Will Eisner Comic Awards Announces Nominees for 2020: The Eisner Comic award nominees were announced in June, 2020, honoring books published in 2019. The results will be announced early in July 2020. There are 31 [continue reading]
Dragon Hoops Review
Yang, Gene Luen. Dragon Hoops. Gene Luen Yang, Illus. Graphic novel. First Second, 03/2020. 448pp. $24.99. 978-1-626720-79-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. This graphic novel follows Bishop O’Dowd High School’s 2014-2015 basketball team and their quest for [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Via Zoom This Friday, June 12, at 10am
Please join us for our Zoom meeting this Friday, June 12, 2020, 10-11:30am! We will present our new reviews of Outstanding titles, and then discuss how are libraries are responding to the current situation. Email [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – May 2020
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]
Kenya Storytime
Kenya Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from countries in Africa. A fun storytime can involve stories from Kenya. For a craft project, make Kigogo games out of egg cartons, similar [continue reading]
Philippines Storytime
Philippines Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CSLP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and [continue reading]
King and the Dragonflies Review
Callender, Kacen. King and the Dragonflies. Fiction. Scholastic, 02/2020. 260pp. $17.99. 978-1-338-12933-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Deep in the Louisiana bayou, King and his parents grieve over the recent passing of King’s older brother Khalid, though [continue reading]
2020 Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards Announced
The 2020 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners were announced on May 26, 2020. First presented in 1967, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards celebrate excellence in children’s and young adult literature. A winner and two [continue reading]