Newbery Medal Winner Russell Freedman Dies: Russell Freedman, author of many biographies and nonfiction books for tweens and winner of the 1988 Newbery Medal for Abraham Lincoln: a Photobiography, died at age 88 on March [continue reading]
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ACL Institute Focuses on Gender Diversity
SAVE THE DATE! ** Friday, April 13, 2018 ** San Francisco Public Main Library The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) will host their annual Institute at the San Francisco Main Public Library [continue reading]
Sullivan Award Nominees Sought
Attention to the following announcement: >>>Nominations are being accepted for the Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators Supporting Services to Children, an annual award consisting of a commemorative gift and a 24k gold framed citation. The citation [continue reading]
Black Comix Festival Jan. 13-15, Young Adult Convention Jan. 27
This weekend, January 13th-15th, San Francisco Public Library and the MLK Community Foundation are collaborating to host the Black Comix Arts Festival. There will be three days of talks from comic creators, workshops for those [continue reading]
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]
Evaluating Books about Police from Oakland PL
Evaluating Books about Police: Colleagues at the Oakland Public Library (CA) have developed Evaluating Children’s Books About Police: a toolkit for librarians and other evaluators of children’s literature to help library selectors evaluate books for [continue reading]
December 8th ACL Meeting Cancelled Due to Strike
The ACL meeting scheduled for Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 has been cancelled due to the strike by Oakland employees (including library staff), and closure of the library. Even though an alternate venue was available, the [continue reading]
Robin Benway Receives National Book Award
National Book Awards Announced: The annual National Book Awards were announced on Nov. 14, 2017 in New York City. Established in 1950, the awards are given by the National Book Foundation. The award for Young [continue reading]