Northward, Ho! San Francisco BookPALS pioneer Jeff Redlick brings the joy of reading to kids in rural Cotati, California
We are so fortunate to have SF BookPAL and SAG-AFTRA member Jeff Redlick as a member of our team! Aside from winning the award for most tenacious BookPAL (it took us nearly 10 months to get our foot in the door in this rural community), Jeff Redlick also wins the award for most read alouds done within a few hundred feet of cows, sheep, and horses. Though, of course, the animals don’t appreciate him nearly as much as the children he visits on a weekly basis at Thomas Page Elementary School. On April 16, I got the opportunity to sit in on Jeff’s read aloud with Ms. Zacks’s K/1 classroom. He...
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The happy holiday of Purim is fast approaching and April Fool’s Day is just around the corner. With those in mind, it’s time for a plethora of playful books, providing loads of laughter and merriment in the mix! The following list, in no particular order, offers something for everyone. At the top of it is one of my all-time faves: Aardema, Verna – Traveling to Tondo (A Tale of the Nkundo of Zaire) The civet cat is getting married, but will he and his friends the pigeon, the python and the tortoise ever get to Tondo in time for the wedding? Also by Aardema, Why...
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