Please let your staff and colleagues know about this FREE event! Title: What’s New for Storytimes Presenter: Penny Peck Format: Webinar Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Start Time: 12 Noon Pacific 1PM Mountain 2PM Central [continue reading]
News
NPR’s Best Teen Books List
Thought this story from NPR might be of interest to readers. http://www.npr.org/2012/08/07/157795366/your-favorites-100-best-ever-teen-novels and http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/09/10/160768675/when-a-popular-list-of-100-best-ever-teen-books-is-the-whitest-ever Submitted by Helen Block
Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award
The 2013 Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award winners are Jan Greenburg & Sandra Jordan Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, Orbis Pictus Award winner and Sibert Honor title (both nonfiction honors); Action Jackson, Sibert Honor title [continue reading]
PEN Awards Announced
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship ($5,000): To an author of children’s or young-adult fiction, who has published at least two books, to complete a book-length work-in-progress. Judges: Daniel Handler, Lyn Miller-Lachman, and Neal Shusterman. WINNER: [continue reading]
Nina Bawden Obituary, Dav Pilkey Interview
Author Nina Bawden dies aged 87: Author Nina Bawden, who wrote the novel Carrie’s War as well as more than 40 other books for children and adults, has died aged 87. Published in 1973, Carrie’s [continue reading]
Obituaries and News
Remy Charlip Dies at Age 83: Remy Charlip died at the age of 83 in his longtime San Francisco home. He was the author and illustrator of several picture books, including Fortunately ((1964), Sleepytime Rhyme [continue reading]
YALSA Literature Symposium
“YALSA 2012 Young Adult Literature Symposium – The Future of Young Adult Literature: Hit Me With the Next Big Thing.” Join YALSA in historic St. Louis, MO, November 2-4, 2012, as we explore what the [continue reading]
Kathleen Odean’s New Blog, and Jean Merrill’s Obituary
Longtime ACLers will be particularly happy to know about former member Kathleen Odean’s new nonfiction blog, available at http://www.greatcommoncorenonfiction.com/ For newer members, Kathleen is the author of 4 guides to children’s books: Great Books for [continue reading]