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Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson Wins Hans Christian Andersen Award

Jacqueline Woodson was named the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award winner in the category for children’s author. Her many books include the Newbery Honor title Brown Girl Dreaming, as well as young adult novels and [continue reading]

Published on May 6, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Hans Christian Andersen Award, Jacqueline Woodson

Woodson Named Astrid Lindgren Laureate

Jacqueline Woodson Receives 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award:  Author Jacqueline Woodson (the current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature in the United States) was named the Astrid Lindgren Memorial laureate for 2018 on March 27. [continue reading]

Published on Mar 28, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson Named Literature Ambassador

Jacqueline Woodson Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature: Jacqueline Woodson has been named the 6th National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. She takes over for the previous Ambassador, Gene [continue reading]

Published on Jan 5, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: News
Tags: Jacqueline Woodson

ACL Meeting Friday, June 12th, Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People’s Poet Laureate

ACL Meeting Friday, June 12, 2015:  Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members!  Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, June 12, 2015, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library.   We [continue reading]

Published on Jun 7, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events, News
Tags: ACL Meeting, Jacqueline Woodson

ACL Institute “All Due Respect” to be held April 10, 2015

The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California Proudly Presents ALL DUE RESPECT. A Dialoge about Diversity, Equity, and Creating Safe Spaces for all Youth April 10, 2015, 8:30am – 4:30pm, at the San Francisco [continue reading]

Published on Feb 5, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: ACL Events, Message from ACL, Professional Development
Tags: ACL Institute, Jacqueline Woodson, Maya Gonzalez, San Francisco Main Library

Woodson Wins Nat’l Book Award, 2015 Summer Reading, SLJ’s Best List

Jacqueline Woodson Wins National Book Award: Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir in verse, Brown Girl Dreaming, won in the Young People’s Literature category at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014. Ursula Le Guin received [continue reading]

Published on Nov 21, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Brown Girl Dreaming, Eva Mitnick, Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award, School Library Journal, Summer Reading

Review

Review of the Week – “Brown Girl Dreaming”

Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming.Non-fiction. Penguin, 2014. 336p. $16.99. 978-0-399-25251-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. Jacqueline Woodson shares her experience of growing up in the 1960s and 1970s through a series of poem vignettes. With the Civil [continue reading]

Published on Sep 24, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson

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