National Book Award Finalists Announced: Ten books were named to the Longlist for the 2015 National Book Award, Young People’s Literature category: www.nationalbook.org/nba2015_ypl_ll.html#.VfcSB5csDsb . Among them are Steve Sheinkin’s Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the [continue reading]
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ACL Meeting, Kids Comics Awards Announced
ACL Meeting Friday, July 10, 2015: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, July 10, 2015, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. Our [continue reading]
Riddell and Herrera Named Laureates, Summer Reading Lists, All of a Kind Family Blog Post
Chris Riddell Named U.K. Children’s Laureate: Author and illustrator Chris Riddell has been named the Children’s Laureate in the United Kingom, succeeding Quentin Blake and Anthony Browne. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/67058-chris-riddell-named-u-k-children-s-laureate.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=8b6ec2f050-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-8b6ec2f050-304449365 Berkeley School Libraries Offer Summer Reading Suggestions: [continue reading]
Tim Federle Receives Lambda Literary Award for Five, Six, Seven, Nate!
2015 Lambda Literary Awards Announced: Tim Federle received the 2015 Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Children’s/Young Adult, for Five, Six, Seven, Nate! (Simon & Schuster, 2014), announced on June 1 in New [continue reading]
Final “Amelia” book from Marissa Moss, Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced
Marissa Moss Finishes “Amelia’s Notebook” Series: Marissa Moss announced that she will conclude the popular tween fictional journal series featuring Amelia, who has appeared in books over the past 20 years, which have sold more [continue reading]
ACL Members Elected, Jane Addams Awards, New BayNews Posted
Congratulations to our members who were elected to ALA offices! The following members of the Association of Children’s Librarians (of Northern California) were recently elected to ALA Office or Committees! Help us congratulate them! *Pat [continue reading]
Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Awards
The Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Awards Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 12th biennial Awards. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at the White Plains [continue reading]
Beatty Award, Bookmobile Day, ACL Fellowships, ALSC Booklists
Katherine Roy Named 2015 Beatty Winner: Katherine Roy has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award, for her book Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting With the Great Whites [continue reading]