Gauld, Tom. Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess, The. Tom Gauld, Illus. Picture Book. N. Porter, 08/2021. [40]pp. $18.99. 978-0-8234-4698-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. In this beguiling fairy tale, a childless king with white skin [continue reading]
Camping Storytime – Revised
Camping Storytime – Revised Last month, 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 [continue reading]
The Last Cuentista Read-Alikes
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera Ahmed, Samira. Amira & Hamza. Bardugo, Leigh. Ruin and Rising. Bowling, Dusti. The Canyon’s Edge. Emerson, Kevin. Last Day on Mars. Gaiman, Neil. The Ocean at the End [continue reading]
Genius Under the Table Review
Yelchin, Eugene. Genius Under the Table, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Eugene Yelchin, Illus. Biography. Candlewick, 10/2021. 201pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-1552-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. Yelchin’s memoir of growing up Jewish in 1960s Communist Leningrad, [continue reading]
Oceans Storytime
Oceans Storytime “Oceans of Possibilities” is the theme of the 2022 Collaborative Summer Library Program: https://www.cslpreads.org/ . Of course, oceans and ocean creatures are great themes for California libraries all year long. For an [continue reading]
Hiking Storytime
Hiking Storytime “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” is the theme of the 2022 iRead summer reading program: https://www.ireadprogram.org/ focusing on a summer camp at the library. Even if you are not using iReads materials, camping, [continue reading]
MINI-GRANT APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING – 2022
ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN’S LIBRARIANS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MINI-GRANT APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING – 2022 The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California are pleased to announce our next round of Mini-grants for library programming, [continue reading]
Wishes Review
Van, Muon Thi. Wishes. Victo Ngai, Illus. Picture Book. Scholastic /Orchard, 05/2021. 40pp. $18.99. 978-1-338-30589-0. OUTSTANDING GRADES. PRE-3. With sparse text and haunting illustrations, the author and illustrator tell the story of a family secretly [continue reading]