ACL’s Mini Grant Committee is now accepting applications for fall/winter professional development grants. While funds remain available, applications will be reviewed monthly on a rolling basis. The next review will consider all applications received by 11:59 p.m. [continue reading]
Bay Area School Librarians Meeting
Burning Season Read-Alikes
The Burning Season by Caroline Starr Rose Baron, Chris. Spark. Bowling, Dusti. Across the Desert. Bowling, Dusti. The Canyon’s Edge. Braden, Ann. Into the Rapids. Courage, Nick. Snow Struck. Downing, Erin Soderberg. Just Keep Walking. [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, November 14, 2025
ACL Meeting Friday, November 14, 2025: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, from 9:30am-Noon, over Zoom. The Zoom link will [continue reading]
“Pete the Cat” Programming Ideas
“Pete the Cat” Programming Ideas The “Pete the Cat” book series can be a great theme for a library program offering games and arts and crafts. The character appears in picture books as well [continue reading]
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part II
New Original Board Books Aroeste, Sarah. Anyada Buena Shanah Tovah. Illus. by Maria Mola. Kar-Ben, 08/2025. [10]p. $9.99. 979-8-7656-1963-6. A little girl celebrates the Jewish New Year in this rhyming story with watercolor illustrations. [continue reading]
(S)Kin Review
Zoboi, Ibi. (S)Kin. HarperCollins/Versify, 02/2025. 400pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-0628-8887-7. GRADES 9–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Narrated by two half-sisters who discover each other in the course of this novel in verse, (S)KIN explores themes of magic, [continue reading]
Cesar’s Cerulean Surprise Review
Lacika, Jenny. Cesar’s Cerulean Surprise. Laura Sandoval Herrera, Illus. Storytelling Math. Charlesbridge, 10/2025. [30]pp. Picture Book. Trade $17.99. 978-1-62354-439-3. GRADES Preschool–1. ADDITIONAL. Cesar’s younger sister Gabi’s birthday present is a new box of sixty-four crayons, [continue reading]