Art of Ezra Jack Keats at Contemporary Jewish Museum The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) presents The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats, the first major United States exhibition to pay tribute to [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Cousins, Lucy. Create with Maisy. Lucy Cousins, Illus. Non-fic. Candlewick, 2012. [48]p. $16.99. 978-0-7636-6122-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TODDLER-KINDERGARTEN. Maisy fans and crafty kids alike will adore this book. Cousin’s loose and naïve gouache cartoons pair wonderfully [continue reading]
Diwali Programming Ideas by Marya Kurwa
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]