Free Workshop: Tough Stuff: Exploring Difficult Conversations with Kids How do we help children process and understand the current political and cultural climate? What skills do we need when approaching difficult conversations with young people? [continue reading]
Rabbits for Babies Storytime
Rabbits for Babies Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Mother Goose rhyme: “Hop Like a Bunny” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel. Using counting and colors, a [continue reading]
Factory Girl Review
La Valley, Josanne. Factory Girl. Fiction. Clarion, 01/2017. 265pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-69947-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 9-12. Inspired by the author’s experiences while traveling in northern China, this moving fictional story sheds light on the Chinese policy [continue reading]
Turn the Page! Event at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland on May 6, 2017
Turn the Page! Event at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland on May 6, 2017 The second annual Turn the Page! event, celebrating children’s book authors and illustrators, will be held on Sat., May 6, 2017 at [continue reading]
Clothing Design Storytime
Clothing Design For an activity fitting the Clothing Design theme, make simple paper dolls, or let children color and decorate newspaper hats. Beaumont, Karen. Hats Off to You! Four friends try on different types of [continue reading]
Painting Storytime (revised)
Painting (revised) The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the [continue reading]
Tony Review
Galing, Ed. Tony. Erin E. Stead, Illus. Roaring Brook, 02/2017. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-62672-308-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. Tony, a strong but gentle horse, and his driver deliver milk, eggs, and butter in the early morning hours. [continue reading]
Award-winning Author Patricia McKissack Dies
Author Patricia McKissack Dies: Award-winning children’s book author Patricia McKissack died on April 7, 2017 at age 72 in St. Louis. She often co-wrote with her husband Fredrick McKissack, Sr. who died in 2013. Many [continue reading]