This week’s stories were : If you ever want to take a piano to the beach, don’t by Elise Parsley; Smug Seagull by Maddie Frost; The Stone Bird by Jenny McCartney; and Saffron Ice Cream by Rashin Kheiriyeh.

Our 2021-2022 Picture Books for Older Readers are : Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome; The Skydiving Beavers by Susan Wood; and Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson.

This week was for the 2021-2022 California Young Reader Nominees in the primary grades category. These books include All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, Drawn Together by Minh Le, Dreamers by Yuyi Morales, Hair Love by Matthew Cherry, and Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o.

Our stories today were Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle; On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne; and I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott.

Today’s stories were 1) The Boy Who Grew A Forest : The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz, illustrated by Kayla Harren ; 2) The Brilliant Deep : Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs by Kate Messner, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe ; and 3) A Little Spot of Kindness, written and illustrated by Diane Alber. We also listed to two poems from Joyful Noise : Poems for Two Voices by Sid Fleischman.

Listen to recordings of today’s stories : The Water Walker by Joanne Robertson, Creekfinding by Jacqueline Brooks Martin, and Tree by Britta Teckentrup