National Book Awards Names Longlist for Young People’s Literature: The ten authors up for the National Book Award in the Young People’s category are: Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson for The Undefeated, Laurie Halse Anderson [continue reading]
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Author Brendan Wenzel Coming to Mill Valley PL
Brendan Wenzel is coming to the Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., on Thursday, October 3, 2019. Everyone’s invited, and info is on the Mill Valley Public Library website: www.millvalleylibrary.org/events/cals.htm. He’s doing it as part [continue reading]
Renee Watson to Speak at SFPL on Sept. 5th
Have you heard Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor winning author Renee Watson will be the speaker at this year’s Effie Lee Morris Lecture? It’s coming up quickly — next Thursday, September 5 at [continue reading]
Chuck Ashton Named to Hall of Fame
The California Library Association recently announced this year’s inductees into the California Library Hall of Fame. They include ACL member Chuck Ashton (1948-2019)! Chuck was Youth Serices manager at Redwood City Public Library, served on [continue reading]
“Poet X” Jacket Art Controversay
Poet X Jacket Art Controversy: There has been an accusation that the cover art forElizabeth Acevedo’s award-winning young adult novel Poet X was plagiarized (not by Acevedo but by someone at the publishing house). Photographer [continue reading]
Mo Willems’ Knuffle Bunny Featured in Sculpture at Library
Knuffle Bunny Sculpture: Mo Willems’ Caldecott Honor book Knuffle Bunny has been honored with a sculpture in the garden at the Brooklyn (NY) Public Library, Park Slope branch. Willems was in attendance and read the [continue reading]
Second Call: ACL Mini-grants Available – Applications due Feb. 15, 2019
New ACL Mini-Grants Available to Members Grants ($500 maximum) are available for library programs that are not part of the regular budget, including (but not limited to) author or illustrator guest speakers, professional performances for [continue reading]
ACL Institute Registration Open: “We Are Here: Creating Better Library Services for Immigrant Youth and Families”
ACL INSTITUTE REGISTRATION OPEN: We Are Here: Creating Better Library Services for Immigrant Youth and Families” is the title of the 2019 ACL Institute. Join us for a day of inspiration, exploration, networking, and partnership-building, [continue reading]