SLJ Names Best Books of 2015: Check out School Library Journal’s choices for the best children’s and teen books from this year – www.slj.com/best-books-2015/#_ . ACL’s Annual Performers’ Showcase: Come see over thirty children’s performers, [continue reading]
November 2015
Steiner and Figard Named Emerging Leaders, Shusterman Wins National Book Award, New BayNews Posted
ALA Names Two ACL Members Emerging Leaders: Current Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California president Meredith Steiner has been named by the Association of Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library [continue reading]
Gift Ideas from Oakland PL, New Infopeople Course on Storytime
Oakland PL Offers Gift Suggestions: For the first time, Oakland Public Library is offering suggestions for parents and others looking for holiday gift book titles for children. Check out their blog if you have patrons [continue reading]
Author of BOOK SCAVENGER to Speak at San Francisco’s North Beach Branch Nov. 21
North Beach Library 850 Columbus Avenue (at Lombard) San Francisco, CA 94133 415-355-5626
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]
Attend the ACL meeting Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 at Oakland Main Library
ACL Meeting Friday, November 13, 2015: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, November 13, 2015, from 9am-12:30pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Join the ALSC Community Forum on Monday, Nov. 9th at 11am (Pacific)
Message from our friends at ALSC: The ALSC Board of Directors and ALSC President Andrew Medlar will be hosting an ALSC Community Forum live chat on the freshly updated ALSC Competencies for Librarians Serving Children [continue reading]
Outstanding! – October 2015
Every month, we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]