Tonatiuh, Duncan. Land of Books, A : Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters. Duncan Tonatiuh ,Illus. Abrams, 11/2022. [40]pp. Picture Book. GRADES 2 – 6. $19.99. 978-1-4197-4942-1. OUTSTANDING. Readers of Duncan Tonatiuh’s award-winning books have [continue reading]
March 2023
Listen Review
Stocker, Shannon. Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion. Devon Holzwarth, Illus. Dial. 04/2022. 40pp. Biography. GRADES 1 – 4. $18.99. 978-0-593-10969-4. OUTSTANDING. Evelyn Glennie grew up in Scotland surrounded by music, playing [continue reading]
Rose Named Peace Review
Roberts, Barbara Carroll. Rose Named Peace, A : How Francis Meilland Created a Flower of Hope for a World at War. Bagram Ibatoulline, Illus. Candlewick, 05/2022. [46]pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 2 – 5. $18.99. 978-1-5362-0843-6. ADDITIONAL. [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Making Musical Instruments
Programming Ideas: Making Musical Instruments Making musical instruments is a great theme for a Do It Yourself hands-on program any time of year, but it will work very well with the 2023 summer reading themes [continue reading]
San Ramon Valley School Board Hears Complaints on Library Books
San Ramon Valley School Board Hears Complaints on Library Books: LGBTQ students feel threatened over challenges to books with that content. See the full story here: One for the books: Loud turnout as SRVUSD board [continue reading]
Ian Falconer, Creator of “Olivia” the Pig Stories, Dies
Ian Falconer, Creator of “Olivia” the Pig Stories, Dies: Caldecott Honor recipient Ian Falconer died at age 63 at home in Connecticut. The first Olivia book was published in 2000, and there were seven sequels. [continue reading]
Concrete: From the Ground Up Review
Theule, Larissa. Concrete: From the Ground Up. Steve Light, Illus. Candlewick, 09/2022. [48]pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 1 – 5. $18.99. 978-1-5362-1250-1. OUTSTANDING. In this celebration of the building material concrete, readers will discover what it is, [continue reading]
Unretouchable Review
Szamosi, Sofia. Unretouchable. Sofia Szamosi, Illus. Graphic Universe, 09/2022. 152pp. Graphic. GRADES 9 – 12. PLB $29.32. 978-1-7284-0166-9. ADDITIONAL. Olive spends the summer between high school and college as an intern at a fashion magazine, [continue reading]