ACL Meeting on Friday, July 12, 2013: We hope you can join us for the ACL Meeting on Friday, July 12, 2013, from 9am-1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We will have our usual book [continue reading]
Pajamas Storytime Ideas (2013)
Not just for bedtime! Pajamas can be a fun theme for storytime – everyone can relate to them and it is a theme that can be used anytime. You can make it a special program [continue reading]
Rabbits Storytime Ideas (2013)
Preschool Storytime Ideas Rabbits Rabbits and bunnies are a great Springtime theme for storytime, and a nice alternative for a non-religious theme during Easter break. There are many great picture books with rabbits and bunnies [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Fleischman, Paul. Matchbox Diary. Bagram Ibatouilline, Illus. Fic. Candlewick, 2013.[36]p. $16.99. 978-0-7636-4601-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-ADULT. A grandfather meets his great-granddaughter for the first time. In his antique shop she brings him a cigar box filled [continue reading]
Activity Books for the Library
Angleberger, Tom. Art2-D2’s Guide to Folding and Doodling: 75+ Things to Fold, Draw, and Do! Amulet, 2013, 163p., $12.95, ISBN 978-1-4197-0534-2. Because the “Origami Yoda” novels are so popular, you may already have tweens requesting [continue reading]
U.K.’s Carnegie and Greenaway Medals Announced
The winners of the 2013 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced on June 19, 2013, at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London. The U.K.’s most prestigious prizes for children’s books [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Cheng, Andrea. Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet. Andrea Cheng, Illus. Non-fic. Lee & Low, 2013. 143p. $17.95. 978-1-6006-0451-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-ADULT. In this terrific biography-in-verse, Andrea Cheng gives us [continue reading]
Septimus Heap Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for the “Septimus Heap” series by Angie Sage: This seven volume fantasy series has magic and wizards. Barron, T.A. Merlin’s Dragon series. Blackwood, Sage. Jinx. Epstein, Adam Jay. Secrets of the Crown. Fforde, Jasper. The [continue reading]