ACL Meeting Friday, October 11, 2019: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
They Called Us Enemy Review
Takai, George, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott. They Called Us Enemy. Harmony Becker, Illus. Graphic. Top Shelf, 07/2019. 204[+4]pp. PB $19.99. 978-1-60309-450-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-ADULT. Actor George Takai, best known as Star Trek’s Sulu, leads [continue reading]
Out of the Ordinary
Marcus, Leonard S. Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration. Candlewick, 04/2019. 288p. $40. 978-0-7636-9258-2. Children’s book author and illustrator Helen Oxenbury is celebrated in this lush coffee table book, filled with personal photographs and [continue reading]
“Born Criminal” Author Angelica Carpenter to Speak
Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Feminist Author to Speak at SFPL: Author Angelica Shirley Carpenter discusses Matilda Joslyn Gage. For the first fifty years of the women’s rights movement, Gage was a well-known leader, [continue reading]
CBC DIVERSITY AWARDS
Children’s Book Council Names Diversity Award Winners: The CBC Diversity Outstanding Achievement Awards were announced on Sept. 25, 2019; this is the second year for these awards. The award honors children’s book publishing professionals; this [continue reading]
Caldecott Medalist Mordicai Gerstein Dies
Caldecott Medalist Mordicai Gerstein Dies: Author/illustrator Mordicai Gerstein died on Sept. 24, 2019. He wrote and illustrated all types of children’s books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2003). [continue reading]
Downstairs Girl Review
Lee, Stacey. Downstairs Girl, The. Fiction. Putnam, 08/2019. 384pp. $17.99. 978-1-5247-4095-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. In 1890 Atlanta, Jo Kuan, a 17-year-old Chinese American girl, has just lost her job with a milliner for being a [continue reading]
ACL MINI-GRANT REPORT – DALY CITY
Fur, Tails, and Scales at the Westlake Library The Daly City Public Library was honored to be a recipient of the 2019 ACL mini-grant! On August 16th we were very excited to bring Fur, Tails, [continue reading]