Janeczko, Paul B. Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems. Melissa Sweet, Illus. Non-fic. Candlewick, 2014. 48p. $16.99. 978-0-7636-4842-8. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-4 This anthology celebrates the four seasons with a delightful variety of free [continue reading]
July 2014
ACL Meeting Reminder, ALA Conference Tidbits
ACL Meeting Friday, July 11, 2014: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 11, 2014, from 9am-Noon at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Outstanding!
Every month, we 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]
Rhinos Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Rhinos Animal storytimes are always popular; I like to do a new animal for each letter of the alphabet over the course of several months. The rhinoceros is a fun choice, and [continue reading]
Riddles Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Riddles Rebus books can help emergent readers with decoding techniques by encouraging children to read the small picture that is in place of a word. Riddle books also foster preliteracy skills because [continue reading]