Librarian Bonnie Janssen Dies: Bonnie Janssen died at age 80 in January, 2024. She worked at the Fremont Main Library, part of the Alameda County library system. She eventually became head of Children’s Services, retiring [continue reading]
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Author Robie Harris Dies
Author Robie Harris Dies: Robie Harris, author of several children’s sex education books, has died at age 83. It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, and Sexual Health (1994), and several other books by Harris [continue reading]
Author Susan Patron Dies
Author and Librarian Susan Patron Dies: Newbery Medalist Susan Patron died at age 75 from cancer on October 24, 2023. Her novel The Higher Power of Lucky (Atheneum, 2006) received the Newbery Medal in 2007. [continue reading]
Author Echo Brown Dies
Young Adult Author Echo Brown Dies: Echo Brown has died at age 39 from lupus. The Cleveland native moved to California after college and performed a one woman show at The Marsh theater. Her debut [continue reading]
Author Eve Bunting Dies
Author Eve Bunting Dies at Age 94: Author Eve Bunting has died at age 94 in Santa Cruz, CA. Originally from Ireland, she moved to San Francisco in 1960 with her husband and children. She [continue reading]
Author/Illustrator Ed Young Dies
Author/Illustrator Ed Young Dies: Ed Young died on Sept. 29, 2023, at age 91 at his home in New York. Young received the Caldecott Medal in 1990 for Lon Po Po, and received Caldecott Honors [continue reading]
Author Mary Ann Hoberman Dies
Author Mary Ann Hoberman Dies: Picture book author Mary Ann Hoberman has died at age 92. Most of her books rhymed, and in 1978 she won the National Book Award for A House Is a [continue reading]
Ian Falconer, Creator of “Olivia” the Pig Stories, Dies
Ian Falconer, Creator of “Olivia” the Pig Stories, Dies: Caldecott Honor recipient Ian Falconer died at age 63 at home in Connecticut. The first Olivia book was published in 2000, and there were seven sequels. [continue reading]