Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Named: Laura Amy Schlitz’s The Hired Girl was named the 2016 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction recipient. Read more about the book and the award at School Library [continue reading]
Maurice Sendak
Sendak Exhibit at SF Disney Family Museum
Fans of children’s author Maurice Sendak will want to check out the special exhibit, “Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons,” that is running May 23 – July 7, 2013 at the Disney Family [continue reading]
Review of the Week
In memory of the late Maurice Sendak: Sendak, Maurice. Bumble-Ardy. Maurice Sendak, Illus. Pic. Bk. HarperCollins, 2011. [32]p. $17.95 978-0-06-205198-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-3 Loosely based on an animated short film made for TV’s Sesame Street [continue reading]
Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak Dies
Maurice Sendak, the children’s book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like “Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen,” died early Tuesday. He was 83. Longtime [continue reading]