ACL Meeting Friday, November 14, 2025: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, from 9:30am-Noon, over Zoom. The Zoom link will [continue reading]
“Pete the Cat” Programming Ideas
“Pete the Cat” Programming Ideas The “Pete the Cat” book series can be a great theme for a library program offering games and arts and crafts. The character appears in picture books as well [continue reading]
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part II
New Original Board Books Aroeste, Sarah. Anyada Buena Shanah Tovah. Illus. by Maria Mola. Kar-Ben, 08/2025. [10]p. $9.99. 979-8-7656-1963-6. A little girl celebrates the Jewish New Year in this rhyming story with watercolor illustrations. [continue reading]
(S)Kin Review
Zoboi, Ibi. (S)Kin. HarperCollins/Versify, 02/2025. 400pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-0628-8887-7. GRADES 9–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Narrated by two half-sisters who discover each other in the course of this novel in verse, (S)KIN explores themes of magic, [continue reading]
Cesar’s Cerulean Surprise Review
Lacika, Jenny. Cesar’s Cerulean Surprise. Laura Sandoval Herrera, Illus. Storytelling Math. Charlesbridge, 10/2025. [30]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-439-3. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. Cesar’s younger sister Gabi’s birthday present is a new box of sixty-four crayons, [continue reading]
Most Perilous World Review
Gaddy, Kristina R. A Most Perilous World: The True Story of the Young Abolitionists and Their Crusade Against Slavery. Dutton, 06/2025. 354pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0593855522. GRADES 8–Adult. OUTSTANDING. Thoroughly researched and packed with historical [continue reading]
Encyclopedia Brown Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES Encyclopedia Brown (short Who Done It? mysteries) by Donald Sobel Barnett, Mac. “Brixton Brothers” series. Bowman, Marina J. Hailey Haddie’s Minute Mysteries. Cheshire, Simon. “Saxby Smart” series. Clover, Andrew. “Rory Branaga: Detective” series. [continue reading]
Performers’ Showcase Set for Saturday, February 7, 2026
Performers’ Showcase Set for Saturday, February 7, 2026: Mark your calendar for the upcoming annual ACL Performers’ Showcase, which is planned for Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 at the Fremont Library! As many ACL members know, [continue reading]