Dorothy Helfeld Fellowships Available for ACL Membership: Are you a Bay Area children’s librarian or library school student who might be interested in joining the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California? If so, check [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Timberlake, Amy. One Came Home. Fiction. Knopf, 2013. 256p. $16.99. 978-0-375-86925-9. OUTSTANDING GRADES. Grades 5-8. “So it comes to this, I remember thinking, on June 7, 1871. The date sticks in my mind because it was [continue reading]
Golden Kite Awards, ALSC Institute Blog, Spanish Resources
2014 Golden Kite Awards: The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators announced the winners of the 2014 Golden Kite Awards on March 5th. Winners include Tim Federle’s Better Nate than Ever (S&S) and Peter [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]
Authors Krasilovsky and Mado Die, New BayNews Posted
Author Phyllis Krasilovsky Dies at Age 87: Phyllis Krasilovsky died on Feb. 26, 2014 at age 87. Her many picture books include The Man Who Didn’t Wash His Dishes (Doubleday, 1953) and The Cow Who [continue reading]
USBBY Outstanding, and Blog for Women’s History Month
USBBY 2014 Outstanding International Books List: Check out this list of best international children’s and teen books selected by the United States Board on Books for Young People – www.slj.com/2014/02/collection-development/passport-to-a-world-of-reading-usbbys-2014-outstanding-international-books-list-introduces-readers-to-the-global-community/#_ Women’s History Month begins Saturday, [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Downer, Ann. Wild Animal Neighbors: Sharing Our Urban World. Non-fiction. 21st Century/Lerner, 2013. 64p. PLB $33.27. 978-0-7613-9021-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADE 4-8. With a dynamic, photo-filled book design and an interesting text that uses anecdotal evidence to [continue reading]
Do-It-Yourself Hands-On Science for Kids Program
“Hands-on Science for Kids” is a good program for any library at any time of year, and it goes with the 2014 Summer Reading Theme “Fizz, Boom, Read!” With more emphasis on STEAM (Science, Technology, [continue reading]