Out of the Ordinary: Reissues and other unusual books Engelbreit, Mary. Mary Engelbreit’s Nursery and Fairy Tales Collection. Illus. by Mary Engelbreit. Harper, 2014. $11.99. ISBN 978-0-06-228707-6. Although Engelbreit’s colorful and pleasantly sweet illustrations are [continue reading]
ALA Conference Reports Part 4, Helen Block ALSC Member, Infopeople Course on Children’s Services
More Reports from the ALA Conference, from Elizabeth Overmyer: 1. General buzz: not a program, but I found that many of my ALA acquaintances are ruminating over the January revision of the ALSC guidelines for [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Arndt, Michael. Cat Says Meow (and other Animalopoeia). Michael Arndt, Illus. Picture book. Chronicle, 2014. [36]p. $12.99. 978-1-4251-1234-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-K. Inspired by animals and typography, Arndt presents a marvelous book whereby an animal’s sound [continue reading]
Reports from ALA Conference by ACL Members, Part 3, and New BayNews Posted
AASL President’s Program, featuring Donalyn Miller: Donalyn Miller, 5th grade teacher / author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild, gave the keynote address for this program. She described the ways she has [continue reading]
More Reports from ALA Conference by ACL Members
Helen Bloch’s highlights of her ALA Annual Conference attendance: • ECRR2 – Does it Really Work? Evaluating the Program – This was a panel discussion looking at the research protocol used and results gathered from [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Janeczko, Paul B. Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Melissa Sweet, Illus. Non-fic. Candlewick, 2014. 48p. $16.99. 978-0-7636-4842-8. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-4 This anthology celebrates the four seasons with a delightful variety of free [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Reminder, ALA Conference Tidbits
ACL Meeting Friday, July 11, 2014: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 11, 2014, from 9am-Noon at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Outstanding!
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]