Fish 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]
Board Book Round-up, Part III
This month will conclude a series of short reviews of new board books, begun in the March 2018 BayNews, and continued in the May 2018 BayNews. New Board Series Coyle, Finn. “Finn’s Fun Trucks” [continue reading]
Love, Penelope Review
Rocklin, Joanne. Love, Penelope. Lucy Knisley, Illus. Fiction. Amulet, 03/2018. 255[+7]pp. $16.99. 978-1-4197-2861-7. ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-5. Fifth grader and Golden State Warrior fan Penelope, pictured on the cover with light skin and brown hair, keeps [continue reading]
Positively Izzy Read-Alikes
Positively Izzy by Terri Lebenson Bell, Cece. El Deafo. Brown, Jeffrey. Star Wars: Jedi Academy. Cammuso, Frank. Knights of the Lunch Table series. Chmakova, Svetlana. Awkward. Fry, Michael. Odd Squad series. Goldschmidt, Judy. Playing Cupid. [continue reading]
San Francisco Public Library Named Best of 2018
Library Journal Names San Francisco Public Library “Best of 2018”: Congratulations to our colleagues at the San Francisco Public Library, which was named the 2018 Gale/Library Journal Library of the year! One of several reasons [continue reading]
School Library Journal’s Article by Amy Martin on Police books
Amy Martin of Oakland Public Offers Ideas on Reviewing Books on Police in School Library Journal: Due to nationwide incidents of police violence against communities of color, Amy Martin led a team at Oakland Public [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – May 2018
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]
Great Summer Reading Lists from Mary Ann Scheuer
Mary Ann Scheuer wanted to share the summer reading suggestions that she has made. These include the reading levels that many school districts use (Fountas & Pinnell). While she used these levels as a guide, [continue reading]