Pennypacker, Sara. Pax. Jon Klassen, Illus. Fiction. Balzer & Bray, 02/2016. 278pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-237701-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Twelve-year-old Peter’s father is headed off to war, and this requires the separation of Peter and his beloved [continue reading]
Author Joyce Carol Thomas Dies at age 78
Author Joyce Carol Thomas Dies: Bay Area author Joyce Carol Thomas has died at age 78. Her books often focused on the struggles of African-American youth, including Marked By Fire, which won the National Book [continue reading]
Anything But Ordinary Addie Review
Rockliff, Mara. Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic. Iacopo Bruno, Illus. Biography. Candlewick, 04/2016. [44]pp. $17.99. 978-0-7636-6841-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. One of the world’s great magicians is rescued [continue reading]
Baby Animals Storytime Ideas (2016)
Baby Animals Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Mother Goose rhyme: “Baa Baa Black Sheep” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: This Is Our Baby, Born Today by Varsha Bajaj. This rhyming story [continue reading]
New Baby Storytime Ideas (2016)
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]
Programming Ideas: Pokemon Go
Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas: Pokemon Go Currently, Pokèmon Go is the trending fad and many libraries are finding their locations to be places where gamers can “find” Pokèmon using the game on their cellphones. Librarians [continue reading]
More-igami Review
Kleber, Dori. More-igami. Brian Karas, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 05/2016. [32]pp. $15.99. 978-0-7636-6819-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. Joey, who appears to be African American, learns about origami from a classmate’s mom when Mrs. Takimoto demonstrates how [continue reading]
Hosting a Mock Newbery
Would you like to host a Mock Newbery discussion with students at your library? Check out this wonderful article by ACL members Mary Ann Scheuer and Armin Arethna: www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2016/08/hosting-mock-newbery-book-club/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter The article has many helpful details [continue reading]