ACL Meeting Friday, October 10, 2014: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, October 10, 2014, from 9am-1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
BayNews
Reports from ALA Conference by ACL Members, Part 3, and New BayNews Posted
AASL President’s Program, featuring Donalyn Miller: Donalyn Miller, 5th grade teacher / author of The Book Whisperer and Reading in the Wild, gave the keynote address for this program. She described the ways she has [continue reading]
“Tree Lady” Wins Beatty, Sue Townsend Dies, New BayNews Posted
The Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins selected for 2014 CLA Beatty Award: The Tree Lady, written by H. Joseph Hopkins and illustrated by Jill McElmurry, has been selected by the California Library Association (CLA) [continue reading]
Authors Krasilovsky and Mado Die, New BayNews Posted
Author Phyllis Krasilovsky Dies at Age 87: Phyllis Krasilovsky died on Feb. 26, 2014 at age 87. Her many picture books include The Man Who Didn’t Wash His Dishes (Doubleday, 1953) and The Cow Who [continue reading]
New BayNews Posted, Review of the Week
New ACL BayNews Posted The January 2014 BayNews (the newsletter for the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California) is now available on our website: http://www.bayviews.org/baynews.html . You will find our column on Pop-up books, news, [continue reading]
NY Times Notable Children’s Books, New BayNews Posted
New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2013 Check out the list of Notable Children’s Books of 2013 from the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/notable-childrens-books-of-2013.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 New ACL BayNews Posted The November BayNews (the newsletter for the [continue reading]
Storytime Outreach, National Book Awards, CLA Food Drive, New BayNews Posted
Bringing Storytime to the Long Wait for Social Services Check out this great story on the Oakland Public Library’s children’s librarians offering storytime at social service agencies, such as Eastmont Town Center: http://kalw.org/post/bringing-storytime-long-wait-social-services. Congratulations to [continue reading]
ACL Institute Rate for SLIS Students, BayViews.org Updates
Library School Students – take advantage of a special student discount and attend the Association of Children’s Librarians 2013 Institute, for just $25 for the day. The program, to be held on Friday, April 12 [continue reading]