Young Adult Library Advocate Michael Cart Dies: Michael Cart, author of Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism, Fourth Edition, ALA, 2022, has died. His long career as a librarian includes 15 years as Director [continue reading]
ACL Zoom Meeting Friday, March 14, 2025
ACL Meeting Friday, March 14, 2025: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, March 14, 2025, from 9:00am-Noon, over Zoom. The Zoom link will [continue reading]
ACL Institute Tickets Available
Tickets for ACL’s Institute, We Got the Beat: Music and Movement in Storytime, are now available! You can purchase tickets here or apply for a scholarship here. Tickets at $55 for ACL members, $65 for non-members, and $25 for [continue reading]
Golden Poppy Awards Announced
Golden Poppy Awards Announced: The California Independent Booksellers announced the winners for the 2024 Golden Poppy Awards. Recipients for books for young people are: Picture book: The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals by Deborah Underwood, [continue reading]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Read-Alikes – Revised
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Revised by Jeff Kinney Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. Brallier, Max. Last Kids on Earth. Eliopoulos, Christopher. Cosmic Commandos. Freeman, Martha. Goldilocks, Go Home! Grabenstein, [continue reading]
Dog Man Read-Alikes – Revised
Dog Man – Revised by Dav Pilkey Angleberger, Tom. Two-Headed Chicken. Banks, Steven. Middle School Bites. Barnett, Mac. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza. Benton, Jim. Clyde. Brown, Jeffrey. Lucy & Andy Neanderthal. [continue reading]
Caldecott Medalist Uri Shulevitz Dies
Caldecott Medalist Uri Shulevitz Dies: Illustrator Uri Shulevitz has died at age 89. Originally from Poland, he lived in Israel and later moved to the U.S. to attend the Brooklyn Museum Art School. In 1968, [continue reading]
ACL Helfeld Fellowship Now Taking Applications
Hi, Northern CA MLIS Students, If you are passionate about Children’s literature or are interested in youth librarianship we have just the right fellowship for you! If you are an MLIS student, recent graduate, or early career [continue reading]