DO IT YOURSELF PROGRAMMING: Talk Like a Pirate Day! September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, which has been celebrated since 2002 and makes for a fun library program theme. Many libraries enjoy [continue reading]
Ghost Read-Alikes
Ghost by Jason Reynolds Alexander, Kwame. Rebound. Aronson, Marc. Pick-up Game: A Full Day of Full Court. Booth, Coe. Kinda Like Brothers. Clement, Andrew. The Jacket. Deans, Sis Boulos. Racing the Past. DeGross, Monalisa. Donovan’s [continue reading]
I Am Enough Review
Byers, Grace. I Am Enough, Keturah A. Bobo, Illus. Picture Book. Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, 2018. [32]pp. $18.99. 978-0-06-266712-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. In an inspiring and uplifting book that provides positive affirmation of the value of every [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – June 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]
ACL Meeting this Friday, July 13 in Oakland
ACL Meeting Friday, July 13, 2018: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 13, 2018, from 9am–Noon at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Tragic Tales for Primary Grades
Tragic Tales for Primary Grades Beaty, Daniel. Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me. Bee, William. Beware of the Frog. Brisson, Pat. I Remember Miss Perry. Brown, Margaret Wise. The Dead Bird. Bunting, Eve. Smoky [continue reading]
Alcatraz Escape Review
Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss. Alcatraz Escape, The. Sarah Watts, Illus. Fiction. Book Scavenger Series; bk. 3. Christy Ottaviano/H. Holt, 05/2018. 262pp. $16.99. 978-1-62779-963-8. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 4-7. As a promotion for the reopening of Hollister’s bookstore [continue reading]
Orchestras Storytime
Orchestras 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, we have offered sound and music storytime outlines for the past [continue reading]