Please join us for our Zoom meeting this Friday, May 8, 2020, 10-11am! We will present our new reviews of Outstanding titles, and then discuss how are libraries are responding to the current situation. Email [continue reading]
Anna Dewdney Award Named
Anna Dewdney Award Named: Thank You, Omu by Oge Mora (Little, Brown) was named the 2020 Anna Dewdney Read Together Award winner, awarded by the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader. The Honor [continue reading]
Dads Review
Coy, John. Dads . Wing Young Huie, Illus. Picture Book. Carolrhoda, 04/2020. [32]pp. $19.99, 978-1-5415-7839-5, OUTSTANDING, GRADES TOD-2. In Dads, Coy and Huie take a collection of photographs paired with sparse text and create a [continue reading]
Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl Review
Reid, Megan. Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-of-Foot Girl. Laura Freeman, Illus. Biog. Balzer & Bray, 01/2020. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-285109-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. With clever and dynamic text and illustrations, this biography of Althea [continue reading]
Virtual: Little Explorers Petting Zoo
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Big Papa and the Time Machine Review
Bernstrom, Daniel. Big Papa and the Time Machine. Shane W. Evans, Illus. Picture Book. HarperCollins, 01/2020. [38]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-246331-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Grandfathers are honored for the stories they tell and the messages of love [continue reading]
Author Jean Little Dies
Canadian Author Jean Little Dies: Children’s book author Jean Little has died at age 88 in Guelph, Ontario. She was born in Taiwan where her parents were missionaries and she was legally blind from birth; [continue reading]
Other Words for Home Read-Alikes
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga Applegate, Katherine. Home of the Brave. Applegate, Katherine. Wishtree. Cottrell Boyce, Frank. The Unforgotten Coat. Fountain, Ele. Refugee 87. Fraillon, Zana. The Bone Sparrow. Halahmy, Miriam. Hidden. Hiranandani, [continue reading]