Infopeople recently held a free webinar on Early Literacy Programming in the Digital Age, presented by Cen Campbell and Genesis Hansen. Covering both research on interactive screen use by preschoolers with practical ideas for library [continue reading]
News
New Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt
The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce that poet Kenn Nesbitt will serve as the next Children’s Poet Laureate: Consultant in Children’s Poetry to the Poetry Foundation. In awarding the $25,000 cash prize and two-year [continue reading]
Activity Books for the Library
Angleberger, Tom. Art2-D2’s Guide to Folding and Doodling: 75+ Things to Fold, Draw, and Do! Amulet, 2013, 163p., $12.95, ISBN 978-1-4197-0534-2. Because the “Origami Yoda” novels are so popular, you may already have tweens requesting [continue reading]
Sendak Exhibit at SF Disney Family Museum
Fans of children’s author Maurice Sendak will want to check out the special exhibit, “Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons,” that is running May 23 – July 7, 2013 at the Disney Family [continue reading]
LEGO Summer Reading Lists Available from ALSC
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has teamed up with LEGO® DUPLO® to expand the Read! Build! Play initiative by creating the LEGO® DUPLO® Read! [continue reading]
Monterey Library Wins Award for “Reading Rockets”
Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library, CA, has been awarded the Public Library Association’s (PLA) Innovations in Literacy Award for its “Reading Rockets” youth literacy program. The library is one of only eight public libraries in the [continue reading]
Edgar Awards, “Briefings,” and ACL Pinterest Page
The Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of its 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, and television, in celebration of the 204th anniversary of Poe’s birth: BEST [continue reading]
Obituaries and Awards
Author Fred McKissack Dies at age 73: Award-winning author Fred McKissack died of heart failure on April 28, 2013; he was 73 years of age. Co-writing with wife and partner Patricia, the McKissacks created more [continue reading]