Bond, Elaine Miller. Wild Colors of the West. Picture Book. Elaine Miller Bond, Photographer. Heyday, 10/2019. [26]pp. PB $8.99. 978-1-59714-409-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TOD-3. In the third entry in this informational board book series, color photographs [continue reading]
Math Storytime, Part 1
For the next several Mondays, we offer a series of Math storytimes from Ann Hotta, children’s librarian at Berkeley Public Library ACL Blog: Mathematical Storytime. Part 1 Recently I watched a free webinar from Zero [continue reading]
ACL Meeting on Friday, Jan. 10 to be held at Oakland Main
ACL Meeting Friday, January 10, 2020: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, January 10, 2020, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Pop-up, Toy, and Flap Books
Board Books with Flaps Anon. “Animal Families” series. Illus. by Jane Ormes. Nosy Crow, 10/2019. [10p.] $$9.99 each. Farms. 978-1-5362-0830-6. Jungle. 978-1-5362-0831-3. In this new series, a sturdy gatefold flap on the right of [continue reading]
It Began with a Page Review
McClear, Kyo. It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way. Julie Morstad, Illus. Biography. HarperCollins, 10/2019. [48]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-244762-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. The life of illustrator and social justice advocate Gyo Fujikawa [continue reading]
Planes for Babies Storytime
Planes for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can [continue reading]
13-Story Treehouse Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES 13-Story Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts. Angleberger, Tom. Inspector Flytrap. Avi. A Beginning, a Muddles, and an End. Blabey, Aaron. “The Bad Guys” series. Bruel, Nick. “Bad Kitty” series. [continue reading]
Ireland Storytime
Ireland Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Ireland. For a craft project, make shamrocks: www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/mscissor-skills.htm . Or, make these fun stamps out of potatoes: www.thebestideasforkids.com/potato-stamping/ . Bateman, Teresa. Fiona’s Luck. [continue reading]