Abbott, Tony. Firegirl. Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. Atkinson, Elizabeth. I, Emma Freke. Choldenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts. Draper, Sharon M. Out of My Mind. Erskine, Kathryn. Mockingbird. Gantos, Jack. [continue reading]
Digging up Dinosaurs Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging up Dinosaurs Dinosaurs is a great science-related theme, focusing on digging up fossils. I have listed books that focus on dinosaur bones, but you could add any of your favorite dinosaur [continue reading]
Digging up Vegetables Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging up Vegetables A great “digging” theme is vegetable gardening. Even city kids can help at the urban garden, or plant windowsill parsley or basil. For a craft activity, make watercress eggheads. [continue reading]
Pizza Storytime Ideas (2013)
Pizza is a natural for storytime – preschoolers (and others) love pizza! It is even available in vegetarian and gluten-free versions, plus, it is a food kids can help make by adding the toppings. For [continue reading]
Do-It-Yourself Programming – Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs can be a great focus for a library program, especially if your target audience includes boys, primary graders, or those interested in science. Some of these ideas were posted on the PUBYAC Listserv by [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Marsalis, Wynton. Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! Paul Rogers, Illus. Pic. Bk. Candlewick, 2012. [36]p. $15.99. 978-0-7636-3991-4. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-2 A little boy describes the sounds that surround him: “Our back door squeaks. A nosy [continue reading]
December issue of ACL BayNews now on our website!
Check out the December issue of BayNews on the website for the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California – ideas for storytimes, read-alikes, news, reviews of pop-up books, and more! http://bayviews.org/index.html http://bayviews.org/calendar.html http://bayviews.org/baynews.html http://bayviews.org/baynews/news201212.html [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Close, Chuck. Face Book. Non-fic. Abrams, 2012. 55p. $18.95. 978-1-4197-0163-4. OUTSTANDING GRADES 4-8 Chuck Close is paralyzed from the chest down and suffers from face blindness and dyslexia, but he creates wonderfully distinctive and often [continue reading]