Marissa Moss Finishes “Amelia’s Notebook” Series: Marissa Moss announced that she will conclude the popular tween fictional journal series featuring Amelia, who has appeared in books over the past 20 years, which have sold more [continue reading]
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ALSC Preconference, Ellen Conford Dies, Waterstones Prize, Webinar on YA Books
ALSC PRECONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO: The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the ALSC Awards Preconference Pilot Program Task Force announced the theme and speakers [continue reading]
Chris Raschka Event, Review of the Week
Chris Raschka To Speak at San Francisco Main Library: Two-time Caldecott Award winner Chris Raschka will give the 19th annual Effie Lee Morris Lecture at the San Francisco Main Library on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, [continue reading]
Nina Lindsay’s Article in SLJ, Author Mal Peet Dies
Nina Lindsay’s Article in School Library Journal Addresses Diversity: Nina Lindsay of the Oakland Public Library (and longtime ACL member) has written a thoughtful article on the recent children’s book award winners and diversity for [continue reading]
KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month
Check out the fifth annual KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month! Visit the blog Kidlit Women’s History Month (http://kidlitwhm.blogspot.com/2015/03/bring-new-childrens-books-to-life-with.html ), which “seeks to inspire, to collaborate, to call attention to new books featuring women in history, [continue reading]
New BayNews, Workshop on Serving Children and Teens, New Seuss, Children’s Choice Finalists
New ACL BayNews Posted: The February 2015 BayNews (the newsletter for the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California) is now available on our website: http://www.bayviews.org . You will find reviews of new pop-up books, [continue reading]
NCTE Huck Award, Margaret Bloy Graham, Meal Program Workshop
Rain Reign Named Charlotte Huck Award Winner: Rain Reign by Ann M Martin, (Feiwel, 2014) was named the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Fiction recipient. For more information, see: www.ncte.org/awards/charlotte-huck . Illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham [continue reading]
Spanish Language Bookfair, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015
Spanish Language Bookfair: Friday, February 13, 2015 is the date for the Spanish Language Bookfair cosponsored by the Daly City Public Library and Bibliotecas Para La Gente (BPLG), the Northern California chapter of REFORMA. The [continue reading]