Doll Bones Read-Alikes – a spooky ghost story Aiken, Joan. Return to Harken House. Auxier, Jonathan. Night Gardener. Avi. The Seer of Shadows. Bellairs, John. The Figure in the Shadows. Bradbury, Ray. Something Wicked This Way [continue reading]
Rebus Storytime Ideas (2014)
Preschool Storytime Ideas Rebus Rebus books can help emergent readers with decoding techniques, by encouraging children to “read” the small picture that is in place of a word. Include one rebus book every so often [continue reading]
Modesto Ends Library Instruction, Kirkus Prize, CLA Website Revamped
Modesto To End Elementary Library Instruction: Although there is no plan to close the nine elementary school libraries in Modesto, CA, staff received notices that their jobs may be eliminated and there will no longer [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Lloyd, Natalie. A Snicker of Magic. Fiction. Scholastic, 2014. 320p. $16.99 978-0-545-55270-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. In this appealing, quirky middle grade tale of family, belonging and kindness, sixth grader Felicity Pickle and her itinerant family [continue reading]
Passive Programming
Passive programming is catching on at many libraries. Passive programming means activities which do not require staff direction: you just leave the instructions and supplies at a table in the children’s room, for parent and [continue reading]
Los Gatos E-book Project, LGBTQ Families Webinar, Meals for Youth Webinar
Los Gatos Librarian Leads Project for Students to Publish Ebook: Windows to the Teenage Soul, a poetry anthology ebook containing work by more than 120 freshman from Los Gatos High School will be published next [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Oppel, Kenneth. The Boundless. Fic. Simon & Schuster, 2014. 336p. $15.99. 978-1-442-47288-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-8. In this riveting middle grade thriller set on The Boundless—a seven-mile-long train crossing in late 19th century Canada— Oppel (Airborn, [continue reading]
Webinar Reminder, Rush Limbaugh and Kristin Levine Win Awards
Free Webinar on “What’s New in Children’s Literature” presented by Infopeople: On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Penny Peck will lead a free one hour webinar on new books for children ages 0-12. The webinar begins [continue reading]