ACL Meeting Friday, November 4, 2016: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, November 4, 2016, from 9am-12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part I
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part I New Individual Titles Hearn, Sam. Busy Builders. Scholastic Cartwheel, 2016. 12p. $10.99. 978-0-545-79957-7. Various animals wearing hard hats and safety vests are shown operating construction vehicles, including a bulldozer, [continue reading]
Applesauce Weather Review
Frost, Helen. Applesauce Weather. Amy June Bates, Illus. Fiction. Candlewick, 08/2016. 104pp. $14.99. 978-0-7636-7576-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 2-7. When the first apple falls from the tree, Faith knows Uncle Arthur will be visiting soon. But will [continue reading]
Native American Month Reading Suggestions
New Booklists celebrate Native American Month with reading suggestions: First Nations Development Institute launched its #NativeReads campaign today. It includes five book lists. Take a look. Hope it is helpful to those of you who [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Mo Willems
MO WILLEMS PROGRAM IDEAS In celebration of the final entry in the “Elephant and Piggie” beginning reader series, have a Mo Willems party! This type of hands-on program is likely to draw a wide [continue reading]
Dogs for Babies Storytime Ideas
Dogs for Babies Welcome song: “Hello Everybody, Yes Indeed” Get ready song: “Open, Shut Them” First book: Old Dog Baby Baby by Julie Fogliano. Short rhymes and repetition highlight this brief tale of a dog [continue reading]
Owls for Babies Storytime Ideas
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. At times, a baby-toddler storytime will be followed [continue reading]
There’s a Bear on My Chair Review
Collins, Ross. There’s a Bear on My Chair. Ross Collins, Illus. Picture Book. Nosy Crow, 2015. [28]pp. $16.99. 978-0-7636-8942-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-K. Mouse finds his favorite chair occupied by Bear. The chair is not large [continue reading]