Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CSLP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and myths [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, Feb. 14 at Oakland Public Library
ACL Meeting Friday, February 14, 2020: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, February 14, 2020, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Pawed Piper Review
Robinson, Michelle. Pawed Piper, The. Chinlun Lee, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 2019. [36]pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-0165-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. “I wanted a cat to cuddle. A great big furry fluff ball, like the cat in my [continue reading]
Charlotte Zolotow Awards Announced
Charlotte Zolotow Awards: Johnny’s Pheasant by Cheryl Minnema, illustrated by Julie Flett, was named the Charlotte Zolotow Award recipient for outstanding writing of a picture book, from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School [continue reading]
Suggested Reading Review
Connis, Dave. Suggested Reading. Fiction. K. Tegen, 09/2019. 390pp. $17.9.9 978-0-06-268525-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-ADULT. “The problem is, we bring ourselves to the pages. Our whole selves. Every single darkness. Every single light. Every single passion. [continue reading]
Math Storytime, Part 4
Mathematical Storytime Ann Hotta concludes her blog posts on incorporating math into storytime: Why do we do storytime? We’ve long thought of storytime as a way to introduce young children to good books and demonstrate [continue reading]
Out of the Ordinary
Seuss, Dr. Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum. Illus. by Andrew Joyner. Random House, 2019. 78p. $18.99. 978-0-399-55912-9. Based on an unpublished manuscript found in the same box as the manuscript for What Pet Should I [continue reading]
Mulan: The Legend of the Woman Warrior Review
Wu, Faye-Lynn. Mulan: The Legend of the Woman Warrior. Joy Ang, Illus. Picture Book. Translated from the Chinese by Faye-Lynn Wu. HarperCollins, 09/2019. [26]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-280341-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-4. China is at war, and each [continue reading]