For the next several Mondays, we offer a series of Math storytimes from Ann Hotta, children’s librarian at Berkeley Public Library ACL Blog: Mathematical Storytime. Part 1 Recently I watched a free webinar from Zero [continue reading]
ACL Meeting on Friday, Jan. 10 to be held at Oakland Main
ACL Meeting Friday, January 10, 2020: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, January 10, 2020, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books
Board Books with Flaps Anon. “Animal Families” series. Illus. by Jane Ormes. Nosy Crow, 10/2019. [10p.] $$9.99 each. Farms. 978-1-5362-0830-6. Jungle. 978-1-5362-0831-3. In this new series, a sturdy gatefold flap on the right of [continue reading]
It Began with a Page Review
McClear, Kyo. It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way. Julie Morstad, Illus. Biography. HarperCollins, 10/2019. [48]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-244762-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. The life of illustrator and social justice advocate Gyo Fujikawa [continue reading]
Planes for Babies Storytime
Planes for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can [continue reading]
13-Story Treehouse Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES 13-Story Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts. Angleberger, Tom. Inspector Flytrap. Avi. A Beginning, a Muddles, and an End. Blabey, Aaron. “The Bad Guys” series. Bruel, Nick. “Bad Kitty” series. [continue reading]
Ireland Storytime
Ireland Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Ireland. For a craft project, make shamrocks: www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/mscissor-skills.htm . Or, make these fun stamps out of potatoes: www.thebestideasforkids.com/potato-stamping/ . Bateman, Teresa. Fiona’s Luck. [continue reading]
Denmark Storytime
Denmark Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CLSP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and [continue reading]