More Reports from the ALA Conference, from Elizabeth Overmyer: 1. General buzz: not a program, but I found that many of my ALA acquaintances are ruminating over the January revision of the ALSC guidelines for [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Arndt, Michael. Cat Says Meow (and other Animalopoeia). Michael Arndt, Illus. Picture book. Chronicle, 2014. [36]p. $12.99. 978-1-4251-1234-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-K. Inspired by animals and typography, Arndt presents a marvelous book whereby an animal’s sound [continue reading]
Reports from ALA Conference by ACL Members, Part 3, and New BayNews Posted
AASL President’s Program, featuring Donalyn Miller: Donalyn Miller, 5th grade teacher / author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild, gave the keynote address for this program. She described the ways she has [continue reading]
More Reports from ALA Conference by ACL Members
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]