Sleeping for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents, and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]
Lola Gets a Cat Review
McQuinn, Anna. Lola Gets a Cat. Rosalind Beardshaw, Illus. Picture Book. Charlesbridge, 02/2017. [24]pp. $15.99. 978-1-58089-736-5. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES PRE-1. In this charming addition to the picture book series, Lola, a preschooler with brown skin [continue reading]
Jean Fritz Dies at Age 101
Jean Fritz Dies at Age 101: Award-winning author of nonfiction for children Jean Fritz died on May 14 at home in New York at age 101. She was a children’s librarian when she published her [continue reading]
Storytellers’ Choice Awards Announced
The Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Awards Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 13th biennial awards. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 9:30 am at [continue reading]
LGBTQI Pride or Rainbow Storytime and Programming Resources
LGBTQI Pride or Rainbow Storytime Resources Looking for storytime resources to celebrate Pride Day (usually held in June), or to coincide with your community’s Pride Parade? Below are some great recommendations from Meredith Steiner, Children’s [continue reading]
Grandpa’s HAL-LA-LOO-YA Hambone! Review
Hayes, Joe. Grandpa’s HAL-LA-LOO-YAHambone! ‡ Lopez, Antonio Castro, Illus. Picture Book. Cinco Puntos, 12/2016. [32]pp. $16.95. 978-1-941026-54-0, PB 7.95 978-1-941026-55-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-2. A poor Caucasian American bean farming family sells crops to purchase a [continue reading]
Bike to School Read-Alikes
Books that Celebrate the Many Ways We Go to School Baer, Edith. This Is the Way We Go to School: A Book about Children Around the World. Illus. by Steve Bjorkman. Scholastic, 1990. Grades [continue reading]
Caldecott Medalist Peter Spier Dies
Caldecott Medalist Peter Spier Dies: Author/illustrator Peter Spier died on April 27, 2017 at age 89 in New York. Known for his detailed illustrations, often in wordless books, Spier received the Caldecott Medal for Noah’s [continue reading]