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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]
Children’s Fairyland Seeks Volunteers
Children’s Fairyland in Oakland Seeks Volunteer Storytime Presenters: Children’s Fairyland, the landmark children’s park, seeks volunteers to present storytimes. The mandatory training by Angela Moffett will be held on Sept. 22 and 23, 2023. Check [continue reading]
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Volunteers Needed to Post Reviews to ACL’s Website: Once our reviews are written, we need members who can volunteer to post them to our blog: ACL Reviews (bayviews.org). It takes about five minutes to post [continue reading]
Meet Local Author Crystel Patterson
Crystel Patterson is a Sacramento-based children’s author who focuses on positive narratives of Black people. The UC Berkeley graduate and mother of two has published four picture books in the “Inspired to Be” series, and [continue reading]
San Ramon Valley School Board Hears Complaints on Library Books
San Ramon Valley School Board Hears Complaints on Library Books: LGBTQ students feel threatened over challenges to books with that content. See the full story here: One for the books: Loud turnout as SRVUSD board [continue reading]
Free YA Novelists’ Convention
Young Adult Novelist Convention (YANovCon) 2023 Author Bill Konigsberg. The Peninsula Libraries’ 8 th annual Young Adult Novelists’ Convention (YANovCon) will take place Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Burlingame Community Center, opens a new [continue reading]