Professional Reading Lambert, Megan Dowd. Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What They See. Charlesbridge, 2015. 152p. $21.95. ISBN 978-1-58089-662-7. The Whole Book Approach, which involves [continue reading]
Our Food: A Healthy Serving of Science and Poems Review
Lin, Grace and Ranida T. McKneally. Our Food: A Healthy Serving of Science and Poems. Grace Zong, Illus. Non-fiction. Charlesbridge, 06/2016. $16.95. 978-1-58089-590-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-4. In this cheerfully informative book, each spread has a [continue reading]
New Pop-up and Toy Books
Pop-up and Toy Books Anon. Peppa Pig and the Year of Family Fun. Candlewick, 2016. [10p.]. $17.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-8739-7. The Pig family demonstrates common activities of the four seasons, including gardening, swimming, kite-flying, and [continue reading]
Hour of the Bees Review
Eagar, Lindsay. Hour of the Bees. Fiction. Candlewick, 03/2016. 368pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-7922-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. The story follows 12-year-old Carol as she and her family spend one long, hot, transformative summer together on the family [continue reading]
A Tribute to Ruth Gordon, aka “Big Grandma”
A Tribute to Ruth Gordon Ruth Gordon, a longtime member of the Association of Children’s Librarian’s of Northern California, died on July 18, 2016 at her home in Cloverdale, CA after a brief illness. Known [continue reading]
New Free Webinars from Infopeople – August 2016
Infopeople is pleased to announce the free webinar “Cultural Literacy Programs in Your Library: Connecting with Diverse Children & Families”. We look forward to your participation in the event. To register, go to: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=591&reset=1 When: [continue reading]
The Artist and Me Review
Peacock, Shane. Artist and Me, The. Sophie Casson, Illus. Picture Book. Owlkids, 04/2016. [40]pp. $16.95. 978-1-77147-138-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-3. A young boy joins in with the rest of the adults and children in his village [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Roald Dahl’s “The BFG” and Dahl’s 100th Birthday
Do-It-Yourself Programming Ideas for Roald Dahl’s “The BFG” and Dahl’s 100th Birthday With the release of the film version of Roald Dahl’s “The BFG” directed by Steven Spielberg, a hands-on game and craft program focusing [continue reading]