Jha, Richa. Manic Panic, The. Mithila Ananth, Illus. Picture Book. Creston, 05/2018. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-939547-43-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. The unthinkable has happened—the Internet and Wi-Fi have gone down! A young girl and her Nana are [continue reading]
Singing Storytime
Singing LIBRARIES ROCK! is the 2018 summer theme for the Cooperative Summer Library Program: www.cslpreads.org/ . For libraries using the music-themed summer reading/learning program, BayNews will offer sound and music storytime outlines between now and [continue reading]
Bikes Storytime
Bikes The 2018 summer reading/learning program from iRead and the California Library Association is READING TAKES YOU EVERYWHERE!: www.ireadprogram.org/ and calchallenge.org/ . A great way to focus on this for toddler and preschool storytime is [continue reading]
The Wild Robot Read-Alikes
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Brown, Peter. The Wild Robot Escapes. DiTerlizzi, Tony. The Search for WondLa. Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Under Their Skin. Hoffman, Alice. Nightbird. Hughes, Ted. The Iron Giant. Jarrell, Randall. The [continue reading]
Underneath It All Review
Keyser, Amber J. Underneath It All: A History of Women’s Underwear. Non-fiction. 21st Century, 01/2018. 96pp. PLB $37.32. 978-1-5124-2531-4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 8-12. This look at the social history, political impact, and evolution of women’s [continue reading]
ACL Meeting on Friday, May 11 at Oakland Main
ACL Meeting Friday, May 11, 2018: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 11, 2018, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Caldecott Medalist Alice Provensen Dies at Age 99
Alice Provensen Dies at age 99: Caldecott Medal-winning author/illustrator Alice Provensen has died at age 99. She often collaborated with her husband Martin Provensen, and the two won the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Flight, [continue reading]
My Year in the Middle Review
Weaver, Lila Quintero. My Year in the Middle. Fiction. Candlewick, 07/2018. 268pp. $15.99. 978-0-7636-9231-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Drawing from her own experience, the author has created a lively, warm-hearted story about Argentinian American sixth grader [continue reading]