Murphy, Jim and Alison Blank. Invincible Microbe Tuberculosis: And the Never Ending Search for a Cure. Photos. Non-fic. Clarion, 2012. 149p. $18.99. 978-0-06-1853574-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-6. This impeccably researched, highly fascinating, and definitive biography of [continue reading]
Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas – Dr. Seuss – Read Across America
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday (March 2) coincides with Read Across America Day and is a popular program at many elementary schools; it is held in early March. If you would like to extend the idea to [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Hale, Christy. Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. Christy Hale, Illus. Non-fic. Lee & Low, 2012. [40]p. $18.95. 978-1-60060-651-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES TODDLER-4 Rhyming concrete poetry combines with illustrations and photographs to create a book [continue reading]
Midwinter ALA Meeting – Thoughts from some ACL Members who attended
Midwinter ALA Meeting – Thoughts from some ACL Members who attended Alan Bern, Berkeley Public Library reports: I had a really great time on the Carnegie Video Award Committee — the winner this year is [continue reading]
International Reading – Books from other countries
Minwalla, Shabnam. The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street. Hachette India, 2013. 112p. E-book $12.49. ASIN B00B86G8DI. English. As this book is only available thru Hachette India, ACL cannot put it in our regular reviews. It [continue reading]
Meeting Reminder, Diane Wolkstein Dies, Gryphon Award, Arne Nixon Center News
Meeting Reminder – Friday, February 8, 2013, 9am-1pm at Oakland Main Library Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, [continue reading]
Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards
The latest issue of the California Library Association youth services interest group’s “Briefings” Newsletter is now available: http://www.cla-net.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=261 . Author/Illustrator Jan Ormerod Dies, Age 67: Australian-born author and illustrator Jan Ormerod died in Cambridge, England, on January [continue reading]
Novels in Alternating Voices Read-Alikes
Read-Alikes for Novels in Alternating Voices: Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Avi, and Rachel Vail. Never Mind! A Twin Novel Carvell, Marlene. Sweetgrass Basket Clements, Andrew. A Week in the Woods Creech, [continue reading]