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]
Awards
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]
Register Now for the ACL Institute – “We’re History” to be held April 12, 2013: Register now for the 2013 ACL Institute, which focuses on local history by finding and sharing the voices and stories [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Reminder, McCoy Named Leader, SCBWI Awards
ACL Meeting Friday, March 8, 9am-1pm, Oakland Main Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, and a presentation on [continue reading]
Cybil Awards Announced
Cybil Awards Announced: The Children’s and Young Adult Blogger Literary Awards were announced on February 14, 2013: http://www.cybils.com/2013/02/the-2012-cybils-awards.html . Among the winners are A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead, Mrs. Harkness and the Panda [continue reading]
Meeting Reminder, Diane Wolkstein Dies, Gryphon Award, Arne Nixon Center News
Meeting Reminder – Friday, February 8, 2013, 9am-1pm at Oakland Main Library Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, [continue reading]
Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards
The latest issue of the California Library Association youth services interest group’s “Briefings” Newsletter is now available: http://www.cla-net.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=261 . Author/Illustrator Jan Ormerod Dies, Age 67: Australian-born author and illustrator Jan Ormerod died in Cambridge, England, on January [continue reading]
ALA/ALSC Youth Media Awards Announced
At the American Library Association’s Midwinter meeting held on January 28, 2013 in Seattle, several book and media awards were announced. These included: Newbery Medal: Katherine Applegate for The One and Only Ivan (HarperCollins) Caldecott [continue reading]