Winter Holiday Quick Picks Need a few suggestions for new holiday books for December? Here are some that are worth checking out, to add to your library: Board Books Klein-Higger, Joni and Barbara Sharf. [continue reading]
Register for the 2020 Performers Showcase
Register for the Performers Showcase: Come see over thirty children’s performers, all in one day, all in one place! Presented annually by the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL), this is a great [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, Nov. 8th
ACL Meeting Friday, November 8, 2019: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Kirkus Prize Goes to Jerry Craft
Kirkus Prize Awarded to Jerry Craft: Jerry Craft’s graphic novel New Kid won the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature. Craft receives $50,000 for winning the award. To see the other finalists, go to: [continue reading]
Enemy Child Review
Warren, Andrea. Enemy Child: The Story of Norman Mineta, A Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II. Biography. Holiday, 04/2019. 214pp. $22.99. 978-0-8234-4151-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. Sibert honoree Warren offers [continue reading]
Board Book Round-up, Part 2
Board Book Round-up, Part 2 New Series Entries Aartx, Esther. “Look, There’s a…” series. Nosy Crow, 04/2019. [10p.] $7.99 each. Look, There’s a Helicopter! 978-1-5362-0557-2. Look, There’s a Tractor! 978-1-5362-0558-9. Each book features [continue reading]
ACL MINI-GRANT REPORT – Mill Valley
The Mill Valley Public Library was honored to receive a 2019 ACL mini grant, and used it to create a Sensory Storytime for preschool-aged children with autism and other developmental needs. Patrons with special [continue reading]
My Papi Has a Motorcycle Review
Quintero, Isabel. My Papi Has a Motorcycle. Zeke Peña, Illus. Picture Book. Kokila, 05/2019. 40pp. $17.99. 978-0-525-55341-0. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3. In the author’s note at the end of My Papi Has a Motorcycle, Isabel Quintero [continue reading]