Award-winning author Beverly Cleary has died at age 104 on March 25, 2021 at home in Carmel Valley, California. Best known for the “Beezus and Ramona” books, as well as Newbery Medal winner Dear Mr. [continue reading]
March 2021
Spring Board Book Round-up
SPRING BOARD BOOK ROUND-UP New Original Board Books Borando, Silvia. Black Cat, White Cat. Candlewick, 12/2020. [36p.] $8.99. 978-5362-1603-5. Black cat only goes out during the day, and White cat only goes out at [continue reading]
Elatsoe Review
Little Badger, Darcie. Elatsoe. Rovina Cai, Illus. Fiction. Levine Querido, 08/2020. 368pp. $18.99. 978-1-64614-005-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Ellie is a Lipan Apache teen with the hereditary gift of raising spirits, but primarily the spirit of [continue reading]
Wolf Called Wander Read-Alikes
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry Avi. Old Wolf. Bauer, Marion Dane. A Bear Named Trouble. Bauer, Marion Dane. Runt. Burnford, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. Hall, Elizabeth. Child of the Wolves. Hinojosa, Stacy. [continue reading]
Amari and the Night Brothers
Alston, B. B. Amari and the Night Brothers. Godwin Akpan, Illus. Fiction. Supernatural Investigations Series; bk. 1. Balzer & Bray, 01/2021. 416pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-297516-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-7. Amari, one of the few Black girls at [continue reading]
ACL to Offer Mosaic Training
ACL TO OFFER MOSAIC PROJECT TRAINING: Beginning in April and continuing for three more months, ACL will be offering anti-racism training from the Mosaic Project (The Mosaic Project | Home), an Oakland-based nonprofit that works [continue reading]
Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced
Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced: The winners of the 2021 Ezra Jack Keats Awards were announced in early March 2021. The author winner was Tricia Elam Walker for Nana Akua Goes to School, and Heidi [continue reading]
Author Norton Juster Dies
Author Norton Juster Dies: Norton Juster, Newbery Honor author of The Phantom Tollbooth, (1961) died at age 91 at home in Massachusetts on March 8, 2021. The book featured cartoon ink drawings by Jules Feiffer, [continue reading]