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]
Balletball Review
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]