Jacqueline Woodson was named the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award winner in the category for children’s author. Her many books include the Newbery Honor title Brown Girl Dreaming, as well as young adult novels and [continue reading]
ACL Online Meeting this Friday, May 8th, 10-11am
Please join us for our Zoom meeting this Friday, May 8, 2020, 10-11am! We will present our new reviews of Outstanding titles, and then discuss how are libraries are responding to the current situation. Email [continue reading]
Anna Dewdney Award Named
Anna Dewdney Award Named: Thank You, Omu by Oge Mora (Little, Brown) was named the 2020 Anna Dewdney Read Together Award winner, awarded by the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader. The Honor [continue reading]
Dads Review
Coy, John. Dads . Wing Young Huie, Illus. Picture Book. Carolrhoda, 04/2020. [32]pp. $19.99, 978-1-5415-7839-5, OUTSTANDING, GRADES TOD-2. In Dads, Coy and Huie take a collection of photographs paired with sparse text and create a [continue reading]
Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl Review
Reid, Megan. Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl. Laura Freeman, Illus. Biog. Balzer & Bray, 01/2020. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-285109-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. With clever and dynamic text and illustrations, this biography of Althea [continue reading]
Concept Books for Storytime – Revised
Concept Books Revised April 2020 Alakija, Polly. Counting Chickens. Anderson, Derek. Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure. Atinuke. Baby Goes to Market. Austin, Mike. Monsters Love Colors. Baker, Keith. 1-2-3 Peas. Barnett, Mac. Count the [continue reading]
Sing-Along Picture Books for Storytime – Revised
Sing-Along Picture Books Revised April 2020 Bateman, Donna M. Out on the Prairie. Bates, Ivan. Five Little Ducks. Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful: United We Stand. Berkner, Laurie. Monster Boogie. Berkner, Laurie. We Are [continue reading]
Interactive Books for Storytime – Revised
Pop-up, Flap, Tactile, and Interactive Books Revised April 2020 Amato, Max. Perfect. Byrne, Richard. This Book Just Ate My Dog! Caston, Jane. Can You Help Doug Find His Dog? Clarke, Jane. I Saw Anaconda: A [continue reading]