Avi. Gold Rush Girl. Fiction. Candlewick, 03/2020. 306pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-0679-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Tory recounts her experience in San Francisco, where she, her father, and her younger brother have relocated from Rhode Island to seek [continue reading]
The One and Only Ivan Read-Alikes
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Appelt, Kathi. Keeper. Appelt, Kathi. The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp. Applegate, Katherine. Home of the Brave. Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Bob. [continue reading]
Board Book Round-up, Part III
Last Minute Additions Koster, Amy Sky. Egg. Illus. by Lisel Jan Ashlock. Creative Editions, 02/2020. [16p.] $9.99. 978-1568463513. In this beautifully illustrated board book, rhyming couplets describe the eggs in each spread: “Blue [continue reading]
Will Eisner Comic Awards Announces Nominees
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]