Christy Estrovitz announces more author events coming to SFPL’s Koret Auditorium: Kwame Alexander in conversation with Aimee Lucido on Tuesday, September 24 at 1:15pm. Hope to see you at the next Effie Lee Morris Lecture [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – August 2019
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]
ACL Meeting Friday, Sept. 13th at Oakland Public Library
ACL Meeting Friday, Sept. 13, 2019: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. Our meeting [continue reading]
Dear America: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen Review
Vargas, Jose Antonio. Dear America: The Story of an Undocumented Citizen. Biography. HarperCollins, 2019. 130pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-291459-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Pulitzer-prize-winning author Jose Antonio Vargas opens this young-reader version of his autobiography with a brief [continue reading]
ACL Institute 2020: Sex Ed for Librarians
This year’s institute topic, SexEd for Librarians, will be a dynamic day of professional development focused on practical implementable strategies for offering accessible, accurate, developmentally appropriate, and inclusive information on sexual and relationship health for [continue reading]
Renee Watson to Speak at SFPL on Sept. 5th
Have you heard Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor winning author Renee Watson will be the speaker at this year’s Effie Lee Morris Lecture? It’s coming up quickly — next Thursday, September 5 at [continue reading]
Green Place to Be Review
Yazdani, Ashley Benham. Green Place to Be, A: The Creation of Central Park. Picture Book. Candlewick, 03/2019. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-9695-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. In 1858, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted won a contest to [continue reading]
Earth Day Storytime – Revised
Earth Day (revised) Earth Day (celebrated in April) and environmental concerns in general can be a really informative and fun theme for storytime. Even preschoolers can understand the importance of not polluting or littering, and [continue reading]