Free Books for Kids: As schools wind down and camps or daycare centers prepare for summer, it’s possible that you know of an agency that would be interested in Free Books for Kids: * (freebooksforkids.org). This [continue reading]
April 2022
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Review
Connor, Leslie. Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Fiction. HarperCollins, 02/2022. 336pp. $21.00. 978-0-06-299936-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Aurora talks a mile a minute and Frenchie never speaks, but the two neurodiverse sixth graders are best friends. When [continue reading]
Stuntboy, in the Meantime Read-Alikes
Stuntboy, in the Meantime by Jason Reynolds Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Bell, Cece. El Deafo. Craft, Jerry. New Kid. Emerson, Marcus. The Super Life of Ben Braver. Graff, Lisa. Absolutely Almost. Jeong, BonHyung. Kyle’s [continue reading]
Author Shirley Hughes Dies
Author Shirley Hughes Dies: Author/Illustrator Shirley Hughes died at age 94 on Feb. 25, 2022 at her home in England. She created more than fifty children’s books, including the “Dogger” and Alfie” series of picture [continue reading]
DIY: “How to Train Your Dragon”
DO IT YOURSELF PROGRAMMING: “How to Train Your Dragon” The film “How to Train Your Dragon” is an award-winning animated feature film that inspired two sequels. It is based on a tween novel of [continue reading]
When Winter Robeson Came Review
Woods, Brenda. When Winter Robeson Came. Fiction. Penguin /Paulsen, 01/2022. 160pp. $16.99. 978-1-5247-4158-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. In free verse, 12-year-old Eden describes the time her cousin Winter from Mississippi visited her family in Los Angeles [continue reading]
Seals and Sea Lions Storytime
Seals and Sea Lions Storytime Recently, we started to offer some storytime themes to go along with “Oceans of Possibilities,” the theme of the 2022 Collaborative Summer Library Program: https://www.cslpreads.org/ . This month we [continue reading]
Vacations Storytime
Vacations Storytime Recently, we started to offer some storytime themes to go along with “Read Beyond the Beaten Path,” the theme of the 2022 iRead summer reading program: https://www.ireadprogram.org/ focusing on a summer camp at [continue reading]