China – revised 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 [continue reading]
Jinxed Review
McCulloch, Amy. Jinxed. Fiction. Sourcebooks, 01/2020. 336pp. $16.9.9 978-1-4926-8374-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-8. Lacey Chu thought she had been rejected from Profectus, the tech-centric school of her dreams. Getting into Profectus is the only way [continue reading]
Scary Stories for Young Foxes Read-Alikes
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker Adams, Richard. Watership Down. Arden, Katherine. Small Spaces. Auxier, Jonathan. The Night Gardener. Clark, Zack Loran. The Adventurers Guild. Gaiman, Neil. M Is for Magic. Gidwitz, [continue reading]
ACL Institute Cancelled
The ACL Board voted to cancel this year’s Institute (scheduled for April 10, 2020 in San Francisco). Eric is looking into what action is needed to issue refunds to ticketholders for the Institute. In future [continue reading]
Gnome Review
Blunt, Fred. Gnome. Fred Blunt, Illus. Picture Book. Andersen, 04/2020. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5415-9624-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-4. “This little fellow is a gnome. Say hello to the readers, Mr. Gnome.” “NO!” Readers follow the gnome on [continue reading]
CANCELLED: ACL Meeting this Friday, March 13th
ACL Meeting Friday, March 13, 2020: This meeting has been cancelled. More information to follow. Thanks, ACL
OUTSTANDING! – February 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]
Author Betsy Byars Dies
Author Betsy Byars Dies: Newbery Medal winner Betsy Byars died on Feb. 26 at age 91 in South Carolina. Her first book, Clementine, was published in 1962 by Houghton Mifflin. She was awarded the Newbery [continue reading]