Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Alcott, Louisa May. Little Men. Atkins, Jeannine. Little Woman in Blue. Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks. Frederick, Heather Vogel. The Mother-Daughter Book Club. Lovelace, Maud Hart. Betsy-Tacy. Patron, Susan. [continue reading]
Great Britain Storytime
Great Britain Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Great Britain. For a craft project, make crackers used to celebrate New Years, or crowns to honor the Royal Family: www.educatall.com/page/1549/New-Year-s-Eve-Party-Crackers.html . [continue reading]
Central America Storytime
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 myths [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, Feb. 14 at Oakland Public Library
ACL Meeting Friday, February 14, 2020: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, February 14, 2020, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Pawed Piper Review
Robinson, Michelle. Pawed Piper, The. Chinlun Lee, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 2019. [36]pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-0165-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. “I wanted a cat to cuddle. A great big furry fluff ball, like the cat in my [continue reading]
Charlotte Zolotow Awards Announced
Charlotte Zolotow Awards: Johnny’s Pheasant by Cheryl Minnema, illustrated by Julie Flett, was named the Charlotte Zolotow Award recipient for outstanding writing of a picture book, from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – January 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]
Suggested Reading Review
Connis, Dave. Suggested Reading. Fiction. K. Tegen, 09/2019. 390pp. $17.9.9 978-0-06-268525-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-ADULT. “The problem is, we bring ourselves to the pages. Our whole selves. Every single darkness. Every single light. Every single passion. [continue reading]