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Author/Illustrator Tomi Ungerer Dies

Author/Illustrator Tomi Ungerer Dies:  Noted picture book creator Tomi Ungerer died on Feb. 8, 2019 at age 87. His first book was The Mellops Go Flying (1957) about a family of unusual pigs. Other notable [continue reading]

Published on Feb 13, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary
Tags: Tomi Ungerer

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Meet Yasmin! Review

Faruqi, Saadia. Meet Yasmin!  Hatem Aly, Illus. Easy Reader. Picture Window, 2019. 89 [+6]pp. PB $5.99. 978-1-68436-022-2. OUTSTANDING GRADES K-3. Yasmin Ahmad is an inquisitive second grader who embraces life’s adventures and figures out how [continue reading]

Published on Feb 13, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck

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Aliens Storytime

This month, we celebrate aliens! For a simple craft project, make these alien paper bag puppets: www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/malienpuppet.htm Agee, Jon. Life on Mars. An astronaut finds an alien on Mars. Duffield, Katy.  Aliens Get the Sniffles, [continue reading]

Published on Feb 12, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: People, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Puppets Storytime

2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Puppets Puppet shows are often the first live professional entertainment that a young child will experience. Let’s celebrate with the following picture books that focus [continue reading]

Published on Feb 12, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Everyday things, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Planets Storytime

2019 Summer Reading Theme “A Universe of Stories” – Planets   “A Universe of Stories’ is the 2019 theme for the Collaborative Summer Library Program, which is used by many libraries: www.cslpreads.org/. Space, astronomy, and [continue reading]

Published on Feb 12, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Science, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Actors Storytime

 2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Actors  “It’s Showtime at Your Library” is the theme for iRead’s 2019 summer reading program, which is distributed for free to California libraries:  www.ireadprogram.org/ and [continue reading]

Published on Feb 12, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: People, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Free Webinar “What’s New in Children’s Lit” Set for Wed. Feb. 27th

Free Webinar: Wednesday, February 27 @noon Pacific  – What’s New in Children’s Literature – 2019: https://internal.infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=819&reset=1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Join us for our annual review of what’s new in children’s [continue reading]

Published on Feb 11, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development
Tags: Infopeople Webinar

Second Call: ACL Mini-grants Available – Applications due Feb. 15, 2019

New ACL Mini-Grants Available to Members Grants ($500 maximum) are available for library programs that are not part of the regular budget, including (but not limited to) author or illustrator guest speakers, professional performances for [continue reading]

Published on Feb 8, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Message from ACL, News
Tags: Mini-grants
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