Cushman, Karen. Grayling’s Song. Fiction. Clarion/Houghton, 06/2016. 224pp. $16.99. 978-0-544-30180-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-6. After fire consumes their home, Grayling’s mother, a wise woman, discovers that her grimoire has been stolen, and when she becomes [continue reading]
Elizabeth Started All the Trouble
In honor of Women’s History Month: Rappaport, Doreen. Elizabeth Started All the Trouble. Matt Faulkner, Illus. Non-fiction. Disney/Hyperion, 02/2016. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-78685-142-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. Although the title may lead one to believe this [continue reading]
ACL Fellowships Available
Applications are now being accepted for The Dorothy Helfeld Fellowship, presented annually by the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL). ACL invites students of children’s librarianship and/or children’s literature to explore the question, [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Sports Around the World
Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas: Sports Around the World Program Good for any library at any time of year, and it goes with the 2016 Summer Reading Themes “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!” or “Read for [continue reading]
Alex Gino to Speak at Oakland Library
Author Alex Gino to Speak at Oakland Library: Alex Gino Flyer Fourth-grader Melissa is a girl who the world sees as a boy named George. When her teacher announces that their class play is going [continue reading]
ALSC Survey, Carnegie and Greenaway Contenders
ALSC Survey: A message from Meredith Steiner, ACL President, to all youth services librarians: “I am excited to be a part of a group of public and school librarians from different libraries around the country working [continue reading]
Harper Lee, Francisco Alarcon Die; New BayNews Posted
Harper Lee Dies at Age 89: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee, creator of To Kill a Mockingbird, died at her home in Alabama at age 89. For more information, see: www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/arts/harper-lee-dies.html?_r=0 . Children’s Poet Francisco [continue reading]
Books on Grief and Loss Read-Alikes
Picture books Bagley, Jessixa. Boast for Papa. Brisson, Pat. I Remember Miss Perry. Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf. Castellucci, Cecil. Grandma’s Gloves. Dellevoet, Alexandra. Rafa Was My Robot. DePaola, Tomie. Nana Upstairs [continue reading]