ACL Meeting Friday, September 8, 2023: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, from 9:30am-Noon. We will be meeting over Zoom. [continue reading]
Punky Aloha Review
Tuiasoa, Shar. Punky Aloha. Shar Tuiasoa, Illus. HarperCollins, 06/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-0-06-307923-6. GRADES Preschool – 1. ADDITIONAL. Punky feels too shy to go to the store alone to purchase butter for Grandma’s [continue reading]
Timothy Dinoman Saves the Cat Review
Thueson, Steve. Timothy Dinoman Saves the Cat. Steve Thueson, Illus. Timothy Dinoman Series; bk. 1. Graphic Universe, 10/2022. 192pp. Graphic PLB $30.65 978-1-7284-0177-5. Paper $19.99 978-1-7284-6309-4. GRADES 3 – 6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Agent Dinoman swings [continue reading]
Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day Review
Kim, Erica. Kimchi, Kimchi Every Day. Erica Kim, Illus.Soaring Kite, 10/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade$18.99. 978-1-9538-5927-3. GRADES Preschool – 1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Each day of the week a young girl of Korean heritage eats kimchi [continue reading]
Crab and Snail: the Evil Eel Review
Ferry, Beth. Crab and Snail: The Evil Eel. Jared Chapman, Illus. Crab & Snail Series; bk. 3.Harper Alley, 04/2023. 62pp. Reader. Trade $14.99 978-0-0629-6219-5. Paper $8.99. 978-0-0629-6220-1. GRADES Preschool – 2. ADDITIONAL. In the third [continue reading]
Just a Worm Review
Boyd, Marie. Just a Worm. Marie Boyd, Illus. HarperCollins / Greenwillow, 03/2023. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-0-06-321256-5. GRADES Preschool – 2. ADDITIONAL. Worm travels through his garden world trying to prove that he is [continue reading]
I’ll Be a Chicken, Too Review
Vanderlee, Lana. I’ll Be a Chicken, Too. Mike Deas, Illus. Orca, 05/2023. [22]pp. Picture Book. Trade $10.95. 978-1-4598-3555-9. GRADES Baby/Toddler – Preschool. OUTSTANDING. In this board book, the rhyming text is made up of dialogue [continue reading]
In Between Review
Sayre, April Pulley with Jeff Sayre. In Between. Beach Lane, 03/2023. [40]pp. Non-Fiction.Trade $18.99. 978-1-5344-8781-9. GRADES Preschool – 3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In dramatic, close-up color photos, animals are shown “in between,” from coming out of [continue reading]