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]
Children’s Music CDs – Grammy Nominations
2013 Grammy Award Nominees: Best Children’s Album Listed below are the nominees for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album. The winner will be announced on February 10, 2013. Can You Canoe? – [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Riordan, Rick. The Red Pyramid:The Graphic Novel. Orpheus Collar, Illus. Graphic. The Kane Chronicles Series. Hyperion, 2012. [192]p. $21.99. 978-1-4231-5068-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. This graphic novel is an excellent retelling of The Red Pyramid, the [continue reading]
More “Bests,” Job Openings, Reviewer Advice, and More!
More end-of-the-year “Best” lists National Science Teachers Association: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/ostb2013.aspx Horn Book Fanfare 2012: http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/blogs/read-roger/horn-book-fanfare-2012/ 2013 YALSA Nonfiction Award finalists “Titanic: Voices from the Disaster” written by Deborah Hopkinson, [continue reading]
Breakfast Storytime Ideas
This is a storytime around breakfast, something to which all preschoolers can relate! For a craft project, you can have each child string Cheerios cereal to make an edible necklace. This is a great craft [continue reading]
Outstanding!
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]