Dr. Seuss’s Birthday (March 2) coincides with Read Across America Day and is a popular program at many elementary schools; it is held in early March. If you would like to extend the idea to [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Hale, Christy. Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. Christy Hale, Illus. Non-fic. Lee & Low, 2012. [40]p. $18.95. 978-1-60060-651-9. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES TODDLER-4 Rhyming concrete poetry combines with illustrations and photographs to create a book [continue reading]
Midwinter ALA Meeting – Thoughts from some ACL Members who attended
Midwinter ALA Meeting – Thoughts from some ACL Members who attended Alan Bern, Berkeley Public Library reports: I had a really great time on the Carnegie Video Award Committee — the winner this year is [continue reading]
International Reading – Books from other countries
Minwalla, Shabnam. The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street. Hachette India, 2013. 112p. E-book $12.49. ASIN B00B86G8DI. English. As this book is only available thru Hachette India, ACL cannot put it in our regular reviews. It [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]
Meeting Reminder, Diane Wolkstein Dies, Gryphon Award, Arne Nixon Center News
Meeting Reminder – Friday, February 8, 2013, 9am-1pm at Oakland Main Library Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, [continue reading]
Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards
The latest issue of the California Library Association youth services interest group’s “Briefings” Newsletter is now available: http://www.cla-net.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=261 . Author/Illustrator Jan Ormerod Dies, Age 67: Australian-born author and illustrator Jan Ormerod died in Cambridge, England, on January [continue reading]
Novels in Alternating Voices Read-Alikes
Read-Alikes for Novels in Alternating Voices: Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Avi, and Rachel Vail. Never Mind! A Twin Novel Carvell, Marlene. Sweetgrass Basket Clements, Andrew. A Week in the Woods Creech, [continue reading]