Building with blocks is often the first time a child explores the concept of building. This theme is good for a wide age range, from babies, to toddlers, to preschoolers. For older children, offer [continue reading]
January 2017
Architects Storytime
The 2017 summer reading/learning program themes of “Build a Better World,” from CSLP, and “Reading by Design,” from iREAD and the California State Library, both focus on building, construction, and design. Over the next [continue reading]
APALA, Amelia Bloomer, and Walter Dean Myers Awards
APALA Awards: The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected the winners of the 2016 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature (APAAL). The awards promote Asian/Pacific American culture and [continue reading]
Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White Review
Sweet, Melissa. Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White. Melissa Sweet, Illus. Biography. Houghton, 10/2016. 162pp. $18.99. 978-0-544-31959-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Two-time Caldecott Honoree Sweet seamlessly blends photography, correspondence, quotations from various articles, and [continue reading]
American Library Association Honors Ruth Gordon
At the American Library Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting in Atlanta, GA, the late Ruth Gordon was honored with a memorial resolution. Gordon was a longtime member of ACL (the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California), [continue reading]
Newbery, Caldecott, and other Youth Media Awards Announced
Press release from the Association of Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association: American Library Association announces 2017 youth media award winners ATLANTA- The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the [continue reading]
Vehicles for Babies Storytime
Vehicles for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents, and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]
Lunch Witch Knee-deep in Niceness Review
Lucke, Deb. Lunch Witch Knee-deep in Niceness. Deb Lucke, Illus. Graphic Novel. Papercutz, 10/2016. 165pp. PB $14.99. 978-1-62991-503-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Grunhilda Blackheart—full-time witch and part-time school cafeteria cook—has a problem: her mostly black and [continue reading]