The Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Awards Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 13th biennial awards. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 9:30 am at [continue reading]
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Free Webinar on YA Lit with Michael Cart
Wednesday May 10 @Noon Pacific What’s New in Young Adult Literature – 2017 Presented by Michael Cart Register with Infopeople at: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=677 Join nationally knows author and editor Michael Cart in his yearly review of [continue reading]
Free Workshop at Oakland Library on Difficult Conversations with Kids
Free Workshop: Tough Stuff: Exploring Difficult Conversations with Kids How do we help children process and understand the current political and cultural climate? What skills do we need when approaching difficult conversations with young people? [continue reading]
Turn the Page! Event at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland on May 6, 2017
Turn the Page! Event at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland on May 6, 2017 The second annual Turn the Page! event, celebrating children’s book authors and illustrators, will be held on Sat., May 6, 2017 at [continue reading]
2017 Beatty Award Recipient: Firoozeh Dumas for It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
2017 Beatty Award Recipient: Firoozeh Dumas for It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel California Library Association: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas and published by Clarion Books has been selected as the 2017 recipient [continue reading]
The 2017 Dorothy Helfeld Fellowship application period is OPEN!
The 2017 Dorothy Helfeld Fellowship application period is OPEN! Fellowship announcement Fellowship application Applications are due May 28, 2017 Children’s Librarianship – Is it for you? The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) [continue reading]
Two Free Infopeople Webinars on Children’s Books
Two upcoming Free Infopeople Webinars on Children’s books: Thursday March 23 @Noon Pacific What’s New in Children’s Literature – 2017 <https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=651> Presented by Penny Peck Join children’s librarian and author Penny Peck in her yearly [continue reading]
Kwame Alexander at San Francisco Library on Sunday, Feb. 19th
Meet Kwame Alexander at the Library! Winner of the 2015 John Newbery Award for most distinguished book for children, New York Times bestselling author, poet and educator, Kwame Alexander will share excerpts from The Playbook, [continue reading]