ACL Meeting Friday, August 10, 2018: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, August 10, 2018, from 9am–Noon at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Pirates Storytime
Pirates (revised) Even preschoolers can enjoy “Talk Like a Pirate Day” in September with a Pirate-themed storytime. For a craft project, make paper plate pirate masks, as seen here: www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/pirates/mplatepirate.htm . Freedman, Claire. Pirates Love [continue reading]
Julian Is a Mermaid Review
Love, Jessica. Julián Is a Mermaid. Jessica Love, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 04/2018. [36]pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-9045-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. As Julián and his abuela head back home on the subway after their weekly swim at [continue reading]
Beach Party Storytime
Beach Party (revised) A beach party-themed storytime is great for the end of summer, but you can hold this type of story anytime! Read about the beach and toss around a beach ball. For a [continue reading]
Sun for Babies Storytime
Sun 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]
Jabberwalking Review
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Jabberwalking. Poetry. Candlewick, 03/2018. 137pp. $22.99. 978-1-5362-0140-6. PB $14.99. 978-0-7636-9264-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 5-ADULT. Lewis Carroll composed the joyously nonsensical poem “Jabberwocky.” Now, former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera calls on [continue reading]
Nonfiction Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books
Nonfiction Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books Baker, Kate. Walk This Wild World. Candlewick, 05/2018. [24p.] $18.99, 978-0-7636-9899-7. Grades K-5. Beginning in the Arctic tundra, this celebration of the world’s habitats features a brief four-line rhyme [continue reading]
Reissues – Arthur Yorinks’ “Company” series
REISSUES Yorinks, Arthur. Company’s Coming. Illus. by David Small. Disney/Hyperion, 04/2018. [32p.] $16.99. 978-136800404-6. Yorinks, Arthur. Company’s Going. Illus. by David Small. Disney/Hyperion, 04/2018. [32p.] $16.99. 978-136800405-3. Originally released in 1988, Company’s Coming is the [continue reading]