Thought this story from NPR might be of interest to readers. http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels and http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/09/10/160768675/when-a-popular-list-of-100-best-ever-teen-books-is-the-whitest-ever Submitted by Helen Block
Review of the Week
Haynes, Emily. Ganesha’s Sweet tooth. Sanjay Patel, Illus. Pic. Bk. Chronicle, 2012. [34]p. $16.99 978-1-4521-0362-4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES K-3. This playful reimagining of a Hindu legend offers the unanointed an entry into the ancient world [continue reading]
Meeting Reminder, Shirley Climo Obituary
Meeting Reminder: Our September meeting will be held Friday, September 14, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. We’re back in Oakland this month, in the meeting room at the Main Library, 125 14th St. You can [continue reading]
Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award
The 2013 Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award winners are Jan Greenburg & Sandra Jordan Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, Orbis Pictus Award winner and Sibert Honor title (both nonfiction honors); Action Jackson, Sibert Honor title [continue reading]
PEN Awards Announced
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship ($5,000): To an author of children’s or young-adult fiction, who has published at least two books, to complete a book-length work-in-progress. Judges: Daniel Handler, Lyn Miller-Lachman, and Neal Shusterman. WINNER: [continue reading]
Bats Storytime Ideas
Bats Bats can be fascinating to preschoolers, and not just at Halloween! For a bat craft, make these fun bats using paper cups. Songs: THIS LITTLE BAT (tune: “Mulberry Bush”) This little bat flaps its [continue reading]
Zombie Storytime Ideas
If your parents don’t mind “scary” storytimes, this could be a fun theme near Halloween. It also might be best suited to a storytime for school-age children. For a craft, make one of these paper [continue reading]
Two ACL Members in Children and Libraries, Dorothy Helfeld Fellows Announced
Two ACL Members Contribute Articles to Children and Libraries: Congratulations to two of our ACL members who had articles published in the latest edition of Children and Libraries (Summer/Fall 2012, v. 10, no. 2), the [continue reading]