Dionne, Erin. Balletball. Gillian Flint, Illus. Picture Book. Charlesbridge, 02/2020. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-58089-939-0. OUTSTANDING. PRE-3. Nini loves ballet, and when dance class ends and baseball season begins, she’s upset and doesn’t want to play. Nini’s [continue reading]
Publisher Thomas Low Dies
Publisher Thomas Low Dies: Thomas Low, co-founder of publishing company Lee & Low, died due to cancer. Lee & Low was one of the first children’s book publishers that focused on multicultural diversity and authors [continue reading]
New David Espinoza Review
Aceves, Fred. New David Espinoza, The. Fiction. HarperTeen, 02/2020. 336pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-248988-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-ADULT. David has gotten used to being shoved around and bullied at school, which he attributes to being extremely skinny. But [continue reading]
Free Webinar on Summer Learning Programming
Please see this message from our friends at the San Francisco Public Library: At SFPL, we are rebooting our annual summer learning program and participating in this webinar. It’s free and we’d love to see [continue reading]
Catherine’s War Review
Billet, Julia. Catherine’s War. Claire Fauvel, Illus. Graphic. Translated from the French by Ivanka Hahnenberger. Harper Alley, 01/2020. 154[+14]pp. $21.99. 989-0-06-291560-3, PB $12.99 978-0-06-2901557-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-9. Originally published in France in 2017, this graphic [continue reading]
The Willoughby’s Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry Angleberger, Tom. Horton Halfpott, or, The Fiendish Mystery of Smugwick Manor, or, The Loosening of M’Lady Luggertuck’s Corset. Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks series. Blume, Judy. Tales of a [continue reading]
ACL Mini-Grant Report from Daly City Library
This year, we had planned our annual Día de los Niños celebration at Daly City Public Library, John Daly Branch. Día de los Niños is an annual celebration that emphasizes the importance of literacy [continue reading]
Jacqueline Woodson Wins Hans Christian Andersen Award
Jacqueline Woodson was named the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award winner in the category for children’s author. Her many books include the Newbery Honor title Brown Girl Dreaming, as well as young adult novels and [continue reading]