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April 2022

Free Books for Kids Available

Free Books for Kids: As schools wind down and camps or daycare centers prepare for summer, it’s possible that you know of an agency that would be interested in Free Books for Kids: * (freebooksforkids.org). This [continue reading]

Published on Apr 30, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Updates

Review

Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Review

Connor, Leslie. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Fiction. HarperCollins, 02/2022. 336pp. $21.00. 978-0-06-299936-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Aurora talks a mile a minute and Frenchie never speaks, but the two neurodiverse sixth graders are best friends. When [continue reading]

Published on Apr 26, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Read-Alike

Stuntboy, in the Meantime Read-Alikes

Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds   Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Bell, Cece. El Deafo. Craft, Jerry. New Kid. Emerson, Marcus. The Super Life of Ben Braver. Graff, Lisa. Absolutely Almost. Jeong, BonHyung. Kyle’s [continue reading]

Published on Apr 25, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Author Shirley Hughes Dies

Author Shirley Hughes Dies: Author/Illustrator Shirley Hughes died at age 94 on Feb. 25, 2022 at her home in England. She created more than fifty children’s books, including the “Dogger”  and Alfie” series of picture [continue reading]

Published on Apr 22, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary, Updates

DIY: “How to Train Your Dragon”

DO IT YOURSELF PROGRAMMING:   “How to Train Your Dragon” The film “How to Train Your Dragon” is an award-winning animated feature film that inspired two sequels. It is based on a tween novel of [continue reading]

Published on Apr 21, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: DIY: Do It Yourself, Movie Themed, Programming Ideas, Updates

Review

When Winter Robeson Came Review

Woods, Brenda. When Winter Robeson Came.  Fiction. Penguin /Paulsen, 01/2022. 160pp. $16.99. 978-1-5247-4158-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. In free verse, 12-year-old Eden describes the time her cousin Winter from Mississippi visited her family in Los Angeles [continue reading]

Published on Apr 19, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Seals and Sea Lions Storytime

Seals and Sea Lions Storytime   Recently, we started to offer some storytime themes to go along with “Oceans of Possibilities,” the theme of the 2022 Collaborative Summer Library Program: https://www.cslpreads.org/ . This month we [continue reading]

Published on Apr 17, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Animals, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Vacations Storytime

Vacations Storytime Recently, 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 summer camp at [continue reading]

Published on Apr 17, 2022
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Miscellaneous, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool
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