READ-ALIKES Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Revised December 2023 Aardagh, Philip. A House Called Awful End (series). Atwater, Richard and Florence. Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Boyce, Frank Cottrell. Cosmic. Brittain, Bill. The Wish [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 Over Zoom
ACL Meeting Friday, January 12, 2024: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Jan. 12, 2023, from 9:30am-Noon. We will be meeting over Zoom. [continue reading]
Register for the 2024 ACL Performers’ Showcase
Register for the ACL Performers’ Showcase: The 2024 Performers’ Showcase is coming up on Saturday, February 3rd at the Fremont Public Library. This all-day event is a great chance to see a wide selection of [continue reading]
Valentine’s Day Storytime – Revised
Valentine’s Day Storytime – Revised For preschoolers, Valentine’s Day is a focus on family and friends. Make these simple Valentine’s Day cards: Printable Valentine’s Day Cards (dltk-holidays.com). Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty Does Not Like [continue reading]
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part III
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part III Here are the final entries in the Fall 2023 series of columns on new board books. See Board Book Round-up, Part I here: Fall Board Book Round-up, Part I [continue reading]
Mychal Threets Named “I Love My Librarian” Winner
Fairfield Librarian Mychal Threets Named “I Love My Librarian” Winner by ALA: Mychal Threets, a youth services librarian in Fairfield, CA (Solano County) has will receive a “I Love My Librarian” Award from the American [continue reading]
Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion Review
Smith, Charles R., Jr. Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion. Leo Espinosa, Illus. Candlewick, 09/2023. [48]pp. Biography. Trade $18.99. 978-1-5362-1498-7. GRADES 2–5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Marshall “Major” Taylor became the world’s champion bicycle racer in the late [continue reading]
Long Time Coming Review
Shepard, Ray Anthony. Long Time Coming, A: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama. R. Gregory Christie, Illus. Calkins Creek, 08/2023. 333pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-6626-8066-3. GRADES 7–12. OUTSTANDING. [continue reading]