Do you love reading to kids, and want to foster a lifelong love of reading in children? Books for Wider Horizons offers a unique volunteer opportunity: to read aloud to children at Head Start centers [continue reading]
2017 National Book Awards Young People’s Longlist Announced
2017 National Book awards, young people’s literature Longlist announced: Elana K. Arnold, What Girls Are Made Of (Carolrhoda Lab / Lerner Publishing Group) Robin Benway, Far from the Tree (HarperTeen / HarperCollinsPublishers) Samantha Mabry, All [continue reading]
Around the World in a Bathtub Review
Bradford, Wade. Around the World in a Bathtub: Bathing All Over the World. Micha Archer, Illus. Non-fiction. Charlesbridge, 06/2017. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-58089-544-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3. Around the world, children battle grownups in the daily ritual [continue reading]
The Thing About Jellyfish Read-Alikes
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin Tween Novels about Grief and Loss Arnold, Elana K. The Question of Miracles. Avery, Tom. My Brother’s Shadow. Bishop, Jenn. The Distance to Home. Byars, Betsy. Summer [continue reading]
ACL Members Featured in “This Is What a Librarian Looks Like”
ACL Members Featured in New Book: Kyle Cassidy has compiled an entertaining celebration of librarians, This Is What a Librarian Looks Like: A Celebration of Libraries, Communities, and Access to Information, from Black Dog & [continue reading]
American Street Review
Zoboi, Ibi. American Street. Ibi Zoboi, Illus. Fiction. Balzer & Bray, 2017. 324 [+5]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-247304-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-ADULT. Fabiola Toussaint and her mother have been planning their return to Detroit from their native Haiti [continue reading]
Out of the Ordinary: Unusual Books
Mercier, Julie. Giant Seek & Find, Look Inside! Auzou, 2017. [18p.]. $24.95. 978-2-7338-4684-1. Lienard, Maud. Seek and Find National Parks. Auzou, 2017. [28p.]. $14.95. 978-2-7338-4821-0. Libraries needing more “seek and find” type books, similar to [continue reading]
ACL Meeting this Friday, Sept. 8th in Oakland
ACL Meeting Friday, September 8, 2017: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, September 8, 2017, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]