2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Movies Even young children have attended a movie, so make movie-making the theme for a performing arts storytime. For a craft project, make Zoetropes: www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Zoetrope-21/. [continue reading]
Dancers Storytime
2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Dancers “It’s Showtime at Your Library” is the theme for iRead’s 2019 summer reading program, which is distributed for free to California libraries: www.ireadprogram.org/ and [continue reading]
“A Universe of Stories” Read-alikes
2019 Summer Reading Program “A Universe of Stories” – Books Featuring Astronomy and Space Travel For Little Ones (ages two – five) Agee, Jon. Life on Mars. Arnold, Tedd. Green Wilma, Frog in Space. Asch, [continue reading]
Tiger vs. Nightmare Review
Tetri, Emily. Tiger vs. Nightmare. Emily Tetri, Illus. Graphic. First Second, 11/2018. 64pp. $17.99. 978-1-62672-535-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-3. Instead of an adversarial relationship, a small tiger forges a tight friendship with the monster under the [continue reading]
DIY: A Universe of Stories
“A Universe of Stories’ is the 2019 theme for the Collaborative Summer Library Program, which is used by many libraries: www.cslpreads.org/. Space, astronomy, and space travel are all fun topics for a do it yourself [continue reading]
ACL Meeting on Friday, March 8, 2019 in Oakland
ACL Meeting Friday, March 8, 2019: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, March 8, 2019, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
“It’s Showtime at Your Library” Read-alikes
2019 Summer Reading Program “It’s Showtime at Your Library” Books Featuring Acting and Performing For Little Ones (ages two – five) Appelt, Kathi. Bat Jamboree. Bell, Cece. Sock Monkey Rides Again. Boyd, Lizi. Night Play. [continue reading]
Louisiana’s Way Home Review
DiCamillo, Kate. Louisiana’s Way Home. Fiction. Candlewick, 10/2018. 227pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-9463-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6. In October of 1977, 12-year-old white Louisiana Elefante’s grandmother wakes her in the middle of the night, puts her in the [continue reading]