Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman Callender, Kacen. King and the Dragonflies. Dee, Barbara. Violets Are Blue. Hiranandani, Veera. How to Find What You’re Not Looking For. Holm, Jennifer L. The Lion of Mars. Kelly, [continue reading]
The Great Stink Review
Paeff, Colleen. Great Stink, The: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem. Nancy Carpenter, Illus. Non-fiction. Simon & Schuster/ McElderry, 08/2021. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5344-4929-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-4. London in the 1800s smelled terrible—and people [continue reading]
Outstanding! May 2022
Outstanding Books of the Month – May 2022 Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List. Members can see [continue reading]
ACL Meeting on Friday, May 13, 2022 at 10am
ACL Meeting Friday, May 13, 2022: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 13, 2022, from 10:00am-Noon over Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84205853956?pwd=V3FQOG5sOEpPaVhxS0hOQzA4TlhEQT09. For our [continue reading]
Packing for Mars for Kids Review
Roach, Mary. Packing for Mars for Kids. Non-fiction. Norton, 04/2022. 144pp. $16.95. 978-1-324-01937-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. What is the greatest challenge for a rocket scientist? It turns out it is the human body. In seven [continue reading]
Free Books for Kids Available
Free Books for Kids: As schools wind down and camps or daycare centers prepare for summer, it’s possible that you know of an agency that would be interested in Free Books for Kids: * (freebooksforkids.org). This [continue reading]
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Review
Connor, Leslie. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Fiction. HarperCollins, 02/2022. 336pp. $21.00. 978-0-06-299936-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Aurora talks a mile a minute and Frenchie never speaks, but the two neurodiverse sixth graders are best friends. When [continue reading]
Stuntboy, in the Meantime Read-Alikes
Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Bell, Cece. El Deafo. Craft, Jerry. New Kid. Emerson, Marcus. The Super Life of Ben Braver. Graff, Lisa. Absolutely Almost. Jeong, BonHyung. Kyle’s [continue reading]