Two new books on Steve Jobs: Blumenthal, Karen. Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different. Non-fic. Feiwel/Macmillan, 2012. 310p. $16.99. 978-1-25001-557-0, PB $8.99 978-1-25001-445-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-10. From birth, early adoption, and early education through [continue reading]
Programming Ideas for “The Lorax”
With the hit film based on Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax due out on DVD on Aug. 7, 2012, many libraries are planning programs with The Lorax as the central theme. Because of the plot’s celebration of trees [continue reading]
Author Rosa Guy Dies
Author Rosa Guy Dies at age 89: Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-born writer known for her unflinchingly direct novels for young people about black life in urban America, died on June 3, 2012 at her home [continue reading]
Review of the Week
House, Silas. Same Sun Here. Fic. Candlewick, 2011. 298p. $15.99. 978-0-7636-5684-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. Authors Silas House and Neela Vaswani create a novel of letters written in the personas of a girl, Meena, living in [continue reading]
Check Out BayNews
Please check out the ACL newsletter BayNews for June, now posted on our website. This month, there are: Storytime Outlines on Llamas and Healthy Eating Readalikes for “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” Reviews [continue reading]
2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
On June 7, 2012, at BookExpo America, The Horn Book’s editor in chief Roger Sutton and 2010 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning author Rebecca Stead (When You Reach Me, Random House) announced the 2012 Boston Globe-Horn [continue reading]
Outstanding! (part 2)
Yesterday I posted the picture books and fiction that were rated as Outstanding in May. Today is the turn of fiction, graphic novels and professional books . Members can see full reviews of these books [continue reading]
Outstanding! (part 1)
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. Today we’ll look at picture books and fiction and I’ll post [continue reading]