Special ACL Meeting Friday, April 9, 2021, 9:00-11:00am for Mosaic Project training. This Oakland nonprofit provides anti-racism training to “build a more peaceful future by uniting people of diverse background.” This will be the first [continue reading]
Gone to the Woods Review
Paulsen, Gary. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood. Biog. Farrar, 01/2021. 357pp. $17.99. 978-0-374-31415-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet (Atheneum, 1987), offers this unusual episodic memoir written in third person [continue reading]
Author Beverly Cleary Dies
Award-winning author Beverly Cleary has died at age 104 on March 25, 2021 at home in Carmel Valley, California. Best known for the “Beezus and Ramona” books, as well as Newbery Medal winner Dear Mr. [continue reading]
Spring Board Book Round-up
SPRING BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP New Original Board Books Borando, Silvia. Black Cat, White Cat. Candlewick, 12/2020. [36p.] $8.99. 978-5362-1603-5. Black cat only goes out during the day, and White cat only goes out at [continue reading]
Elatsoe Review
Little Badger, Darcie. Elatsoe. Rovina Cai, Illus. Fiction. Levine Querido, 08/2020. 368pp. $18.99. 978-1-64614-005-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Ellie is a Lipan Apache teen with the hereditary gift of raising spirits, but primarily the spirit of [continue reading]
Wolf Called Wander Read-Alikes
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry Avi. Old Wolf. Bauer, Marion Dane. A Bear Named Trouble. Bauer, Marion Dane. Runt. Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. Hall, Elizabeth. Child of the Wolves. Hinojosa, Stacy. [continue reading]
Amari and the Night Brothers
Alston, B. B. Amari and the Night Brothers. Godwin Akpan, Illus. Fiction. Supernatural Investigations Series; bk. 1. Balzer & Bray, 01/2021. 416pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-297516-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Amari, one of the few Black girls at [continue reading]
ACL to Offer Mosaic Training
ACL TO OFFER MOSAIC PROJECT TRAINING: Beginning in April and continuing for three more months, ACL will be offering anti-racism training from the Mosaic Project (The Mosaic Project | Home), an Oakland-based nonprofit that works [continue reading]