Father’s Day – revised For Father’s Day, be sure to include other male relatives who may serve in the role of father, including grandfather, uncle, family friend, etc. For a craft, make a “Best Dad” [continue reading]
Whole Wide World and Me Review
Yuly, Toni. Whole Wide World and Me, The. Toni Yuly, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 2019. [32]pp. $15.99. 978 -0-7636-9263-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1. A young light-skinned girl with straight black hair reflects on her place [continue reading]
Free Webinar on Teaching Tolerance featuring Gene Luen Yang
Teaching Tolerance & Understanding with Gene Luen Yang Gene Luen Yang, the National Book Award-nominated author of American Born Chinese kicks off a new series of webinars for educators and librarians from CBLDF with “Teaching [continue reading]
ACL Meeting this Friday, May 10th
ACL Meeting Friday, May 10, 2019: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 10, 2019, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
New Kid Review
Craft, Jerry. New Kid. Jerry Craft, Illus. Graphic. HarperCollins, 02/2019. 250pp. $21.99. 978-0-06-269120-0, PB $12.99. 978-0-06-269119-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Jordan begins seventh grade at an elite school, which is very different from his local school [continue reading]
Bake Like a Pro! Review
Koch, Falynn. Bake Like a Pro!. Falynn Koch, Illus. Graphic novel. Maker Comics Series. First Second, 02/2019. 128pp. PB $12.99. 978-1-250-15006-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. A new line of instructional comics focused on the maker movement, [continue reading]
Bugs for Babies Storytime
Bugs 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 be [continue reading]
Lovely War Review
Berry, Julie. Lovely War. Fiction. Viking, 03/2019. 512pp. $18.99. 978-0-451-46993-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. A gorgeous and lush YA romance set during WW I is framed by a quarrel between the Greek gods representing the novel’s [continue reading]