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January 2023

ALA/ALSC Announce Youth Media Awards

ALA/ALSC Announce Youth Media Awards American Library Association announces 2023 Youth Media Award winners NEW ORLEANS – The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children [continue reading]

Published on Jan 30, 2023
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Updates

Free YA Novelists’ Convention

Young Adult Novelist Convention (YANovCon) 2023 Author Bill Konigsberg. The Peninsula Libraries’ 8 th annual Young Adult Novelists’ Convention (YANovCon) will take place Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Burlingame Community Center, opens a new [continue reading]

Published on Jan 30, 2023
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Professional Development, Updates

Review

Woman Who Split the Atom Review

Moss, Marissa. Woman Who Split the Atom, The: The Life of Lise Meitner. Harry N. Abrams, 04/2022. 264pp. Biography. Grades 6-10. $19.99. 978-1-4197-5853-9. Outstanding. Moss crafts an engrossing biography of Lise Meitner, a Jewish Austrian nuclear physicist, exploring the [continue reading]

Published on Jan 27, 2023
Posted by: Jenny Andrus
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Last Mapmaker Read-Alikes

Read-alikes for The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat Ahmed, Samira. Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds. Avi. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle.  Barnhill, Kelly. The Ogress and the Orphans.  Connor, Leslie. [continue reading]

Published on Jan 25, 2023
Posted by: pennypeck

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You Only Live Once, David Bravo Read-Alikes

Read-alikes for You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro    Brown, Roseanne A. Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting. Calonita, Jen. The Retake.  Gemeinhart, Dan. The Midnight Children. Hernandez, Carlos. Sal and Gabi [continue reading]

Published on Jan 25, 2023
Posted by: pennypeck

Meg Medina Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

Meg Medina Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature:  Newbery Medal-winning author Meg Medina was named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2023-24 by the Library of Congress. She is the first Cuban-American to [continue reading]

Published on Jan 25, 2023
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Updates

2023 Mini-Grant Applications Now Available

ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN’S LIBRARIANS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MINI-GRANT APPLICATION FOR LIBRARY PROGRAMMING – 2023             The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California are pleased to announce our next round of Mini-grants for library programming, [continue reading]

Published on Jan 22, 2023
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas, Updates

Review

Peace Is a Chain Reaction Review

Stone, Tanya Lee. Peace is a Chain Reaction: How World War II Japanese Balloon Bombs Brought People of Two Nations Together. Candlewick, 09/2022. 165pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 5 – 10. OUTSTANDING. Trade $24.99. 978-0-7636-7686-5. With a [continue reading]

Published on Jan 21, 2023
Posted by: pennypeck
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