Continuing our announcement of book awards given by the American Library Association: Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: Midwinterblood, written by Marcus Sedgwick, is the 2014 Printz Award winner. The [continue reading]
Awards
Newbery, Caldecott, and Other Youth Media Awards Announced at ALA
Newbery, Caldecott, and Other Youth Media Awards Announced at ALA From the press release from the American Library Association: “The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children [continue reading]
Newbery and Caldecott Awards Announced
Kate DiCamillo will receive the Newbery Medal for Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (Candlewick, 2013), and Brian Floca will receive the Caldecott Medal for Locomotive (Atheneum, 2013). These and other children’s and young adult [continue reading]
Spanish Book Fair, Sydney Taylor Awards, Charlotte Zolotow Award
Bibliotecas Para La Gente is sponsoring the 2014 Spanish Book Fair on Friday, February 14, 2014 from 9am to 4pm at the San Leandro Public Library, 300 Estudillo Ave., San Leandro, CA. Spanish language books, [continue reading]
Jewish Book Award Winners Announced
Jewish Book Award Winners Announced The 63rd annual Jewish Book Awards were announced on Jan. 15, 2014. These awards are given by the Jewish Book Council, in 17 categories. In the Children’s and YA category, [continue reading]
Kadohata wins Nat’l Book Award, Lobel Exhibit at SF Jewish Museum, Arab American Book Award
Kadohata Wins National Book Award Cynthia Kadohata won the National Book Award, Young People’s Literature category, for her novel The Thing About Luck (Atheneum, 2013). A story of a young girl and her brother who [continue reading]
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]
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]