Clothing Design For an activity fitting the Clothing Design theme, make simple paper dolls, or let children color and decorate newspaper hats. Beaumont, Karen. Hats Off to You! Four friends try on different types of [continue reading]
Painting Storytime (revised)
Painting (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]
Tony Review
Galing, Ed. Tony. Erin E. Stead, Illus. Roaring Brook, 02/2017. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-62672-308-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. Tony, a strong but gentle horse, and his driver deliver milk, eggs, and butter in the early morning hours. [continue reading]
Award-winning Author Patricia McKissack Dies
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2017 Beatty Award Recipient: Firoozeh Dumas for It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
2017 Beatty Award Recipient: Firoozeh Dumas for It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel California Library Association: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas and published by Clarion Books has been selected as the 2017 recipient [continue reading]
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Review
Sheinkin, Steve. Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team. Biography. Roaring Brook, 01/2017. 280pp. $19.99. 978-1-59643-954-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-12. Although this works well as a biography of Jim Thorpe, it is as [continue reading]
Reminder: Free Webinar on Informational Books for Storytime
Free Webinar this Wednesday April 12 @Noon Pacific on Informational Books for Storytime Informational Books for Storytime <https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=660> Presented by Penny Peck Would you like to include more informational or nonfiction books in your storytimes? [continue reading]
In Plain Sight Review
Jackson, Richard. In Plain Sight. Jerry Pinkney, Illus. Picture Book. Roaring Brook/Holtzbrinck, 09/2016. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-62672-255-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. In Plain Sight drops us into an endearingly cluttered apartment full of books, art supplies, and [continue reading]