Turn the Page! A children’s book festival at Children’s Fairyland: Presented by Kaiser Permanente with support from Chronicle Books on Saturday, April 23, 10 am – 4pm. At Children’s Fairyland, 699 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, CA. [continue reading]
Upcoming Book Fests, Storytelling Festival
Children’s Book Festival to be held in Palo Alto: The Palo Alto Public Library is the site of the free Children’s Book Festival, to be held on Saturday, April 16, 2016, 1-4pm, 250 Hamilton Ave., [continue reading]
Ukelele Workshop, Lambda Finalists, Children’s Choice Voting Open
Learn Ukelele: Have you been wanting to add an instrument to your storytime? Here’s your chance! This session on learning the ukulele will be led by Mary Dubbs, a totally self/internet-taught ukulele player of 18-months, [continue reading]
ACL Meeting on Friday, March 11th, Peter Rabbit Coin
ACL Meeting Friday, March 11, 2016: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, March 11, 2016, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Louise Rennison Dies, Alan Bern’s New “Greater Distance” book of poetry
Author Louise Rennison Dies: Louise Rennison, author of the young adult series that began with Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging has died. The British author was 63 years old, and had a background in [continue reading]
Dance! Dance! Underpants!
Shea, Bob. Dance! Dance! Underpants! Bob Shea, Illus. Easy Reader. Ballet Cat Series; Bk. 2. Disney/Hyperion, 02/2016. [56]pp. $9.99. 978-1-4847-1379-2. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-2. Butter Bear is paralyzed by the fear that the audience will laugh [continue reading]
The Inn Between
Cohen, Marina. Inn Between, The. Fiction. Roaring Brook, 03/2016. 208pp. $16.99. 978-1-62672-202-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 4-7. If hell can be disguised as a dance party, purgatory can be a luxury hotel. Kara and Quinn, two [continue reading]
Grayling’s Song
Cushman, Karen. Grayling’s Song. Fiction. Clarion/Houghton, 06/2016. 224pp. $16.99. 978-0-544-30180-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-6. After fire consumes their home, Grayling’s mother, a wise woman, discovers that her grimoire has been stolen, and when she becomes [continue reading]