ACL Meeting Friday, August 12, 2022: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, August 12, 2022, from 9:30am-Noon over Zoom (link will be emailed [continue reading]
First Day of School Storytime – Revised
First Day of School Storytime – Revised With the inclusion of Transitional Kindergarten and soon Preschool in most California elementary schools, more very young children are experiencing school for the first time. Do a school-themed [continue reading]
Birthday Storytime – Revised
Birthdays Storytime – Revised Celebrating a birthday is a highlight of a preschooler’s home life, and there are many fun picture books on the subject. For a craft project, make paper party hats: FREE [continue reading]
Movie-Themed: “Encanto”
“Encanto” Movie Programming Ideas One does not need to be a child to enjoy the Disney film “Encanto,” due to its involving plot, humor, and wonderful music. Many libraries are holding “Encanto” film showings, [continue reading]
Summer I Turned Pretty Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Buzo, Laura. Love and Other Perishable Items. Calame, Don. Swim the Fly. Dessen, Sarah. Along for the Ride. Fortune, Carley. Every Summer After. Gehrman, Jody [continue reading]
ACL Members Ann Hotta and Yesica Hurd Featured in Children & Libraries
ACL Members Ann Hotta and Yesica Hurd Featured in Children & Libraries. Check out the Summer 2022 issue of ALA/ALSC’s Children & Libraries (v. 20, no. 2) to see articles by two ACL members! Ann [continue reading]
Wild Review
Usher, Sam. Wild. Sam Usher, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick /Templar, 12/2021. [36]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-2000-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-2. In this sequel to Free (2021), a boy and his grandfather are back with another story involving [continue reading]
Our Table Review
Reynolds, Peter H. Our Table. Peter H. Reynolds, Illus. Picture Book. Scholastic/Orchard, 11/2021. [44]pp. $17.99. 978-1-338-57232-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES. PRE-3. Violet notices that her family no longer eats dinner together at the table because everyone [continue reading]