our next round of Mini-grants for library programming, [continue reading]

Published on Feb 17, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas
Tags: Mini-grants

Review

Wishes Review

Van, Muon Thi. Wishes. Victo Ngai, Illus. Picture Book. Scholastic /Orchard, 05/2021. 40pp. $18.99. 978-1-338-30589-0. OUTSTANDING GRADES. PRE-3. With sparse text and haunting illustrations, the author and illustrator tell the story of a family secretly [continue reading]

Published on Feb 15, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Outstanding! February 2022

Outstanding Books of the Month – February 2022 Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List.  Members can see [continue reading]

Published on Feb 11, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Outstanding Books of the Month
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