Federle, Tim. Better Nate Than Ever. Fic. Simon & Schuster, 2013. 288p. $16.99. 978-1-4424689-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Middle schooler Nate Foster sneaks away from home in Jankburg, Pennsylvania to audition for the Broadway musical of [continue reading]
Wonder Read-Alikes
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]