Tuesday June 5 @noon Pacific – STRETCH Your Storytime! Supporting early learning with yoga and movement Presented by Katie Scherrer <https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=774&reset=1> The centuries-old contemplative practice known as “yoga” is much more than a passing trend; it [continue reading]
May 2018
Author Richard Peck Dies
Author Richard Peck Dies: Author Richard Peck has died at age 84 at his home in New York City. The Newbery Medal winner for A Year Down Yonder (2016) also received a Newbery Honor, for [continue reading]
Free Webinar on Tues. May 29 on Racial Equity in Schools
EmbraceRace is offering a free webinar coming up on 5/29 , 5:30pm PDT, about racial equity in schools. It’s being led by representatives from a Washington, DC-based organization called Kindred — it sounds like they’re successfully organizing parents [continue reading]
Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary Review
Ramos, NoNieqa. Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary, The. Fiction. Carolrhoda, 02/2018. 336pp. $17.99. 978-1-5124-3976-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-ADULT. Macy’s mother always has a different boyfriend, her dad is in prison, her brother has been taken by CPS and [continue reading]
Board Book Round-up, Part II
Board Book Round-up, Part II This month will continue a series of short reviews of new board books, begun in the March 2018 BayNews. For this month’s column, we will focus on board books that [continue reading]
Manic Panic Review
Jha, Richa. Manic Panic, The. Mithila Ananth, Illus. Picture Book. Creston, 05/2018. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-939547-43-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. The unthinkable has happened—the Internet and Wi-Fi have gone down! A young girl and her Nana are [continue reading]
Singing Storytime
Singing LIBRARIES ROCK! is the 2018 summer theme for the Cooperative Summer Library Program: www.cslpreads.org/ . For libraries using the music-themed summer reading/learning program, BayNews will offer sound and music storytime outlines between now and [continue reading]
Bikes Storytime
Bikes The 2018 summer reading/learning program from iRead and the California Library Association is READING TAKES YOU EVERYWHERE!: www.ireadprogram.org/ and calchallenge.org/ . A great way to focus on this for toddler and preschool storytime is [continue reading]