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]
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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]
Register for ACL Institute on Community Connections
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]
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]