The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature and REFORMA de Fresno, the newest chapter of the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, will present a panel [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, Sept. 9th at Berkeley Central Library
ACL Meeting Friday, September 9, 2016 at the Berkeley Central Library: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, September 9, 2016, from 9am-1pm at [continue reading]
Highly Illogical Behavior Review
Whaley, John Corey. Highly Illogical Behavior. Fiction. Dial, 05/2016. 256pp. $17.99. 978-0-525-42818-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Whaley (Where Things Come Back, 2012) does an exceptional job of creating an authentic character who has a mental illness [continue reading]
BAYA Presents “Reading Without Walls: Graphic Novels, Literacy, and Diversity” on October 24th at Berkeley PL
BAYA: The Bay Area Young Adult Librarians and the “In the Library With a Comic Book Podcast” Team Present: Reading Without Walls: Graphic Novels, Literacy, and Diversity Featuring Gene Luen Yang, Mariko Tamaki, and David [continue reading]
Dork Diaries Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES: Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell The latest in the “Dork Diaries” series, number 11, will be released on October 18, 2016. These diary-like books feature lots of cartoon ink drawings, similar to Jeff [continue reading]
Pax Review
Pennypacker, Sara. Pax. Jon Klassen, Illus. Fiction. Balzer & Bray, 02/2016. 278pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-237701-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Twelve-year-old Peter’s father is headed off to war, and this requires the separation of Peter and his beloved [continue reading]
Author Joyce Carol Thomas Dies at age 78
Author Joyce Carol Thomas Dies: Bay Area author Joyce Carol Thomas has died at age 78. Her books often focused on the struggles of African-American youth, including Marked By Fire, which won the National Book [continue reading]
Anything But Ordinary Addie Review
Rockliff, Mara. Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic. Iacopo Bruno, Illus. Biography. Candlewick, 04/2016. [44]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-6841-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. One of the world’s great magicians is rescued [continue reading]