Author Eloise Greenfield Dies: Author and poet Eloise Greenfield has died at age 92. She wrote more than 40 children’s books, including Honey, I Love in 1978.In 2018, she received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton [continue reading]
August 2021
ACL Meeting this Friday, Aug. 13, 10am
ACL Meeting Friday, August 13, 2021: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, August 13, 2021, from 10am-Noon over Zoom. We have completed our [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – July 2021
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous month’s meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List. Members can see full reviews of these books and many [continue reading]
Amber & Clay Review
Schlitz, Laura Amy. Amber & Clay. Julia Iredale, Illus. Fiction. Candlewick, 03/2021. 544pp. $29.99. 978-1-5362-0122-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-9. Red-haired Rhaskos, a “slave boy” and artist (“as common as clay”), and brown-skinned Melisto, a high born [continue reading]
Gene Leun Yang Wins Eisner Awards
Gene Leun Yang Wins Three Eisner Awards: Bay Area graphic novelist Geen Leun Yang was awarded three Eisner Awards in late July 2021. He received two for SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN (Best Publication for Kids [continue reading]