Audiobooks for Summer Reading: Research + Recommendations by Mary Ann Scheuer I have seen the power of audiobooks throughout my professional and personal life. They engage readers, help them build mental images of stories, and [continue reading]
ACL Meeting in Oakland on May 12 with Presentation on Helpful Strategies with Children’s Reading
ACL Meeting Friday, May 12, 2017: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 12, 2017, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
2017 Edgar Awards for Mystery Books
2017 Edgar Awards Announced: The 2017 Edgar Awards were announced on April 27th, given by the Mystery Writers of America. Titles were all published in 2016. Honorees in the categories for children’s and YA books [continue reading]
Free Webinar on YA Lit with Michael Cart
Wednesday May 10 @Noon Pacific What’s New in Young Adult Literature – 2017 Presented by Michael Cart Register with Infopeople at: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=677 Join nationally knows author and editor Michael Cart in his yearly review of [continue reading]
I’m Big Now! Review
Simmons, Anthea. I’m Big Now! Georgie Birkett, Illus. Pic. Bk. Andersen, 03/2017. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5124-3947-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES TOD-K. When a new baby brother joins the family, big sister plays the “Baby Big Girl Game” [continue reading]
Free Workshop at Oakland Library on Difficult Conversations with Kids
Free Workshop: Tough Stuff: Exploring Difficult Conversations with Kids How do we help children process and understand the current political and cultural climate? What skills do we need when approaching difficult conversations with young people? [continue reading]
Rabbits for Babies Storytime
Rabbits for Babies Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Mother Goose rhyme: “Hop Like a Bunny” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: 10 Hungry Rabbits by Anita Lobel. Using counting and colors, a [continue reading]
Factory Girl Review
La Valley, Josanne. Factory Girl. Fiction. Clarion, 01/2017. 265pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-69947-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 9-12. Inspired by the author’s experiences while traveling in northern China, this moving fictional story sheds light on the Chinese policy [continue reading]