Medina, Meg. Merci Suarez Can’t Dance. Fiction. Candlewick, 04/2021. 372pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-9050-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Cuban-American seventh-grader Merci Suarez is back, but the challenges she faces have changed. Medina is masterful in taking established characters [continue reading]
Shapes Storytime – Revised
Shapes Storytime – revised Learning shapes as a toddler is a key math concept that is essential for later subjects. Offer a shapes-themed storytime to emphasize the importance of the subject. Parents may also need [continue reading]
Summer Storytime – Revised
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Rock from the Sky Review
Klassen, Jon. Rock From the Sky, The. Jon Klassen, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 04/2021. [96]pp. $18.99. 978-1-5362-1562-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. Five chapters comprise this long form picture book, and the events appear to take place [continue reading]
War and Millie McGonigle Read-Alikes
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Spring Board Book Round-up, Part II
New Original Board Books Cyber Group Studios. Gigantosaurus Where’s Giganto? Candlewick, 03/2021. [8p.] $11.99. 978-1-5362-1339-3. Sliders embedded in each page show various animals that four small dinosaurs encounter as they search for a T [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, June 11th
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This Is Your Time Review
Bridges, Ruby. This Is Your Time. Non-fiction. Random/Delacorte, 11/2020. 58pp. $15.99. 978-0-5933-7852-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-ADULT. This is Your Time is activist and civil rights icon Ruby Bridges’ passionate letter to children. Addressing the reader as [continue reading]