2017 William Morris Finalists Announced: The five finalists for the 2017 William Morris Award were announced by the American Library Association’s Young Adult Library Services Association in December 2016. The award is given to a [continue reading]
ACL Meeting this Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 in Oakland
ACL Meeting Friday, December 9, 2016: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, December 9, 2016, from 9am–12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Professional Reading: Molly Bang’s Picture This
Bang, Molly. Picture This: How Pictures Work, Revised and Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition. Chronicle, 1991/2016. 134p. $28.99, 978-1-4521-3515-1. Ever wonder why something in an illustration makes you feel tense or calm? That and similar questions [continue reading]
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent Review
Rockwell, Anne A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent, Floyd Cooper, Illus. Biography. Carolrhoda, 11/2016. [36]pp. $17.99. 978-1-4677-4933-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-6. Rockwell’s succinct, second-sixth grade non-fiction read-aloud concerns [continue reading]
Ducks for Babies Storytime Ideas
Ducks for Babies Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: You Are Not a Cat! by Sharon Flake. Duck meows and says he is a cat, but Cat [continue reading]
Spiders for Babies Storytime Ideas
Spiders for Babies Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Mother Goose rhyme: “Isty Bitsy Spider” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. A spider doesn’t answer the [continue reading]
Inquisitor’s Tale Review
Gidwitz, Adam. Inquisitor’s Tale, The: Or, The Magical Children and Their Holy Dog. Hatem Aly, Illus. Fiction. Dutton, 09/2016. 363pp. $17.99. 978-0-525-42616-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Gidwitz (A Tale Dark and Grimm, 2010) tackles medieval life, [continue reading]
Illustrator Yumi Heo Dies
Author/Illustrator Yumi Heo Dies: With over 30 books to her credit author/illustrator Yumi Heo has died from cancer at age 52. Originally from Korea, Heo moved to New York City in 1989 to earn her [continue reading]