Spring Storytime – revised Seasons are a useful subject for a preschooler, and for a craft project, check out: Spring crafts for kids | The Craft Train Henkes, Kevin. When Spring Comes. Using a rhythmic [continue reading]
Dinner Storytime – Revised
Dinner Storytime – revised For a craft project, make these seed mosaic napkin rings: Seed Mosaic Napkin Rings | Kids’ Crafts | Fun Craft Ideas | FirstPalette.com. Chen, Vincent. Hot Pot Night. In this modern [continue reading]
Great Godden Review
Rosoff, Meg. Great Godden, The. Fiction. Candlewick, 04/2021. 256pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-1585-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. A white British family, artsy and rich in love, intelligence, and quirkiness if not in actual cash, always spends summer at [continue reading]
Cat Kid Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES “Cat Kid” series by Dav Pilkey Annable, Graham. Peter and Ernesto: The Lost Sloths. Arnold, Tedd. Noodlehead Nightmares. Bell, Cece. Chick and Brain: Egg or Eyeball. Bell, Cece. Smell My Foot! Cathon. Poppy and [continue reading]
Sylvie Review
Kantorovitz, Sylvie. Sylvie. Sylvie Kantorovitz, Illus. Graphic. Walker, 01/2021. 341pp. $24.99, 978-1-5362-0762-0, PB $16.99, 978-1-5362-0763-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-12. Many readers will identify with young Sylvie, who is not sure what profession she might want to [continue reading]
California Book Awards Announced
California Book Awards Announced: The 90th Annual California Book Awards were announced and will be awarded on August 16, 2021. Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros (Quill Tree) won in the Juvenile category, and Private Lessons [continue reading]
Author Eloise Greenfield Dies
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ACL Meeting this Friday, Aug. 13, 10am
ACL Meeting Friday, August 13, 2021: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, August 13, 2021, from 10am-Noon over Zoom. We have completed our [continue reading]