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]
The Land of Stories Series Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for Chris Colfer’s “The Land of Stories” series. Bach, Shelby. Of Giants and Ice series. S&S, 2012. Baker, E.D. The Wide-Awake Princess series. Bloomsbury, 2010. Barnhill, Kelly. Iron Hearted Violet. Little Brown, 2012. Burt, [continue reading]
Latino Heritage Faire, Joanne Rocklin at Arne Nixon Center
Latino Heritage Fair – San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St. (at Grove) (415) 557-4277 sfpl.org Saturday, October 11, 2014 • 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. San Francisco Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room The [continue reading]
Review of the Week – “Brown Girl Dreaming”
Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming.Non-fiction. Penguin, 2014. 336p. $16.99. 978-0-399-25251-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. Jacqueline Woodson shares her experience of growing up in the 1960s and 1970s through a series of poem vignettes. With the Civil [continue reading]
ALSC Institute Shines in Oakland
Penny Peck introduces authors Tim Federle, Rita Williams-Garcia, Pamela Munoz-Ryan, and Gene Yang at the Breakfast for Bill, ALSC Institute in Oakland, CA, Sept. 19, 2014. Oakland, CA was the site of the three-day ALSC [continue reading]
Review of the Week – Revolution by Deborah Wiles
Wiles, Deborah. Revolution. Fiction. Sixties Trilogy Series. Scholastic, 2014. 495p. $19.99. 978-0-545-10607-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. Sunny, a 12-year-old white girl in 1964 Mississippi, is the main narrator of this thoughtful novel, describing the summer when [continue reading]
Rita Williams-Garcia at Mrs. Dalloway’s Sept. 19, Nat’l Book Award Long List
Rita Williams-Garcia at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore on Sept. 19th: Newbery Honor author Rita Williams-Garcia will be at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at 7:30pm. She will be interviewed by Carla Riemer (ACL [continue reading]
Professional Reading – “Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature
Bird, Betsy, Julie Danielson and Peter D. Sieruta. Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature. Candlewick, 2014. 278p. $22.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-5150-3. Most professional reading is instructive, but some books rise above that and are [continue reading]