Author Jean Craighead George, best known for her middle grade novels such as Julie of the Wolves and My Side of the Mountain, has died at the age of 92. A cause of death has [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Nahson, Claudia J. Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats. Ezra Jack Keats, Illus. Jewish Museum/Yale Univ., 2012. 92p. $27.50. 978-0-300-17022-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL City scenes and city kids populated Ezra Jack Keats’ [continue reading]
Teen Read 2012 Website Offers Ideas
YALSA launched its Teen Read Week 2012 website at http://teenreadweek.ning.com/ . Teen Read Week will be celebrated Oct. 14-20, with a theme of It Came from the Library, which dares teens to read for the [continue reading]
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In memory of the late Maurice Sendak: Sendak, Maurice. Bumble-Ardy. Maurice Sendak, Illus. Pic. Bk. HarperCollins, 2011. [32]p. $17.95 978-0-06-205198-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3 Loosely based on an animated short film made for TV’s Sesame Street [continue reading]
Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak Dies
Maurice Sendak, the children’s book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen,” died early Tuesday. He was 83. Longtime [continue reading]
California Young Reader Medal and Crystal Kite Awards
The California Young Reader medal winners for 2011-2012 were announced May 1, 2012: http://californiayoungreadermedal.org/: Primary: I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll. Flashlight Press, 2009 Intermediate: Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette [continue reading]
The 16th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture
Children & Youth Services, the African American Center and the Fisher Children’s Center of the San Francisco Public Library presents The 16th Annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture: A Sense of Place Real and Imagined Guest [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Barnett, Mac. Extra Yarn. Jon Klassen, Illus. Pic. Bk. Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, 2012. [40]p. $16.99 978-0-06-19538-5. OUTSTANDING GRADES PRE-4 In a drab, wintry town, Annabelle discovers a box “filled with yarn of every color.” Starting [continue reading]