ACL Meeting Friday, September 9, 2022: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, September 9, 2022, from 9:30am-Noon over Zoom (link will be emailed [continue reading]
Native American Storytime
Native American Storytime In addition to, or as an alternative to Thanksgiving storytimes, focus on authentic Native American Indigenous stories. For a craft project, check out this list of meaningful crafts suggested by a [continue reading]
Manners/Etiquette Storytime – Revised
Manners/Etiquette Storytime – Revised Good manners are an issue, especially post-Covid, where folks have forgotten how to interact in public. At the grocery store, some customers don’t respond to the checkout clerk, or even [continue reading]
Two Mini-Grant Reports
Mika Perlmutt, Oakland Public Library: I was thrilled to receive a mini-grant from ACL in 2020 to help me fund the purchase of new board games and ongoing snacks for our weekly drop-in game night. [continue reading]
Narwhal and Jelly Read-Alikes
Narwhal and Jelly by Ben Clanton Abdo, Dan. Blue, Berry, & Pancakes. Atkinson, Cale. Simon and Chester: Super Detectives! Burks, James. Agent 9. Burks, James. Bird & Squirrel. Feuti, Norm. Beak & Ally. Hashimoto, Meika. [continue reading]
Keeper of the Lost Cities Read-Alikes
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger Allen, Elise. Twinchantment. August, John. Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. Black, Holly. The Iron Trial. Carlson, Caroline. The Door at the End of the World. [continue reading]
Oakland Librarian Sharon McKellar’s Found Items Display
Oakland Librarian Sharon McKellar’s Found Items Display: Sharon McKellar is receiving praise for her display of notes and other objects found in books at the Oakland Public Library: How an Oakland librarian turns trash into [continue reading]
Author/Illustrator Raymond Briggs Dies
Author/Illustrator Raymond Briggs Dies: Raymond Briggs died at age 88. Born in England in 1934, his first book was Peter and the Piskies, written by Ruth Manning-Sanders with Briggs’ illustrations, published in 1958. His most [continue reading]