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Awards

New York Times, Canadian Children’s book awards announced

New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Children’s Books The New York Times Book Review announced its annual 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books on October 30, 2013. The list has been published since 1952, curated every [continue reading]

Published on Nov 1, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Canadian Children's Books, New York Times Best Illustrated Books

Storytime Outreach, National Book Awards, CLA Food Drive, New BayNews Posted

Bringing Storytime to the Long Wait for Social Services Check out this great story on the Oakland Public Library’s children’s librarians offering storytime at social service agencies, such as Eastmont Town Center: http://kalw.org/post/bringing-storytime-long-wait-social-services. Congratulations to [continue reading]

Published on Sep 20, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: BayNews, CLA, National Book Award, Storytime Outreach

U.K.’s Carnegie and Greenaway Medals Announced

The winners of the 2013 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced on June 19, 2013, at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London. The U.K.’s most prestigious prizes for children’s books [continue reading]

Published on Jun 21, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Carnegie Medal, Kate Greenaway Medal, Levi Pinfold, Sally Gardner

Monterey Library Wins Award for “Reading Rockets”

Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library, CA, has been awarded the Public Library Association’s (PLA) Innovations in Literacy Award for its “Reading Rockets” youth literacy program. The library is one of only eight public libraries in the [continue reading]

Published on May 17, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Monterey Public Library, Reading Rockets

Edgar Awards, “Briefings,” and ACL Pinterest Page

The Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of its 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television, in celebration of the 204th anniversary of Poe’s birth: BEST [continue reading]

Published on May 10, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Message from ACL, News
Tags: CLA Briefings, Edgar Awards, Pinterest

Obituaries and Awards

Author Fred McKissack Dies at age 73:  Award-winning author Fred McKissack died of heart failure on April 28, 2013; he was 73 years of age. Co-writing with wife and partner Patricia, the McKissacks created more [continue reading]

Published on May 3, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News, Obituary
Tags: Fred McKissack, Gregory Rogers, Kate DiCamillo

2013 Beatty Award Goes to The Camping Trip That Changed America

The 2013 Beatty Award will be given to Barb Rosenstock for The Camping Trip That Changed America (Dial, 2012), illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein. This nonfiction picture book details the camping trip of naturalist John Muir and President [continue reading]

Published on Apr 19, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Barb Rosenstock, Beatty Award, California Library Association, Mordecai Gerstein, The Camping Trip That Changed America

Eve Bunting to Speak at SFPL, Misenta Wins Lindgren Award

Eve Bunting to Speak at San Francisco Public Library, April 30th, 6pm:  Multi-award-winning author Eve Bunting, who has written more than 200 books for preschoolers, school-age children, and young adults, will be the San Francisco [continue reading]

Published on Apr 5, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Eve Bunting, Marisol Misenta
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