ACL Meeting Friday, November 10, 2017: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, November 10, 2017, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Shadows Storytime (revised)
Shadows (revised) A storytime on Shadows is great for Fall, and involves lots of activity and simple science information. Use flashlights to let parent and child make shadows on the wall. For a craft project, [continue reading]
Cats for Babies Storytime
Cats 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]
Afar (graphic novel) Review
Del Duca, Leila. Afar. Kit Seaton, Illus. Graphic novel. Image, 04/2017. [168]pp. PB $14.99. 978-1-63215-941-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Afar, an original, stand-alone graphic novel written by an all-female creative team, tells the fantasy adventure of [continue reading]
Board Book Round-up, Part I
Board Book Round-up, Part I It’s that time of year again! Time to evaluate new board books for library purchase and use in baby storytimes. New Individual Titles Blackstone, Stella. Baby’s First Words. Illus. by [continue reading]
Mother Goose Expert Iona Opie Dies
Iona Opie, Mother Goose expert, Dies at age 94: Iona Opie, along with her late husband Peter, is considered one of the foremost experts on the origins of “Mother Goose” rhymes; she died at age [continue reading]
Oakland Library’s Anti-Islamophobia Featured in SLJ
Oakland Public Library’s Anti-Islamophobia Program Featured in School Library Journal: With anti-Muslim hate crimes up 50% in California, Oakland PL recently hosted a program to support Muslim library users, with its “Everyone Is Welcome Here” [continue reading]
Someday Suitcase Review
Haydu, Corey Ann. Someday Suitcase, The. Fiction. K. Tegen/HarperCollins, 06/2017. 298pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-235275-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Floridian fifth graders Clover and Danny are completely in tune, super-best friends, so when Danny becomes mysteriously ill, causing [continue reading]