Magoon, Kekla. Highest Tribute, The: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy. Laura Freeman, Illus. Biog. HarperCollins/Quill Tree, 01/2021. [37]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-291251-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. This picture book biography presents a straightforward and comprehensive account [continue reading]
Pigeons Storytime – revised
Pigeons Storytime – revised For a craft project, make one of these fun pigeon crafts: Pigeon Activities Inspired by Mo Willem’s Books (teachingmama.org) Battersby, Katherine. Perfect Pigeons. One out of ten pigeons is a little [continue reading]
Ladybugs Storytime – revised
Ladybugs Storytime – revised For a craft project, make one of these simple ladybug headbands: Ladybug Crown (dltk-kids.com) Bright, Paul. Hide-and-Seek Ladybugs. With die-cut holes, this fun story has a ladybug and lightning bug play [continue reading]
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Review
Weatherford, Carole Boston. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre. Floyd Cooper, Illus. Non-fiction. Carolrhoda, 02/2021. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5415-8120-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. Weatherford brings her talents to tell the true story of this race-based massacre in [continue reading]
SFPL Offers Special Author Events
You are warmly invited to join us for these amazing author events celebrating and honoring Black writers. Spread the word! Wednesday Feb. 23rd at 2pm, Author: Torrey Maldonado | San Francisco Public Library (sfpl.org) Live link 👀 Thursday [continue reading]
Gone to the Woods Read-Alikes
Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen Dalton, Julie Carrick. Waiting for the Night Song. Day, Christine. The Sea in Winter. Dixon, Franklin W. Operation Survival. Freeman, Megan E. Alone. Inglis, Karen. The Secret [continue reading]
Birds Storytime – Revised
Birds Storytime – revised For a craft project, make one of these fun bird crafts: 25+ Easy Bird Crafts for Preschoolers – Happy Hooligans Cole, Lo. Ten on a Twig. One by one, birds fall [continue reading]
Cousins Review
McManus, Karen M. Cousins, The. Fiction. Delacorte, 12/2020. 336pp. $19.99, 978-0-525-70800-1, PLB $22.99, 978-0-525-70801-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Twenty-four years ago, fabulously wealthy reclusive widow Mildred Story abruptly disinherited her four children, and the only explanation [continue reading]