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]
5th Wave Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for the YA science fiction series The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey Bao, Karen. Dove Arising. Bowman, Erin. Taken. Bracken, Alexandra. Passenger. Christopher, John. The White Mountains. Duyvis, Corinne. On the Edge of Gone. [continue reading]
We Will Not Be Silent Review
Freedman, Russell. We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler. Non-fiction. Clarion, 05/2016. 112pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-22379-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 5-8. Between spring 1942 and summer 1943, a small [continue reading]
American Indian Youth Lit Award, Arbuthnot Lecture Tickets, Curious George 75th Anniversary
The American Indian Library Association’s 2016 Youth Literature Awards were announced: Picture Book Award Winner Little You Written by Richard Van Camp Illustrated by Julie Flett Published in 2013 by Orca Book Publishers Picture Book [continue reading]
Outstanding! – January 2016
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]
2016 Summer Reading – Sports and Games Read-Alikes
The 2016 Summer Reading Programs “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!” and “Read for the Win!” both focus on sports and games. Here are some great books you can offer to those who would like [continue reading]