Helen Bloch’s highlights of her ALA Annual Conference attendance: • ECRR2 – Does it Really Work? Evaluating the Program – This was a panel discussion looking at the research protocol used and results gathered from [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Janeczko, Paul B. Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Melissa Sweet, Illus. Non-fic. Candlewick, 2014. 48p. $16.99. 978-0-7636-4842-8. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-4 This anthology celebrates the four seasons with a delightful variety of free [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Reminder, ALA Conference Tidbits
ACL Meeting Friday, July 11, 2014: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 11, 2014, from 9am-Noon at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Rhinos Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Rhinos Animal storytimes are always popular; I like to do a new animal for each letter of the alphabet over the course of several months. The rhinoceros is a fun choice, and [continue reading]
Riddles Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Riddles Rebus books can help emergent readers with decoding techniques by encouraging children to read the small picture that is in place of a word. Riddle books also foster preliteracy skills because [continue reading]
Call for Proposals: Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, April 10-12, 2015
Call for Proposals Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno April 10-12, 2015 From the Arne Nixon Center, Cal State Fresno: “While most people are familiar [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Farrell, Mary Cronk. Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific. Non-fiction. Abrams, 2014. 160p. $24.95. 978-1-4917-1028-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-11. From the striking cover to the harrowing [continue reading]
Carnegie and Greenaway Medals, Nancy Garden Obituary
Kevin Brooks Wins Carnegie, Jon Klassen Wins Greenaway: The 2014 CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, United Kingdom) medals were announced in London on June 23, 2014. Kevin Brooks was awarded the Carnegie [continue reading]