Weatherford, Carole Boston. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre. Floyd Cooper, Illus. Non-fiction. Carolrhoda, 02/2021. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5415-8120-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. Weatherford brings her talents to tell the true story of this race-based massacre in [continue reading]
SFPL Offers Special Author Events
You are warmly invited to join us for these amazing author events celebrating and honoring Black writers. Spread the word! Wednesday Feb. 23rd at 2pm, Author: Torrey Maldonado | San Francisco Public Library (sfpl.org) Live link 👀 Thursday [continue reading]
Gone to the Woods Read-Alikes
Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen Dalton, Julie Carrick. Waiting for the Night Song. Day, Christine. The Sea in Winter. Dixon, Franklin W. Operation Survival. Freeman, Megan E. Alone. Inglis, Karen. The Secret [continue reading]
Birds Storytime – Revised
Birds Storytime – revised For a craft project, make one of these fun bird crafts: 25+ Easy Bird Crafts for Preschoolers – Happy Hooligans Cole, Lo. Ten on a Twig. One by one, birds fall [continue reading]
Cousins Review
McManus, Karen M. Cousins, The. Fiction. Delacorte, 12/2020. 336pp. $19.99, 978-0-525-70800-1, PLB $22.99, 978-0-525-70801-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Twenty-four years ago, fabulously wealthy reclusive widow Mildred Story abruptly disinherited her four children, and the only explanation [continue reading]
Mini-Grant Deadline Extended to Feb. 20th
New ACL Mini-Grants Available to Our Members – Apply by Feb. 20, 2021 – Deadline extended! Grants ($500 maximum) are available for library programs that are not part of the regular budget, including (but not [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – January 2021
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous month’s meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List. Members can see full reviews of these books and many [continue reading]
If You Come to Earth
Blackall, Sophie. If You Come to Earth. Sophie Blackall, Illus. Picture Book. Chronicle, 09/2020. 76pp. $18.99. 978-1-4521-3779-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. Red-hatted Quinn lies on his bed composing, on an endless scroll of paper, a letter [continue reading]