Photo courtesy of Ana Elba Pavon Following up our previous posts, here are the final reports from our members on their recent ALA Conference experiences. Lisa Hubbell attended “Teen Advisory Boards – Keeping Teens Interested,” [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Rocklin, Joanne. The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook. Fic, .Amulet/Abrams, 2012. 240p. $16.95 978-1-4197-0192-4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-6. Still recovering from the loss of her father two years earlier, Oona, a perceptive theory-creating whopper-telling [continue reading]
Author Donald Sobol Dies
The author of the “Encyclopedia Brown” mystery series for children, Donald Sobol, has died at age 87 in Miami from natural causes. First published in 1963, the series featured a boy and his friend Sally [continue reading]
ALA Conference Report – More Comments on Practical Programs
Photo courtesy of Ana Elba Pavon Following up our previous post, here are some more reports from our members on their recent ALA Conference experiences. Many of us attended the “I Want a Truck Book! [continue reading]
Author Else Holmelund Minarik Dies at age 91
The author Else Holmelund Minarik, of the easy reader series Little Bear (Harper, 1957) and many other books, died on July 12 at the age of 91. She was a first grade teacher and mother [continue reading]
ALA Conference Report – Programs on Preschoolers
Photo courtesy of Ana Elba Pavon There were three presentations at the recent ALA Conference in Anaheim (June 22-25, 2012) that addressed library services to preschoolers. All had thoughtful, innovative ideas presented in an interesting [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Buzbee, Lewis. Bridge of Time. Fic. Fidel/Macmillan, 2012. 304p. $17.99. 978-0-312-38257-5. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 4-6. Local author Buzbee adds to his oeuvre of supernatural literary titles (Steinbeck’s Ghost, 2008, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, 2010) with [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, July 13th in Berkeley
Hi all! Just a friendly reminder about the ACL Meeting this Friday, July 13, 2012 from 9am-1pm at the Berkeley Public Library (note location change to Berkeley Main Library, for our July and August 2012 [continue reading]