Free Webinar on “What’s New in Children’s Literature” presented by Infopeople: On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Penny Peck will lead a free one hour webinar on new books for children ages 0-12. The webinar begins [continue reading]
ALSC Institute Needs Volunteers, Kate Duke Obituary, ALSC Booklists, Free Michael Cart Webinar
ALSC INSTITUTE Local Arrangement Volunteers Needed: Are you planning on attending the ALSC Institute in Oakland, CA Sept. 17-20, 2014? If so, we invite you to be part of our Local Arrangements team, helping as [continue reading]
ACL’s Sherry Kumler Retires
Sherry Kumler, treasurer for the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California, has retired after serving our organization for nearly 40 years. She will still be attending meetings, but the treasurer’s duties have been passed [continue reading]
Children’s Book Week, Common Core Blog, Reading Among Youth on Decline
Children’s Book Week’s 95th Anniversary: Check out this link for information on Children’s Book Week, May 12-18, 2014, which is celebrating its 95th year! www.bookweekonline.com/?utm_source=Happy+CBW+2014&utm_campaign=Happy+CBW+2014&utm_medium=email More on Common Core and Children’s Books: MaryAnn Scheuer invites [continue reading]
Farley Mowat Dies, Jane Addams Awards
Author Farley Mowat Dies Canadian author Farley Mowat has died at age 92. He wrote for adults and children, with many of his books focusing on the environment. His memoir Never Cry Wolf (1963) was [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Friday, May 9, Helfeld Fellowships, Edgar Awards
ACL Meeting Friday, May 9, 2014: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 9, 2014, from 9am-1pm at the Oakland Main Library (www.oaklandlibrary.org/locations/main-library). [continue reading]
We Need Diverse Books, Webinar on What’s New In Children’s Books
We Need Diverse Books: Have you checked out the new campaign “We Need Diverse Books,” advocating for more multicultural books and books representing the LGBT community, and those with special needs? One of the best [continue reading]
Anna Was Here Read-Alikes
Anna Was Here by Jane Kurtz – tween fiction with a Christian focus Tween fiction with a Christian focus Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. Batson, Wayne Thomas and Christopher Hopper. “The Berinfell Prophecies” [continue reading]