Monthly Archives: April 2013

Distinguished Books List

Posted on April 29, 2013 by pennypeck

ACL’S Distinguished Books List Now Available: Below is a link to a place where you can view and download the 2012 ACL Distinguished Books list.  This PDF document is quite large, so please take note when you download it. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7sjGEVv7BIzUmQzM3VfT3htLTg/edit?usp=sharing … Continue reading →

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ACL Dorothy Helfeld Fellowships Available!

Posted on April 25, 2013 by pennypeck

Children’s Librarianship – Is it for you? The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) invites students of children’s librarianship and/or children’s literature to apply for one of three annual membership scholarships. Discover a network of active Bay Area … Continue reading →

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Review of the Week

Posted on April 24, 2013 by pennypeck

Idle, Molly.  Flora and the Flamingo.  Molly Idle, Illus.  Pic. Bk.  Chronicle, 2013. [44]p. $16.99.  978-1-4521-1006-6.  OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-1. What do a slightly pudgy little girl in flippers, bathing suit, and cap and a graceful flamingo have in common? Besides … Continue reading →

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Konigsburg, Feller Bauer Die, ALSC Workshop and Summer Reading Lists

Posted on April 22, 2013 by pennypeck

Caroline Feller Bauer Dies at age 77:  Caroline Feller Bauer died April 15, 2013, at the age of 77, in Miami, Florida, where she lived for many years.  She wrote several books used by children’s librarians and teachers, including The … Continue reading →

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2013 Beatty Award Goes to The Camping Trip That Changed America

Posted on April 19, 2013 by pennypeck

The 2013 Beatty Award will be given to Barb Rosenstock for The Camping Trip That Changed America (Dial, 2012), illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein. This nonfiction picture book details the camping trip of naturalist John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903, where … Continue reading →

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Review of the Week and Children’s Lit Festival at UC Berkeley

Posted on April 17, 2013 by pennypeck

Review of the Week:  Blackwood, Sage.  Jinx.  Fic.  HarperCollins, 2013. 360p. $16.99.  978-0-06-212990-1.  OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 5-8. Young orphan Jinx is abandoned by his stepfather in the mysterious and dangerous Urwald forest where “you grow up fast or not at all,” … Continue reading →

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SRP Film Showing, ACL’s Food Bibliography

Posted on April 15, 2013 by pennypeck

Is your library using the “Reading Is So Delicious!” summer reading program theme?  If so, be sure to check out the “Eat the Library” Bibliography from ACL’s 2012 Institute: http://www.bayviews.org/institute/2012bibliography.pdf Also, the California Library Association has announced the opportunity for … Continue reading →

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Handouts on “We’re History” from the ACL Institute

Posted on April 13, 2013 by pennypeck

Those who attended yesterday’s ACL Institute “We’re History” enjoyed learning about how to share history with children – especially family history, and local and California history. If you could not attend, be sure to check out the handouts that are available on … Continue reading →

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Review of the Week

Posted on April 10, 2013 by pennypeck

Stone, Tanya Lee.  Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers.  Non-fic. Candlewick, 2013. 148p. $24.99. 978-0-7665-5117-6.  OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 5-ADULT. The “Triple Nickles,” the first African-American paratroop unit in the U.S. Army, were … Continue reading →

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Reminders for ACL Institute, Infopeople Webinar

Posted on April 8, 2013 by pennypeck

Reminder: ACL Institute this Friday, April 12, 2013:  http://www.bayviews.org/institute.html – “We’re History: Finding and Sharing the Voices and Stories of Our Past,” 9:00am at the San Leandro History Museum, 320 West Estudillo Ave, San Leandro (one block from San Leandro BART). … Continue reading →

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