ACL Meeting Friday, November 14, 2014: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, November 14, 2014, from 9am-1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Flora and Ulysses Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo Baker, Kim. Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School. Ben starts a club to pull pranks on other sixth graders, while trying to [continue reading]
Choose Your Own Adventure Read-Alikes
Choose Your Own Adventure series by various authors. Borgenicht, David. Worst Case Scenario: Ultimate Adventure series. Chronicle Books. 2011-2012. Gutman, Dan. My Weird School series. HarperCollins, 2004-2015. Korman, Gordon. Dive trilogy. Scholastic, 2003. Korman, Gordon. [continue reading]
Backwards Day Storytime Ideas (2014)
Celebrate the made-up holiday of Backwards Day with funny books that encourage children’s imagination. You can also emphasize the concept of opposites using this theme. Sing Jim Gill’s “Backwards Day,” or do the “Hokey Pokey” [continue reading]
Signs and Signage Storytime Ideas
One way to help preschoolers become emergent readers is to encourage them to observe signs – in grocery stores, while riding in a car, wherever they see them in their environment. There are several fun [continue reading]
NY Times Best Illustrated, Nov. 6th “Make Westing” Event
New York Times Names “Best Illustrated” List The New York Times announced its list of Best Illustrated Picture Books for 2014. The judges were Jennifer Brown (Shelf Awareness blogger) and illustrators Brian Floca and Jerry [continue reading]
Review of the Week: “Shadow Hero”
Yang, Gene Luen. The Shadow Hero. Sonny Liew, Illus. Graphic. First Second, 2014. 156p. PB $17.99. 978-1-59643-697-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-ADULT. In this appealing and dynamic follow-up to his award-winning works American Born Chinese (2006), and [continue reading]
Board Books, Part 2
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part 2 Last month we offered Part 1 of our annual Fall Board Book Round-up, where we talked about new entries in various series. This month, we will discuss individual titles [continue reading]