Every month, we’ll 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]
PEN Awards Announced
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship ($5,000): To an author of children’s or young-adult fiction, who has published at least two books, to complete a book-length work-in-progress. Judges: Daniel Handler, Lyn Miller-Lachman, and Neal Shusterman. WINNER: [continue reading]
Bats Storytime Ideas
Bats Bats can be fascinating to preschoolers, and not just at Halloween! For a bat craft, make these fun bats using paper cups. Songs: THIS LITTLE BAT (tune: “Mulberry Bush”) This little bat flaps its [continue reading]
Tigers Storytime Ideas
Two new picture books featuring tigers inspired this storytime theme (Oh, No! by Candace Fleming and It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle). It offers a great opportunity to point out to older preschoolers that tigers [continue reading]
Zombie Storytime Ideas
If your parents don’t mind “scary” storytimes, this could be a fun theme near Halloween. It also might be best suited to a storytime for school-age children. For a craft, make one of these paper [continue reading]
Two ACL Members in Children and Libraries, Dorothy Helfeld Fellows Announced
Two ACL Members Contribute Articles to Children and Libraries: Congratulations to two of our ACL members who had articles published in the latest edition of Children and Libraries (Summer/Fall 2012, v. 10, no. 2), the [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Newquist, H. P. The Book of Blood: From Legends and Leeches to Veins and Vampires. Non-fiction. .Houghton, 2012. 1 51p. $17.99. 978-0-5473-1584-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-9. It’s hard to find an individual who is blasé about [continue reading]
Do It Yourself Programming: Presidential Election
The upcoming Presidential election is a great opportunity for a fun Do-it-Yourself program, a display, a theme for a storytime or book discussion group, or for some passive programming activities you can leave out for [continue reading]