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Register for the 2020 Performers Showcase

Register for the Performers Showcase: Come see over thirty children’s performers, all in one day, all in one place! Presented annually by the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL), this is a great [continue reading]

Published on Nov 8, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Performers, Programming Ideas

OUTSTANDING! – October 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]

Published on Nov 5, 2019
Posted by: Eric Barbus
Categories: Outstanding Books of the Month, Review, Updates

ACL Meeting Friday, Nov. 8th

ACL Meeting Friday, November 8, 2019:  Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members!  Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]

Published on Nov 2, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events, Updates

Kirkus Prize Goes to Jerry Craft

Kirkus Prize Awarded to Jerry Craft:  Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid won the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature. Craft receives $50,000 for winning the award. To see the other finalists, go to: [continue reading]

Published on Nov 2, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Kirkus Prize

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Enemy Child Review

Warren, Andrea. Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, A Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II. Biography. Holiday, 04/2019. 214pp. $22.99. 978-0-8234-4151-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. Sibert honoree Warren offers [continue reading]

Published on Oct 31, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck

Board Book Round-up, Part 2

Board Book Round-up, Part 2 New Series Entries   Aartx, Esther. “Look, There’s a…” series. Nosy Crow, 04/2019. [10p.] $7.99 each. Look, There’s a Helicopter! 978-1-5362-0557-2. Look, There’s a Tractor! 978-1-5362-0558-9.      Each book features [continue reading]

Published on Oct 28, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up, Updates

ACL MINI-GRANT REPORT – Mill Valley

The Mill Valley Public Library was honored to receive a 2019 ACL mini grant, and used it to create a Sensory Storytime for preschool-aged children with autism and other developmental needs.      Patrons with special [continue reading]

Published on Oct 25, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas

Review

My Papi Has a Motorcycle Review

Quintero, Isabel. My Papi Has a Motorcycle. Zeke Peña, Illus. Picture Book. Kokila, 05/2019. 40pp. $17.99. 978-0-525-55341-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. In the author’s note at the end of My Papi Has a Motorcycle, Isabel Quintero [continue reading]

Published on Oct 22, 2019
Posted by: pennypeck
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