ACL Meeting Friday, May 9, 2025: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 9, 2025, from 9:30am-Noon, over Zoom. The Zoom link will [continue reading]
Out of the Ordinary: Pop-up Books
New Pop-Up Books Tait, Alice. No, Nancy, No! A Dog Chase in New York. Walker, 12/2024. [20p.] $18.99. 978-1-5362-3271-4. Nancy and her dog Roger go to New York City to see the Broadway musical [continue reading]
ACL Member Jenny Andrus Has a New Picture Book
ACL Member Jenny Andrus Has a New Picture Book: Longtime ACL member Jenny Andrus has a new picture book out entitled Elsa’s Chessboard (Neal Porter Books, 04/2025), with illustrations by Julie Downing. The story is [continue reading]
Mermaids – Revised
Mermaids – Revised Mermaids are a popular Halloween costume, so it can be a fun topic for storytime, too. Of course, mermaids and merpeople are not just for girls. For an activity, make one [continue reading]
Garbage Collectors
Garbage Collectors Young children see the garbage and recycling trucks often, so it makes a great topic for storytime. For an activity, focus on recycling: www.educationoutside.org/preschool/activities/recycling/. Awan, Jashar. Every Monday Mabel. Mabel makes sure [continue reading]
Vox Books Adventure for Autistic Children
Vox Books Adventure for Autistic Children By: Eboni A. Weston My son, Aaron loves the sound effects from the story Jabari Jumps. At first, I was reading normal picture books to Aaron, but Aaron wasn’t [continue reading]
ACL INSTITUTE DRAWS A LARGE CROWD
ACL INSTITUTE DRAWS A LARGE CROWD ACL held its first in-person Institute since the pandemic on April 11, 2025, drawing approximately 130 attendees to the San Francisco Main Library. The focus was on movement [continue reading]
One Big Open Sky Read-Alikes
One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome Burtinshaw, Julie. The Freedom of Jenny. Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky. Lassieur, Allison. Journey to a Promised Land. Park, Linda Sue. Prairie Lotus. Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Will’s Race [continue reading]