Lynden Public Library wins 2012 Mora Award REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, is pleased to announce that Lynden Public Library of the Whatcom County [continue reading]
News
Meeting reminder and two recent articles worth a look
Just a quick reminder about the ACL meeting this Friday, October 12, 2012, 9am-1pm at the Oakland Main Library: http://www.bayviews.org/calendar.html . Along with reviewing and our regular business, we will be discussing Distinguished Books for 2012. [continue reading]
Webinar News
Missed the Infopeople Webinar “What’s New for Storytimes” and want to catch what was discussed? Just view the archive of the webinar, obtain the handouts, and read the chat, all available here: http://infopeople.org/training/whats-new-storytimes . Nearly 500 [continue reading]
Three Upcoming Author Events
The San Francisco Public Library presents “An Evening with Lois Lowry” on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 6pm at the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St.. Lowry is a two-time Newbery [continue reading]
Free Webinar on Storytime
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]
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]