Amy Cheney Receives Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award from Calif. Library Association – Amy Cheney, librarian with Oakland Unified, was named the recipient of the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given by the California Library [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – June 2017
Every 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]
Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants Review
Pastis, Stephan. Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants. Stephan Pastis, Illus. Fiction. Timmy Failure Series; bk. 6. Candlewick, 2017. 264pp. $14.99. 978-0-7636-9733-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6. Northern California author and cartoonist Stephan Pastis has written [continue reading]
Eyes of the World Review
Aronson, Marc and Marina Budhos. Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Toro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism. Non-fiction. Holt, 03/2017. 294pp. $22.99. 978-0-8050-9835-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Robert Capa and Gerda Taro are the [continue reading]
Cities and Towns Storytime (revised)
Cities and Towns (revised) Have the children design their own building using shoeboxes, cereal boxes, and other recyclables as seen here: www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activities/build-a-box-city Blair, Eric. The City Mouse and the Country Mouse. Bright colors illustrate this [continue reading]
Boxes Storytime (revised)
Boxes (revised) The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the [continue reading]
Waddell’s “Farmer Duck” 25th Anniversary Edition Released
Waddell, Martin. Farmer Duck: 25th Anniversary Edition. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Candlewick, 1991/2017. [40p.]. $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-8918-6. Other than a one-page note at the front, this 25th anniversary edition of Waddell’s Farmer Duck has no [continue reading]
A Perfect Day Review
Smith, Lane. Perfect Day, A. Lane Smith, Illus. Picture Book. Roaring Brook, 02/2017. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-62672-536-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2 Some neighborhood animals (cat, chickadee, dog, and squirrel) have perfectly wonderful experiences until a bear comes [continue reading]