ACL Meeting Friday, July 14, 2023: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 14, 2023, from 10:00am-Noon. We will be meeting over Zoom. [continue reading]
Mermaid Storytime – Revised
Mermaid Storytime – Revised With the popularity of the film “The Little Mermaid,” a storytime offering mermaid tales is sure to draw a crowd! For a related hands-on activity, make one of these: [continue reading]
Farmers’ Market Storytime
Farmers Market Storytime Many libraries found that local Farmers’ Markets have offered great outreach opportunities. A library often can have a free table to promote library cards and upcoming programming. A library storytime can also [continue reading]
Monkey Trial Review
Sanchez, Anita. Monkey Trial, The: John Scopes and the Battle Over Teaching Evolution. Clarion, 03/2023. 184pp. Non-Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-0-358-45769-5. GRADES 7 – 12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In this dramatic account of the 1925 trial of [continue reading]
Tell Me Your Dreams Review
Kloots, Amanda. Tell Me Your Dreams. Alex Willmore, Illus. Harper, 04/2023. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-322511-4. GRADES Preschool – 1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. A mother helps her young son get ready for bed by encouraging [continue reading]
Race Against Death Review
Hopkinson, Deborah. Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II. Scholastic / Scholastic Focus, 04/2023. 289pp. Non-Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-338-74616-7. GRADES 6 – 12. OUTSTANDING. This dramatically told WWII history focuses on [continue reading]
World and Everything in It Review
Henkes, Kevin. World and Everything in It, The. Kevin Henkes, Illus. Greenwillow, 03/2023. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $19.99. 978-0-06-324564-8. GRADES Preschool – 1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. The concept of size is described in a clever way [continue reading]
Changing World: Cold Data for a Warming Planet Review
Gibson, David. Changing World: Cold Data for a Warming Planet. Gibson, David, Illus. Cicada, 04/2023. [106]pp. Non-Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-80066-028-1. GRADES 6 – 12. ADDITIONAL. Global warming and climate change are the focus of this book [continue reading]