Author Shirley Hughes Dies: Author/Illustrator Shirley Hughes died at age 94 on Feb. 25, 2022 at her home in England. She created more than fifty children’s books, including the “Dogger” and Alfie” series of picture [continue reading]
DIY: “How to Train Your Dragon”
DO IT YOURSELF PROGRAMMING: “How to Train Your Dragon” The film “How to Train Your Dragon” is an award-winning animated feature film that inspired two sequels. It is based on a tween novel of [continue reading]
When Winter Robeson Came Review
Woods, Brenda. When Winter Robeson Came. Fiction. Penguin /Paulsen, 01/2022. 160pp. $16.99. 978-1-5247-4158-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. In free verse, 12-year-old Eden describes the time her cousin Winter from Mississippi visited her family in Los Angeles [continue reading]
Seals and Sea Lions Storytime
Seals and Sea Lions Storytime Recently, we started to offer some storytime themes to go along with “Oceans of Possibilities,” the theme of the 2022 Collaborative Summer Library Program: https://www.cslpreads.org/ . This month we [continue reading]
Vacations Storytime
Vacations Storytime Recently, we started to offer some storytime themes to go along with “Read Beyond the Beaten Path,” the theme of the 2022 iRead summer reading program: https://www.ireadprogram.org/ focusing on a summer camp at [continue reading]
2022 Beatty Awards Announced
2022 Beatty Awards Announced: The California Library Association announced the 2022 John and Patricia Beatty Literature Award in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, which will be awarded on June 4, 2022 at the CLA Conference. [continue reading]
Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan Dies
Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan Dies: Patricia MacLachlan, who received the Newbery Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall, died on March 31, 2022 at the age of 84. She wrote more than sity children’s books over [continue reading]
Bright Brown Baby Review
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Bright Brown Baby: A Treasury. Brian Pinkney, Illus. Scholastic⁄ Orchard, 01/2022. [64]pp. $18.99. 978-0-545-87229-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TOD-PRE. Five poems celebrating African American babies make up this treasury divided into chapters. Along with [continue reading]