Bay Area Storytelling Festival: The annual Bay Area Storytelling Festival is scheduled for May 17-19, 2013, and will be held at the Craneway Pavilion Conference Center in Richmond, CA. “Stories Build Bridges” is this year’s [continue reading]
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Register Now for the ACL Institute – “We’re History” to be held April 12, 2013: Register now for the 2013 ACL Institute, which focuses on local history by finding and sharing the voices and stories [continue reading]
ACL Meeting Reminder, McCoy Named Leader, SCBWI Awards
ACL Meeting Friday, March 8, 9am-1pm, Oakland Main Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, and a presentation on [continue reading]
Women’s History Blog, Otfried Preussler Dies
KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month 2013 The popular, nonprofit, and educational Women’s History Month website returns in March. Now in its third consecutive year, the blog, KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month founded by librarians, Margo Tanenbaum of [continue reading]
New ALSC Forum on E-books and Children
The ALSC Board of Directors and ALSC President Carolyn Brodie will be hosting two ALSC Community Forum live chats on the topic of eBooks and children’s services. In addition to the 45 minutes of discussion, [continue reading]
International Reading – Books from other countries
Minwalla, Shabnam. The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street. Hachette India, 2013. 112p. E-book $12.49. ASIN B00B86G8DI. English. As this book is only available thru Hachette India, ACL cannot put it in our regular reviews. It [continue reading]
Meeting Reminder, Diane Wolkstein Dies, Gryphon Award, Arne Nixon Center News
Meeting Reminder – Friday, February 8, 2013, 9am-1pm at Oakland Main Library Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, [continue reading]
Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards
The latest issue of the California Library Association youth services interest group’s “Briefings” Newsletter is now available: http://www.cla-net.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=261 . Author/Illustrator Jan Ormerod Dies, Age 67: Australian-born author and illustrator Jan Ormerod died in Cambridge, England, on January [continue reading]