Cooking Storytime Ideas Home cooking is a topic many families can relate to because of sheltering in place. There is more emphasis on including children in kitchen duties so they are empowered to eat healthy [continue reading]
October 2020
Thailand Storytime
Thailand Storytime Ideas Thailand has a unique culture and would be a fun theme for storytime. For a craft project, make this paper toy featuring Thai animals: www.bkkkids.com/blog/hattifant-animal-flextangle-craft-thailand/, or make an elephant paper bag puppet: [continue reading]
Class Act Review
Craft, Jerry. Class Act. Jerry Craft, Illus. Graphic. HarperCollins/Quill Tree, 10/2020. 256pp. $22.99, 978-0-06-288551-7, PB $12.99, 978-0-06-288550-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9 This follow up to New Kid looks deeper into the lives of students at an [continue reading]
ACL Meeting to be held Friday, October 9th
ACL Meeting Friday, October 9, 2020: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, October 9, 2020, from 10am-Noon over Zoom. We will have our [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – September 2020
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous month’s meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List. Members can see full reviews of these books and many [continue reading]
Board Book Round-up, Part I
New Series Board Books Stewart, Whitney. “Mindful Tots.” Illus. by Rocio Alejandro. Barefoot Books, 04/2020. [14p.] $7.99 each. Animal Antics. 978-1-78285-936-9. Rest & Relax. 978-1-78285-935-2. Perfect for Yoga Storytime, this series shows young children [continue reading]