KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month 2013 The popular, nonprofit, and educational Women’s History Month website returns in March. Now in its third consecutive year, the blog, KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month founded by librarians, Margo Tanenbaum of [continue reading]
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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]
International Reading – Books from other countries
Minwalla, Shabnam. The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street. Hachette India, 2013. 112p. E-book $12.49. ASIN B00B86G8DI. English. As this book is only available thru Hachette India, ACL cannot put it in our regular reviews. It [continue reading]
Meeting Reminder, Diane Wolkstein Dies, Gryphon Award, Arne Nixon Center News
Meeting Reminder – Friday, February 8, 2013, 9am-1pm at Oakland Main Library Just a quick reminder about our regular ACL meeting this Friday – we will have the usual book reviewing and Distinguished Books sharing, [continue reading]
Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards
The latest issue of the California Library Association youth services interest group’s “Briefings” Newsletter is now available: http://www.cla-net.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=261 . Author/Illustrator Jan Ormerod Dies, Age 67: Australian-born author and illustrator Jan Ormerod died in Cambridge, England, on January [continue reading]
ALA/ALSC Youth Media Awards Announced
At the American Library Association’s Midwinter meeting held on January 28, 2013 in Seattle, several book and media awards were announced. These included: Newbery Medal: Katherine Applegate for The One and Only Ivan (HarperCollins) Caldecott [continue reading]
Orion School Author Festival – Free!
The 11th annual Orion School Children’s Authors and Illustrators Festival will take place on Saturday, February 2, 2013, 10am-3:30pm, at Orion Elementary School, 815 Allerton St., Redwood City, CA. Teachers, librarians, parents, and children are [continue reading]
ALSC Job Opening -Advocacy Website
ALSC is seeking a Member Content Editor for its upcoming ALSC Advocacy Website, scheduled to go live on May 1, and electronic newsletter. The mission of the new site is to educate youth services librarians [continue reading]