The themes of “Cats” and “Dogs” are sure to draw in a big crowd at your storytimes, if you are using the 2014 Summer Reading Program theme “Paws to Read,” focusing on pet animals. Of [continue reading]
Physics Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Physics Science-focused story times can be fun at any time of year. For a Physics theme, one activity is to put out Duplo and Lego blocks for free play to help children develop [continue reading]
Counting by 7s Review
Sloan, Holly Goldberg. Counting by 7s. Fiction. Dial, 2013. 380p. $16.99. 978-0-8037-03855-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Although seventh grader Willow Chance was adopted by loving parents at a young age in Bakersfield, she’s faced a very [continue reading]
Kadohata wins Nat’l Book Award, Lobel Exhibit at SF Jewish Museum, Arab American Book Award
Kadohata Wins National Book Award Cynthia Kadohata won the National Book Award, Young People’s Literature category, for her novel The Thing About Luck (Atheneum, 2013). A story of a young girl and her brother who [continue reading]
Charlotte Zolotow Dies, Review of the Week
Author Charlotte Zolotow Dies at age 98 Author and editor Charlotte Zolotow died at age 98 on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013 at her home in New York. Zolotow was renowned for her many picture books [continue reading]
“Junie B. Jones” Author Barbara Park Dies
Author Barbara Park, creator of the “Junie B. Jones” series of transitional fiction books, has died at age 66 from ovarian cancer. The New Jersey native died on Friday, November 15, 2013 at her home [continue reading]
Pop-up and Flap Books
Pop-up and Flap Books Litton, Jonathan. Mesmerizing Math. Illus. by Thomas Flintham. Templar/Candlewick, 2013. 16p. $18.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-6881-5. Full of small pop-ups, booklets, games, pullouts, and other movable elements, this look at math factoids includes [continue reading]
ALSC Institute Registration Open, Review of the Week
ALSC Institute Registration Open Registration for the 2014 ALSC National Institute is now open– a great development and networking opportunity for library staff working in youth services. This biennial conference moves around the country so [continue reading]