Author Ursula Le Guin Dies at Age 88: Fantasy author Ursula Le Guin died on January 22 at age 88 at her home in Portland, OR. The Berkeley native created the “Earthsea” series of science [continue reading]
When the Snow Falls Review
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]