Horn Book Magazine Names Best Books: Horn Book has chosen their Best Books for 2024: The Horn Book | Fanfare 2024 Booklist. The magazine is celebrating its 100th year, and named 53 books as the [continue reading]
Poet Nikki Giovanni Dies at 81
Poet Nikki Giovanni Dies at 81: Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet who also wrote books for children, has died at age 81. Her children’s books include the picture book A Library (Harper, 2022), and poetry collections [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, December 13, 2024
ACL Meeting Friday, December 13, 2024: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, December 13, 2024, from 9:00am-Noon, at the Berkeley Main Library, 2090 [continue reading]
“Dragon Masters” Series Read-Alikes
Dragon Masters series by Tracey West Carbone, Courtney. Raya and the Last Dragon. Charman, Katrina. The Last Firehawk series. Coven, Wanda. Henry Heckelbeck Gets a Dragon. Cowell, Cressida. How to Train Your Dragon series. Elliot, [continue reading]
Finally Heard Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES Finally Heard by Kelly Yang Anderson, John David. Posted. Borba, Adam. Outside Nowhere. Kelly, Erin Estrada. You Go First. Kim, Patti. I’m Okay. Libenson, Terri. Invisible Emmie. Lin, Grace. The Year of the [continue reading]
SLJ Names Best Books of 2024
School Library Journal Names Best Books of 2024: School Library Journal has released its annual Best Books list for 2024, with 193 titles making their list. See the full list here: SLJ-BestBooks-24-downloadable-f.pdf.
National Book Awards 2024
National Book Awards 2024: The 2024 National Book Awards were announced on Nov. 22, 2024. The winner in the Young People’s Literature Category is Shifa Saltagi Safadi for Kareem Between (Putnam, 2024). Seventh grader Kareem [continue reading]
Do It Yourself Programming Ideas: Winter Solstice
Do It Yourself Programming Ideas: Winter Solstice Using a theme of Winter Solstice for a hands-on program is more inclusive than a specific winter religious holiday, and it also offers the opportunity for science-related [continue reading]