Librarian and Instagram star Mychal Threets visited our ACL meeting on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 to talk about his experiences spreading Library Joy. Thanks so much to Angela Moffett for arranging for Mychal’s visit, and to Mychal [continue reading]
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Author Interview: Lea Lyon
Lea Lyon is a Bay Area author with a new book out – The Double V Campaign: African Americans Fighting for Freedom at Home and Abroad. Rowman & Littlefield, Feb. 20, 2024, 176p., $28, ISBN [continue reading]
Hicklebee’s Children’s Bookstore Has a New Owner
Hicklebee’s Children’s Bookstore Has A New Owner: San Jose’s popular bookstore Hicklebee’s has a new owner: Laura Gahrahmat. Founded in 1979 by Valerie Lewis and Monica Holmes, it was sold to Gahrahmat, although Lewis and [continue reading]
“Story and Pictures By” at the Vogue Theater
SF Film Fest screening of Story and Pictures By at the Vogue Theater in SF, 10 a.m. on Sunday, 11/5/23. Christian Robinson expected to attend!!! “Story & Pictures By presents the history of children’s literature and how it [continue reading]
Welcome Our New Helfeld Scholars
Welcome Our New Helfeld Scholars Audrie Adams: I’m a former elementary school teacher with about ten years of experience, now transitioning into a new chapter! I recently completed a summer internship at San Bruno Public [continue reading]
National Book Awards Announces 2023 Longlist
National Book Awards Announces 2023 Longlist for Young People’s Literature Category: Announced: 10 Contenders for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature | School Library Journal (slj.com)
Resources on Challenges to Comics and Graphic Novels
Resources on Challenges to Comics and Graphic Novels: ACL member Carla Riemer recently gave some tips on dealing with book challenges to comics and graphic novels. She is a member of the American Library Association’s [continue reading]
Story Time From Space
Story Time From Space: Author Deborah Lee Rose let ACL know that her recent book Astronauts Zoom! (Persnickety Press, 2021) was part of Story Time From Space. This is a project from the Global Space [continue reading]