ACL Meeting Friday, December 10, 2021: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, November 12, 2021, from 9:30am-Noon over Zoom. The Zoom link will [continue reading]
Without Separation Review
Brimner, Larry Dane. Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez ‡ Maya Gonzalez, Illus. Non-fic. Calkins Creek, 09/2021. [40]pp. $18.99 978-1-63437-195-2 OUTSTANDING GRADES 1-5. In 1931 in Lemon Grove, California, the school [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – November 2021
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous month’s meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List. Members can see full reviews of these books and many [continue reading]
BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP, Part III
BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP, Part III New Original Board Books Hacohen, Dean. Who Needs a Hug? Candlewick, 10/2021. [22p.] $8.99. 978-1-5362-1249-5. In each spread, an animal parent asks their young child what [continue reading]
Milo Imagines the World Review
de la Peña, Matt. Milo Imagines the World. Christian Robinson, Illus. Picture Book. Putnam, 02/2021. 40pp. $18.99. 978-0-399-54908-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. Once again, Newbery-winning collaborators de la Peña and Robinson (Last Stop on Market Street, [continue reading]
Holiday Books, Part II
Holiday Books, Part II Lee, Mark. 20 Big Trucks in the Middle of Christmas. Illus. by Kurt Cyrus. Candlewick, 09/2021. [32p.] $17.99. 978-1-5362-1253-2. In this follow up to 20 Big Trucks in the Middle [continue reading]
Last Night at the Telegraph Club Wins National Book Award
Last Night at the Telegraph Club Wins National Book Award: Malinda Lo won the 2021 National Book Award for Last Night at the Telegraph Club in the Young People’s Literature category. The teen novel is [continue reading]
It’s Perfectly Normal Review
Harris, Robie H. It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, and Sexual Health. Michael Emberley, Illus. Non-fiction. Candlewick, 05/2021. 108[+20]pp. $24.99. 978-1-5362-0720-0, PB $14.99 978-1-5362-0721-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. For the twenty-fifth anniversary of [continue reading]