Children & Youth Services, the African American Center and the Fisher Children’s Center of the San Francisco Public Library presents The 16th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture: A Sense of Place Real and Imagined Guest [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Barnett, Mac. Extra Yarn. Jon Klassen, Illus. Pic. Bk. Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, 2012. [40]p. $16.99 978-0-06-19538-5. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-4 In a drab, wintry town, Annabelle discovers a box “filled with yarn of every color.” Starting [continue reading]
The Borrowers Read-Alikes
Read-alikes for The Borrowers by Mary Norton, adapted into the film The Secret World of Arrietty The newest film adaptation of Mary Norton’s The Borrowers was originally made in Japan in 2010. The version with [continue reading]
Hunger Games and Dystopian Tween Fiction Read-Alikes (2012)
There has been a big increase in the demand for read-alikes for The Hunger Games due to the hit feature films. We have added some titles, and broken down the list into books to recommend [continue reading]
The Penderwicks Read-Alikes
The Penderwicks Series by Jeanne Birdsall. These are all traditional family stories, almost a throwback to the first types of children’s books, which will appeal to a wide audience who likes historical fiction as well [continue reading]
Children’s Librarianship – Is it for you? Dorothy Helfeld Fellowships
Applications for the annual Dorothy Helfeld Fellowships are now available online at www.bayviews.org. Winners of the 2012/2013 fellowships will receive a free membership to the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL), along with [continue reading]
Betwixt and Be Tween — Tips on how to effectively serve your Tween population.
BALIS CHILDREN’S COMMITTEE PRESENTS: Betwixt and Be Tween — Tips on how to effectively serve your Tween population. Thursday, May 10, 2012——–9:30 a.m. – Noon Castro Valley Library (Chabot/Canyon meeting rooms) 3600 Norbridge Avenue, Castro [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Walker, Sally M. Freedom Song: The Story of Henry “Box” Brown. Sean Qualls, Illus. Non-fic. HarperCollins, 2012. [34]p. $17.99, 978-0-06-058310-1. OUTSTANDING GRADES 1-3 Henry was born into slavery and always feared his family would be [continue reading]