Outstanding Books of the Month – April 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 Friday, April 8, 2022
ACL Meeting Friday, April 8, 2022: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, March 11, 2022, from 10:00am-Noon over Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84205853956?pwd=V3FQOG5sOEpPaVhxS0hOQzA4TlhEQT09 This month [continue reading]
Whales Storytime
Whales 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/ . For an art project, make these [continue reading]
Playgrounds Storytime
Playgrounds 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]
I Must Betray You Review
Sepetys, Ruta. I Must Betray You. Fiction. Philomel, 02/2022. 319pp. $18.99. 978-1-9848-3603-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Things are beyond hard in Romania in 1989. Stuck behind the Iron Curtain, 17-year-old Cristian Florescu and his family must [continue reading]
Upcoming Professional Development Sessions on Sex Education
Reminder – Professional Development Sessions on Sex Education: ACL is planning two free professional development sessions as part of our Zoom meetings, in place of our usual Spring Institute. These are planned for our June [continue reading]
Eric Carle Honorees Announced
Eric Carle Honorees Announced: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its annual Honorees on March 22, 2022. The recognize people and organizations that promote and facilitate picture books. The 2022 Honorees are [continue reading]
Picturing a Nation Review
Sandler, Martin W. Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself. Non-fiction. Candlewick, 10/2021. 165pp. $24.99. 978-1-5362-1525-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. The Farm Security Administration started a project in 1935 where noted [continue reading]