October
in the Library 2015
Title Talk
The Little Shop of Monsters Written by R.L. Stine, Illustrated Marc Brown
Are you are afraid of MONSTERS? Do they make you shiver and shake and shut your eyes really tight at night? Welcome to the LITTLE SHOP OF MONSTERS!
Do you want a SNEEZER? A TICKLER? Or one of the CREEPIEST monsters of all? Come on in and choose your favorite, if you dare (before one of them chooses YOU!).
Renowned children's book creators Marc Brown and R.L. Stine join forces for the first time - in Stine's picture book debut - with a tale that is monstrously good fun.
Katherine Applegate has done it again. She has a way of writing characters that find their way right into your heart.
Katherine Applegate has a way of writing books that start conversations, and we wanted to find a way to turn the conversation surrounding childhood hunger into action on both a local and national level. It has been so heart-warming to see how enthusiastically booksellers, teachers and librarians, and especially young readers have embraced the food drive.
Visit CrenshawtheBook.com to find a list of all participating bookstores, and to learn other ways to help.
Hispanic Cultural Month (September 15th-October 15th)
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
by Duncan Tonatiuh
In 1944, Sylvia Mendez’s Mexican American family had recently moved. She and her siblings were not allowed to go to the public school nearest their farm and were instead told they had to attend the Mexican school, which was farther away and had fewer resources. Sylvia’s father found other families willing to join him in suing the school district, whose only explanation had been, “That is how it is done.” During the trial, Sylvia and her family sat through infuriating testimony in which school district officials blatantly claimed that Mexican children were inferior to white children — in their personal habits, their social abilities, and their intelligence. Author/illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh quotes from the trial as part of this narrative that is grounded in both facts and the emotional experience of young Sylvia. The ample end matter includes a lengthy author’s note with additional information and photographs of Sylvia then and now. A glossary, bibliography, and index round out this distinctively illustrated picture book account of the events surrounding the court case that desegregated California schools seven years before Brown v. Board of Education . (Ages 6–10)
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