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
Author Eloise Greenfield Dies: Author and poet Eloise Greenfield has died at age 92. She wrote more than 40 children’s books, including Honey, I Love in 1978.In 2018, she received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton [continue reading]
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]
Amber & Clay Review
Schlitz, Laura Amy. Amber & Clay. Julia Iredale, Illus. Fiction. Candlewick, 03/2021. 544pp. $29.99. 978-1-5362-0122-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-9. Red-haired Rhaskos, a “slave boy” and artist (“as common as clay”), and brown-skinned Melisto, a high born [continue reading]
Gene Leun Yang Wins Eisner Awards
Gene Leun Yang Wins Three Eisner Awards: Bay Area graphic novelist Geen Leun Yang was awarded three Eisner Awards in late July 2021. He received two for SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN (Best Publication for Kids [continue reading]
Like Other Girls Review
Lundin, Britta. Like Other Girls. Fiction. Disney-Hyperion/Freeform, 08/2021. 384pp. $17.99. 978-1-368-03992-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. It’s not easy being a closeted butch lesbian in a small conservative town in rural Oregon, but high school junior Mara [continue reading]