As I was preparing for my library’s program about the Festival of Lights, I went down memory lane and tried to think of what Diwali meant to me. When I was growing up (as a [continue reading]
ACL Meeting this Friday, Nov. 9, Ted McCoy, Other News
Meeting Reminder – Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, 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]
Libraries Need Help – Hurricane Sandy
Libraries in NY were damaged during Hurricane Sandy. Urban Librarians Unite has started a campaign to collect children’s books and raise money to replace books damaged by the storm. Here’s the link: Urban Librarians Unite [continue reading]
Apples Storytime Ideas
A crowd favorite is the song “Apples and Bananas,” by Raffi, which can be sung at storytime. For a craft project, the children can make one of these apple craft projects: 25 Apple Crafts for [continue reading]
Chasing Vermeer Read-Alikes
Abbott, Tony. The Postcard. Abrahams, Peter. Echo Falls Mystery series. Anderson, M.T. The Game of Sunken Places. Barrett, Tracy. The 100-Year-Old Secret. Beil, Michael. The Vanishing Violin. Berlin, Eric. The Puzzling World of Winston Breen [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Gennari, Jennifer. My Mixed-up Berry Blue Summer. Fic. Houghton, 2012. 119p. $15.99 978-0-547-57739-5, PB $5.99, 978-0-544-02273-7. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 4-7. June has always known that her mom was gay, and she’s fine with that. What she’s [continue reading]
Serving LGBTQ Families
Naidoo, Jamie Campbell. Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children’s Books with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content. Libraries Unlimited, 2012. $30. ISBN 978-1-59884-960-8. Although the bulk of this resource book focuses on children’s [continue reading]
Guardian Award, Random/Penguin Merger, Lowry Interview
Frank Cottrell Boyce was named the Guardian Award winner for his book The Unforgotten Coat, which he originally wrote for charity. He was commissioned to write the story (of a Mongolian schoolgirl whose family was [continue reading]