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March 2022

Review

I Must Betray You Review

Sepetys, Ruta. I Must Betray You. Fiction. Philomel, 02/2022. 319pp. $18.99. 978-1-9848-3603-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Things are beyond hard in Romania in 1989. Stuck behind the Iron Curtain, 17-year-old Cristian Florescu and his family must [continue reading]

Published on Mar 30, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Upcoming Professional Development Sessions on Sex Education

Reminder – Professional Development Sessions on Sex Education:  ACL is planning two free professional development sessions as part of our Zoom meetings, in place of our usual Spring Institute. These are planned for our June [continue reading]

Published on Mar 27, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Updates

Eric Carle Honorees Announced

Eric Carle Honorees Announced:  The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its annual Honorees on March 22, 2022. The recognize people and organizations that promote and facilitate picture books. The 2022 Honorees are [continue reading]

Published on Mar 24, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards

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Picturing a Nation Review

Sandler, Martin W. Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself.  Non-fiction. Candlewick, 10/2021. 165pp. $24.99. 978-1-5362-1525-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. The Farm Security Administration started a project in 1935 where noted [continue reading]

Published on Mar 22, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

SPRING BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP

SPRING BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP New Books in a Series Anon. Tiny Tab books. Illus. by Janine Ho. Nosy Crow, 01/2022. [8p.] $8.99 each. Little Chick Looks for the Easter Bunny. 978-1-5362-2009-4. Puppy Finds the Perfect [continue reading]

Published on Mar 18, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up

Review

Born on the Water Review

Hannah-Jones, Nikole and Renée Watson. Born on the Water. Nikkolas Smith, Illus. Picture Book. The 1619 Project Series. Kokila, 11/2021. [48]pp. $18.99. 978-0-593-30735-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-4. A young Black girl is assigned to create a [continue reading]

Published on Mar 16, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Read-Alike

Too Bright to See Read-Alikes

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Bean, Lexie. The Ship We Built. Bildner, Phil. A High Five for Glenn Burke. Blake, Ashley Herring. Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea.  Blake, Ashley Herring. Ivy [continue reading]

Published on Mar 15, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

ACL Members Contribute to Children and Libraries, Winter 2021

ACL Members Contribute to Children and Libraries, Winter 2021:  Congratulations to two of our ACL members for recent articles in the Winter 2021, Vol. 19, No. 4 issue of ALSC’s Children and Libraries magazine.  Ann [continue reading]

Published on Mar 11, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
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