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No Better Friend Review

Weintraub, Robert. No Better Friend: A Man, A Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II. Non-fiction. Little, 05/2016. 283[+4]pp. $16.99. 978-0-316-34467-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-ADULT. Judy, an English Pointer, [continue reading]

Published on Apr 21, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: ALSC, No Better Friend, Robert Weintraub

ALSC Survey, Carnegie and Greenaway Contenders

ALSC Survey: A message from Meredith Steiner, ACL President, to all youth services librarians: “I am excited to be a part of a group of public and school librarians from different libraries around the country working [continue reading]

Published on Feb 22, 2016
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Message from ACL, Updates
Tags: ALSC, Carnegie Award, Kate Greenaway Medal

ALSC Webinar on Picture Book Challenges, Publishers’ Weekly Names Best of 2015

ALSC Webinar on Picture Books and Challenges – Dealing with Controversial Topics in Children’s Collections: www.ala.org/advocacy/picturebookswebinar . This webinar on censorship is scheduled for Wed. Nov. 18, 2015 at 11am Pacific time. Go to the [continue reading]

Published on Nov 12, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Professional Development
Tags: ALSC, Censorship, Publishers' Weekly

ACL Members Elected, Jane Addams Awards, New BayNews Posted

Congratulations to our members who were elected to ALA offices! The following members of the Association of Children’s Librarians (of Northern California) were recently elected to ALA Office or Committees! Help us congratulate them! *Pat [continue reading]

Published on May 18, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Message from ACL
Tags: ALSC, BayNews, Jane Addams

ALA Conference Reports Part 4, Helen Block ALSC Member, Infopeople Course on Children’s Services

More Reports from the ALA Conference, from Elizabeth Overmyer: 1. General buzz: not a program, but I found that many of my ALA acquaintances are ruminating over the January revision of the ALSC guidelines for [continue reading]

Published on Jul 18, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Message from ACL, Professional Development
Tags: ALA Conference, ALSC, Helen Bloch, Infopeople

LEGO Summer Reading Lists Available from ALSC

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has teamed up with LEGO® DUPLO® to expand the Read! Build! Play initiative by creating the LEGO® DUPLO® Read! [continue reading]

Published on May 28, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: ALSC, Legos

Konigsburg, Feller Bauer Die, ALSC Workshop and Summer Reading Lists

Caroline Feller Bauer Dies at age 77:  Caroline Feller Bauer died April 15, 2013, at the age of 77, in Miami, Florida, where she lived for many years.  She wrote several books used by children’s [continue reading]

Published on Apr 22, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News, Obituary, Professional Development
Tags: ALSC, Caroline Feller Bauer, E.L. Konigsburg, Summer Reading, Workshops

New ALSC Forum on E-books and Children

The ALSC Board of Directors and ALSC President Carolyn Brodie will be hosting two ALSC Community Forum live chats on the topic of eBooks and children’s services. In addition to the 45 minutes of discussion, [continue reading]

Published on Feb 25, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Media Watch, News, Professional Development
Tags: ALSC, E-books
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