Rosen, Michael. Oh Dear, Look What I Got! Helen Oxenbury, Illus. Candlewick, 09/2025. [36]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-5362-3568-5. GRADES Preschool–2. OUTSTANDING. A boy goes to various shopkeepers and asks for items like a coat [continue reading]
Burning Season Review
Rose, Caroline Starr. Burning Season, The. Nancy Paulsen, 05/2025. 237pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-593-61793-9. GRADES 4–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Twelve-year-old Opal lives with her mother and grandmother in a fire observation tower in a forest in [continue reading]
Interrupted Lives Review
Friedeman, Amanda. Interrupted Lives: Nine Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust. Kar-Ben, 03/2025. 72pp. Nonfiction. Paper $10.99. 979-8765607763. GRADES 4–8. ADDITIONAL. Nine Jewish people from different countries and areas of Europe who survived the [continue reading]
Jim! Six True Stories About One Great Artist Review
Connors, Jerrold. Jim! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall. Jerrold Connors, Illus. Dial, 05/2025. 72pp. Biography. Trade $20.99. 978-0-593-85934-6. GRADES Kindergarten–3. OUTSTANDING. This picture book biography of children’s author and illustrator James [continue reading]
ACL Institute Announced for Friday, March 13, 2026 on Resilience, Resistance, Rest, and Recovery
SAVE THE DATE! ACL’s 2026 Institute Committee is excited to announce plans for the 2026 Annual Institute! The 2026 Institute will take place on Friday, March 13th at the SFPL Main Library – Koret Auditorium. This year, [continue reading]
ACL Mini-Grants for Professional Development Available Now
ACL’s Mini Grant Committee is now accepting applications for fall/winter professional development grants. While funds remain available, applications will be reviewed monthly on a rolling basis. The next review will consider all applications received by 11:59 p.m. [continue reading]
Bay Area School Librarians Meeting
Burning Season Read-Alikes
The Burning Season by Caroline Starr Rose Baron, Chris. Spark. Bowling, Dusti. Across the Desert. Bowling, Dusti. The Canyon’s Edge. Braden, Ann. Into the Rapids. Courage, Nick. Snow Struck. Downing, Erin Soderberg. Just Keep Walking. [continue reading]