ACL Institute – Community Connections: Join us for the annual ACL Institute, this year focusing on building library partnerships. The event will be held on Friday, April 14, 2017, 8:30-4:30, at San Francisco Main Library. [continue reading]
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Storytelling Class at Diablo Valley College
New Storytelling Class at Diablo Valley College: An introduction to storytelling class will be offered at Diablo Valley College (Pleasant Hill, CA) beginning on Feb. 28, 2017 and run until May 23, 2017, Tuesdays from [continue reading]
American Library Association Honors Ruth Gordon
At the American Library Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting in Atlanta, GA, the late Ruth Gordon was honored with a memorial resolution. Gordon was a longtime member of ACL (the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California), [continue reading]
Newbery, Caldecott, and other Youth Media Awards Announced
Press release from the Association of Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association: American Library Association announces 2017 youth media award winners ATLANTA- The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the [continue reading]
San Francisco Public Library Lauded for Diverse Books Efforts
Congratulations to Meredith Steiner, featured in the photo and article in the San Francisco Chronicle, for the efforts to include more diverse books in programming and in the collection of the San Francisco Public Library. [continue reading]
YA Novelist Convention to be Held in Millbrae
Young Adult Novelist Convention: Young Adult novelists Neal Shusterman, Andrew Smith, and Mariko Tamaki headline the Second Annual YANovCon on Saturday, January 28, 2017, 1-5pm, at the Millbrae Library, 1 Library Ave., Millbrae, CA 94030. [continue reading]
New York Times Best Illustrated Books
New York Times Names Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2016: Since 1952, the New York Times has named an annual list of the best illustrated children’s books, relying solely on artistic merit. This year’s judges [continue reading]
Author Natalie Babbitt Dies
Author Natalie Babbitt Dies: Natalie Babbitt died on Oct. 31, 2016 at age 84 from lung cancer. Her many notable novels for children include Tuck Everlasting, originally published in 1975 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [continue reading]