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]
Wolff, Ashley. Baby Bear Sees Blue. Ashley Wolff, Illus. Pic. Bk. Beach Lane, 2012. 40p. $16.99. 978-1-4424-1306-1. OUTSTANDING GRADES TOD-PRE Wolff captures a young child’s unending curiosity of the world, weaving in an identification of [continue reading]
National Book Award Young People’s Literature Nominees
The National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2012 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. The nominees are: William Alexander, Goblin Secrets(S&S/McElderry); Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach(Simon Pulse); Patricia McCormick, Never Fall [continue reading]
Lynden Public Library wins 2012 Mora Award
Lynden Public Library wins 2012 Mora Award REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, is pleased to announce that Lynden Public Library of the Whatcom County [continue reading]