Effie Lee Morris Meet-the-Author Program and BIPOC KidLit Fest: 2pm Saturday, April 6, 2024 San Francisco Public Library Featured Speaker: Christina Soontornvat Author: Christina Soontornvat, 28th Annual Effie Lee Morris Author | San Francisco Public [continue reading]
Grocers Storytime – Revised
Preschool Storytime Ideas Grocers Storytime – Revised Young children often visit the grocery store with a caregiver on a regular basis. There are many fun books about this community helper! For a craft [continue reading]
Librarian Bonnie Janssen Dies
Librarian Bonnie Janssen Dies: Bonnie Janssen died at age 80 in January, 2024. She worked at the Fremont Main Library, part of the Alameda County library system. She eventually became head of Children’s Services, retiring [continue reading]
Scott O’Dell Award Named
Scott O’Dell Award Named: The 2024 Scott O’Dell Award for children’s historical fiction has been announced. The winner is Bea and the New Deal Horse by L.M. Elliott. The Scott O’Dell Award (scottodell.com).
Jane Addams Peace Award Announced
Jane Addams Peace Award Announced: The 2024 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced Feb. 15, 2024. They honor books that promote peace and social justice. Book Award – Jane Addams Peace Association (janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org). The [continue reading]
Author Robie Harris Dies
Author Robie Harris Dies: Robie Harris, author of several children’s sex education books, has died at age 83. It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, and Sexual Health (1994), and several other books by Harris [continue reading]
Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals Review
Rothery, Ben. Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals. Ben Rothery, Illus. Tilbury House, 10/2023. 48pp. Nonfiction. Trade $19.95. 978-1-958394-25-0. GRADES 2–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Dramatic drawings, likely done using colored pencil, display animals that are especially [continue reading]
Five Little Chicks Review
Murray, Lily. Five Little Chicks. Holly Surplice, Illus. Candlewick /Templar, 12/2023. [24]pp. Picture Book. Trade $16.99. 978-1-5362-3261-5. GRADES Baby/Toddler–Kindergarten. ADDITIONAL. In this variation on the nursery song and fingerplay “Five Little Ducks Went Out One [continue reading]