Atkins, Laura and Stan Yogi. Fred Korematsu Speaks Up. Yutaka Houlette, Illus. Biography. Fighting for Justice Series; Bk. 1. Heyday, 01/2017. 103pp. $18.00. 978-1-59714-368-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-8. Korematsu is considered the “Rosa Parks” of the [continue reading]
Professional Reading – Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to Authors Who Changed Their Lives
Gourley, Catherine, editor. Journeys: Young Readers’ Letters to Authors Who Changed Their Lives. Library of Congress Center for the Book/Candlewick, 2017. 240p. $18.99, ISBN 978-0-7636-8101-2, $9.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7636-9578-1. In 1984, the Center for the [continue reading]
Kwame Alexander at San Francisco Library on Sunday, Feb. 19th
Meet Kwame Alexander at the Library! Winner of the 2015 John Newbery Award for most distinguished book for children, New York Times bestselling author, poet and educator, Kwame Alexander will share excerpts from The Playbook, [continue reading]
Girl Who Drank the Moon Read-alikes
Read-Alikes for the Newbery Medal winner The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill Baker, E.D. The Frog Princess. Barnhill, Kelly Regan. The Witch’s Boy. Colfer, Chris. The Enchantress Returns. Columbus, Chris. Battle [continue reading]
One Last Word: Wisdom of the Harlem Renaissance Review
Grimes, Nikki. One Last Word: Wisdom of the Harlem Renaissance. Poetry. Cozbi A. Cabrera, R. Gregory Christie, Pat Cummings, et al., Illus. Bloomsbury, 01/2017. 120pp. $18.99. 978-1-61963-554-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-9. Grimes finds “fuel for the [continue reading]
Register for ACL Institute on Community Connections
ACL Institute – Community Connections: Join us for the annual ACL Institute, this year focusing on building library partnerships. The event will be held on Friday, April 14, 2017, 8:30-4:30, at San Francisco Main Library. [continue reading]
Destination: Mars Review
Simon, Seymour. Destination: Mars. Non-fiction. HarperCollins, 09/2016. 32pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-234497-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. Destination: Mars, about “water, icecaps, and the possibility of life on the Red Planet!” includes computer renderings, diagrams, and photographs taken by [continue reading]
Outstanding! – January 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]