Boston Globe-Horn book Awards Announced: On May 30, 2014, at BookExpo America, The Horn Book’s editor in chief Roger Sutton announced the 2014 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners: PICTURE BOOK AWARD WINNER: Mr. Tiger Goes [continue reading]
Board Book Round-up
Spring Board Book Round-up Time for our semi-annual Board Book round-up! There doesn’t appear to be very many new books out this season, which is a shame, as many parents seek out new board books [continue reading]
Doll Bones Read-Alikes
Doll Bones Read-Alikes – a spooky ghost story Aiken, Joan. Return to Harken House. Auxier, Jonathan. Night Gardener. Avi. The Seer of Shadows. Bellairs, John. The Figure in the Shadows. Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way [continue reading]
Rebus Storytime Ideas (2014)
Preschool Storytime Ideas Rebus Rebus books can help emergent readers with decoding techniques, by encouraging children to “read” the small picture that is in place of a word. Include one rebus book every so often [continue reading]
Modesto Ends Library Instruction, Kirkus Prize, CLA Website Revamped
Modesto To End Elementary Library Instruction: Although there is no plan to close the nine elementary school libraries in Modesto, CA, staff received notices that their jobs may be eliminated and there will no longer [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Lloyd, Natalie. A Snicker of Magic. Fiction. Scholastic, 2014. 320p. $16.99 978-0-545-55270-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. In this appealing, quirky middle grade tale of family, belonging and kindness, sixth grader Felicity Pickle and her itinerant family [continue reading]
Passive Programming
Passive programming is catching on at many libraries. Passive programming means activities which do not require staff direction: you just leave the instructions and supplies at a table in the children’s room, for parent and [continue reading]
Los Gatos E-book Project, LGBTQ Families Webinar, Meals for Youth Webinar
Los Gatos Librarian Leads Project for Students to Publish Ebook: Windows to the Teenage Soul, a poetry anthology ebook containing work by more than 120 freshman from Los Gatos High School will be published next [continue reading]