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]
Native American Month Reading Suggestions
New Booklists celebrate Native American Month with reading suggestions: First Nations Development Institute launched its #NativeReads campaign today. It includes five book lists. Take a look. Hope it is helpful to those of you who [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Mo Willems
MO WILLEMS PROGRAM IDEAS In celebration of the final entry in the “Elephant and Piggie” beginning reader series, have a Mo Willems party! This type of hands-on program is likely to draw a wide [continue reading]
Dogs for Babies Storytime Ideas
Dogs for Babies Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: Old Dog Baby Baby by Julie Fogliano. Short rhymes and repetition highlight this brief tale of a dog [continue reading]
Owls for Babies Storytime Ideas
Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents, and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. At times, a baby-toddler storytime will be followed [continue reading]
There’s a Bear on My Chair Review
Collins, Ross. There’s a Bear on My Chair. Ross Collins, Illus. Picture Book. Nosy Crow, 2015. [28]pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-8942-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-K. Mouse finds his favorite chair occupied by Bear. The chair is not large [continue reading]
Crenshaw Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate Tween novels featuring homelessness and poverty Balliett, Blue. Hold Fast. Bauer, Joan. Almost Home. Bukiet, Melvin Jules. Undertown. Carey, Janet Lee. The Double Life of Zoe Flynn. Clement, [continue reading]
Some Kind of Courage Review
Gemeinhart, Dan. Some Kind of Courage. Fiction. Scholastic, 01/2016. 236pp. $16.99. 978-0-545-66577-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. In Washington State in 1890, 12-year-old Joseph Johnson—no stranger to loss after his mother and sister die by disease, and [continue reading]