Mother Goose 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]
Cinderella Liberator Review
Solnit, Rebecca. Cinderella Liberator. Arthur Rackham, Illus. Folklore. Haymarket, 05/2019. 29pp. $17.95. 978-1-608-46596-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-ADULT. A feminist reimagining of Cinderella, this story alters the narrative to focus on the liberation that comes with helping [continue reading]
Vegetable Gardening Storytime – Revised
Vegetable Gardening (revised) Vegetable gardens are a great way to encourage children to eat healthy foods. For those without gardens or yards, they can grow herbs (like parsley or chives) in pots. See if there [continue reading]
Sal & Gabi Break the Universe Read-Alikes
Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez Cervantes, J.C. The Storm Runner. Chokshi, Roshani. Aru Shah and the End of Time. Crowder, Melanie. The Lighthouse Between the Worlds. DasGupta, Sayantani. The Serpent’s [continue reading]
Sweeping Up the Heart Review
Henkes, Kevin. Sweeping Up the Heart. Fiction. Greenwillow, 03/2019. 183pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-285254-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. It’s 1999, and 12-year-old Amelia is frustrated by her rigid single father’s reluctance to seek any sort of adventure and [continue reading]
Lee Bennett Hopkins Dies
Lee Bennett Hopkins Dies at Age 81: Noted poet for children Lee Bennett Hopkins died in early August, 2019 from COPD. He is known for his many poetry anthologies for children (more than 120), using [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – July 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, August 9, 2019
ACL Meeting Friday, August 9, 2019: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, August 9, 2019, from 9am–Noon at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]