Before you begin your storytime, have the audience (parents included!) participate in a simple circle dance, such as “The Hokey Pokey.” For a craft project, make these simple maracas out of plastic spoons and plastic Easter [continue reading]
Jazz Storytime Ideas (2015)
There is a wealth of wonderful picture books that celebrate jazz music. Be sure to play some jazz recordings, such as Go Baby Go by Baby Loves Jazz. For an art project, you can make [continue reading]
2015 Summer Reading – Read to the Rhythm Read-Alikes
2015 Summer Reading Program “Read to the Rhythm” For Little Ones (ages two – five) Andreae, Giles. Giraffes Can’t Dance. Costello, David. Little Pig Joins the Band. Craig, Lindsay. Dancing Feet! Emberley, Rebecca. The Ant [continue reading]
Review of the Week: “Hansel and Gretel” by Neil Gaiman
Gaiman, Neil. Hansel and Gretel. Lorenzo Mattotti, Illus. Non-fiction. Toon, 2014. 54p. $16.95, 978-1-935179-62-7, PLB $29.95, 978-1-935179-65-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti lend their noir strengths to this deeply satisfying retelling of [continue reading]
New Pop-up and Flap Books for Spring 2015
New Pop-up and Flap Books for Spring 2015 Green, Rod. Giant Vehicles. Illus. by Stephen Biesty. Templar/Candlewick, 2014. $15.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-7404-5. Illustrator Stephen Biesty is respected for his many factual books, including The Story of [continue reading]
New BayNews, Workshop on Serving Children and Teens, New Seuss, Children’s Choice Finalists
New ACL BayNews Posted: The February 2015 BayNews (the newsletter for the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California) is now available on our website: http://www.bayviews.org . You will find reviews of new pop-up books, [continue reading]
Review of the Week: “A Fine Dessert”
Jenkins, Emily. A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Dessert. Sophie Blackall, Illus. Non-fiction. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2015. [44]p. $17.99, 978-0-375-86832-0, PLB $20.99, 978-0-375-96832-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-5. From Lyme, England, in 1710, to [continue reading]
Author Steve Sanfield Dies, Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced
Steve Sanfield Dies: Steve Sanfield, a noted Bay Area author and poet, died on Jan. 28, 2015 at his home in the Sierra Foothills in Nevada County of heart failure. Along with his poetry for [continue reading]