Do It Yourself Programming Ideas: Mr. Lemoncello’s Library The “Mr. Lemoncello” series of tween novels by Chris Grabenstein would make a wonderful basis for a library Do It Yourself celebration, with games and crafts inspired [continue reading]
Boats on the Bay Review
Harvey, Jeanne Walker. Boats on the Bay. Gracy McFerrin, Illus. Picture Book. Cameron Kids, 09/2018. [32]pp. $17.95. 978-1-944903-33-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-2. Beginning in the foggy morning, and finishing in the evening, this circular picture [continue reading]
Wolf Wilder Read-Alikes
Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell Appelt, Kathi. Maybe a Fox. Avi. Old Wolf. Bauer, Marion Dane. Runt. Beckhorn, Susan Williams. The Wolf’s Boy. Dagg, Carole Estby. Sweet Home Alaska. Frederick, Heather Vogel. Absolutely Truly. Gidwitz, [continue reading]
Horn Book Fanfare Announced
Horn Book Fanfare Announced: Horn Book magazine’s editors and reviewers have selected their choices for the best children’s and young adult books for 2018. See the list here: www.hbook.com/2018/11/blogs/read-roger/horn-book-fanfare-2018/ .
Biddy Mason Speaks Up Review
White, Arisa and Laura Atkins. (2019). Biddy Mason Speaks Up. Illustrated by Laura Freeman. 112 pgs. Heyday, Berkeley, CA. Nonfiction. OUTSTANDING. Grades 5 – 8. Biddy Mason Speaks Up , the second title in the [continue reading]
This Is My Eye Review
Vaswani, Neela. This Is My Eye: A New York Story. Neela Vaswani, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 08/2018. 56pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-7616-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. View the world through the lens of a young biracial New York [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, Dec. 14 at Oakland Main Library
ACL Meeting Friday, December 14, 2018: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, December 14, 2018, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Button War Review
Avi. Button War, The: A Tale of the Great War. Fiction. Candlewick, 06/2018. 230pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-9053-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. When bombs begin to fall on Patryk’s village in Poland in 1914, Russian soldiers leave as [continue reading]