Monthly Archives: February 2016

ACL Fellowships Available

Posted on February 29, 2016 by pennypeck

Applications are now being accepted for The Dorothy Helfeld Fellowship, presented annually by the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL). ACL invites students of children’s librarianship and/or children’s literature to explore the question, “Children’s librarianship – is it … Continue reading →

Posted in Message from ACL, Professional Development, Updates | Tagged | Leave a comment

Programming Ideas: Sports Around the World

Posted on February 26, 2016 by pennypeck

Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas:  Sports Around the World Program Good for any library at any time of year, and it goes with the 2016 Summer Reading Themes “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!” or “Read for the Win!” Several sports/game-themed crafts … Continue reading →

Posted in Programming Ideas, Updates | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Alex Gino to Speak at Oakland Library

Posted on February 25, 2016 by pennypeck

Author Alex Gino to Speak at Oakland Library: Alex Gino Flyer Fourth-grader Melissa is a girl who the world sees as a boy named George. When her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte’s Web, Melissa … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Updates | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Review of the Week: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Posted on February 24, 2016 by pennypeck

Sepetys, Ruta. Salt to the Sea. Fiction. Philomel, 02/2016. 400pp. $18.99. 978-0-399-16030-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Based on actual events, this harrowing and moving historical YA novel brings to life an enormous, but largely forgotten tragedy. Set in Eastern Europe in … Continue reading →

Posted in Review of the Week, Updates | Tagged , | Leave a comment

ALSC Survey, Carnegie and Greenaway Contenders

Posted on February 22, 2016 by pennypeck

ALSC Survey: A message from Meredith Steiner, ACL President, to all youth services librarians: “I am excited to be a part of a group of public and school librarians from different libraries around the country working with ALSC, to conduct an … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Message from ACL, Updates | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Harper Lee, Francisco Alarcon Die; New BayNews Posted

Posted on February 19, 2016 by pennypeck

Harper Lee Dies at Age 89: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee, creator of To Kill a Mockingbird, died at her home in Alabama at age 89. For more information, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/arts/harper-lee-dies.html?_r=0 .  Children’s Poet Francisco Alarcon Dies: Children’s author and … Continue reading →

Posted in Message from ACL, News, Obituary, Updates | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Review of the Week: “The Plan” by Alison Paul

Posted on February 17, 2016 by pennypeck

Paul, Alison. Plan, The. Barbara Lehman, Illus. Picture Book. Houghton, 11/2015. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-28333-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. A young farm girl is determined to fly in her mother’s old plane and, with her dog, hatches a plan to convince her … Continue reading →

Posted in Review of the Week, Updates | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Read-Alikes: Books on Grief and Loss

Posted on February 15, 2016 by pennypeck

Read-alikes for Books on Grief and Loss Picture books Bagley, Jessixa. Boast for Papa. Brisson, Pat. I Remember Miss Perry. Buscaglia, Leo. The Fall of Freddie the Leaf.  Castellucci, Cecil. Grandma’s Gloves.  Dellevoet, Alexandra. Rafa Was My Robot.  DePaola, Tomie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Read-alikes, Updates | Tagged | Leave a comment

Read-Alikes for Rick Yancey’s “The 5th Wave”

Posted on February 12, 2016 by pennypeck

Read-alikes for the YA science fiction series The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey Bao, Karen. Dove Arising.  Bowman, Erin. Taken.  Bracken, Alexandra. Passenger.  Christopher, John. The White Mountains.  Duyvis, Corinne. On the Edge of Gone.  Flanagan, John A. The Brotherband … Continue reading →

Posted in Read-alikes, Updates | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Review of the Week: We Will Not Be Silent

Posted on February 10, 2016 by pennypeck

Freedman, Russell. We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler. Non-fiction. Clarion, 05/2016. 112pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-22379-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 5-8. Between spring 1942 and summer 1943, a small group of young Germans calling … Continue reading →

Posted in Review of the Week, Updates | Tagged , | Leave a comment