Just a quick reminder about the ACL meeting this Friday, October 12, 2012, 9am-1pm at the Oakland Main Library: http://www.bayviews.org/calendar.html . Along with reviewing and our regular business, we will be discussing Distinguished Books for 2012. [continue reading]
Media Watch
NPR’s Best Teen Books List
Thought this story from NPR might be of interest to readers. http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels and http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/09/10/160768675/when-a-popular-list-of-100-best-ever-teen-books-is-the-whitest-ever Submitted by Helen Block
Kathleen Odean’s New Blog, and Jean Merrill’s Obituary
Longtime ACLers will be particularly happy to know about former member Kathleen Odean’s new nonfiction blog, available at http://www.greatcommoncorenonfiction.com/ For newer members, Kathleen is the author of 4 guides to children’s books: Great Books for [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]
Hunger Games Read-Alikes for a younger audience
If they’re asking for The Hunger Games, but you’re in a K-5 Library, try… These are possible alternatives found in some K-5 libraries. In most cases, they are on the edge (grades 5-8), but they [continue reading]
Media Watch
Disney Junior is a new cable network debuting March 23. Two of their programs are based on children’s books: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney (Candlewick, 1995) and the Gaspard and Lisa [continue reading]