Amy Martin of Oakland Public Offers Ideas on Reviewing Books on Police in School Library Journal: Due to nationwide incidents of police violence against communities of color, Amy Martin led a team at Oakland Public [continue reading]
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Great Summer Reading Lists from Mary Ann Scheuer
Mary Ann Scheuer wanted to share the summer reading suggestions that she has made. These include the reading levels that many school districts use (Fountas & Pinnell). While she used these levels as a guide, [continue reading]
Author Russell Freedman Dies
Newbery Medal Winner Russell Freedman Dies: Russell Freedman, author of many biographies and nonfiction books for tweens and winner of the 1988 Newbery Medal for Abraham Lincoln: a Photobiography, died at age 88 on March [continue reading]
ACL Institute Focuses on Gender Diversity
SAVE THE DATE! ** Friday, April 13, 2018 ** San Francisco Public Main Library The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) will host their annual Institute at the San Francisco Main Public Library [continue reading]
Sullivan Award Nominees Sought
Attention to the following announcement: >>>Nominations are being accepted for the Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children, an annual award consisting of a commemorative gift and a 24k gold framed citation. The citation [continue reading]
Black Comix Festival Jan. 13-15, Young Adult Convention Jan. 27
This weekend, January 13th-15th, San Francisco Public Library and the MLK Community Foundation are collaborating to host the Black Comix Arts Festival. There will be three days of talks from comic creators, workshops for those [continue reading]
Jacqueline Woodson Named Literature Ambassador
Jacqueline Woodson Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature: Jacqueline Woodson has been named the 6th National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. She takes over for the previous Ambassador, Gene [continue reading]
Evaluating Books about Police from Oakland PL
Evaluating Books about Police: Colleagues at the Oakland Public Library (CA) have developed Evaluating Children’s Books About Police: a toolkit for librarians and other evaluators of children’s literature to help library selectors evaluate books for [continue reading]