Sweeney, Linda Booth. When the Snow Falls, Jana Christy, Illus. Picture Book. Putnam/Penguin, 10/2017. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-0-399-54720-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. On a winter morning, a brother and sister awake to a window painted with frost [continue reading]
ACL Institute Focuses on Gender Diversity
SAVE THE DATE! ** Friday, April 13, 2018 ** San Francisco Public Main Library The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) will host their annual Institute at the San Francisco Main Public Library [continue reading]
Author Julius Lester Dies
Author Julius Lester Dies at Age 78 Award-winning author Julius Lester died on Jan. 18, 2018 at age 78. He taught Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts; the African-American activist converted [continue reading]
Noise/Sounds Storytime (revised)
Noise/Sounds (revised) LIBRARIES ROCK! is the 2018 summer theme for the Cooperative Summer Library Program: www.cslpreads.org/. For libraries using this music-themed summer reading/learning program, BayNews will offer sound and music storytime outlines between now and [continue reading]
Maps and Travel Storytime
Maps and Travel The 2018 summer reading/learning program from iRead and the California Library Association is READING TAKES YOU EVERYWHERE!: hwww.ireadprogram.org/ and calchallenge.org/ . A great way to focus on this for toddler and [continue reading]
Sullivan Award Nominees Sought
Attention to the following announcement: >>>Nominations are being accepted for the Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children, an annual award consisting of a commemorative gift and a 24k gold framed citation. The citation [continue reading]
The War I Finally Won Review
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. War I Finally Won, The. Fiction. Dial, 10/2017. 385pp. $16.99. 978-0-525-42920-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. This sequel to the The War That Saved My Life (2005) finds 12-year-old Ada still struggling with the [continue reading]
ACL’s 31st Annual Performers Showcase Set for Feb. 3, 2018
Come see over thirty children’s performers, all in one day, all in one place! Presented by the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California, the 31st annual Performers’ Showcase will be held on Saturday 3rd [continue reading]