Rain Reign Named Charlotte Huck Award Winner: Rain Reign by Ann M Martin, (Feiwel, 2014) was named the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Fiction recipient. For more information, see: www.ncte.org/awards/charlotte-huck . Illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham [continue reading]
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Bonnie Christiansen Dies, Sydney Taylor Awards Announced
Author/Illustrator Bonnie Christiansen Dies Author/Illustrator Bonnie Christiansen died on January 12, 2015 at age 63 due to ovarian cancer. Many of her books were picture book biographies or other factual picture books for elementary school-age [continue reading]
Author Robert San Souci Dies
Robert San Souci Dies: Noted folklorist and children’s author Robert San Souci died on Dec. 19, 2014 after a fall and head injury. This Bay Area author often collaborated with his brother Daniel San Souci, [continue reading]
Norman Bridwell Dies, New ACL BayNews Posted
Norman Bridwell Dies at age 86: Author Norman Bridwell, creator of “Clifford, the Big Red Dog,” has died in Martha’s Vineyard. “Clifford,” published by Scholastic, was created in 1963 and quickly became a popular book [continue reading]
R.A. Mongomery Dies, Kirkus Prize Announced
Author R.A. Montgomery of “Choose Your Own Adventure” Books Dies: R.A. Montgomery, publisher and sometime author of the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series of novels for grades 3-5 has died at age 78, at his [continue reading]
Zilpha Keatley Snyder Dies, ALSC Volunteers Needed for ALA June 2015
Zilpha Keatley Snyder Dies at age 87: Three-time Newbery Honor author Zilpha Keatley Snyder died in San Francisco at age 87 from complications of a stroke. The California native, born in Lemoore in 1927, received [continue reading]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Anniversary, Elaine Alphin Obituary
Author Elaine Alphin Dies: San Francisco native Elaine Alphin, author of several young adult novels, died on Aug. 19, 2014 at age 58 after a long illness. Her first book, Ghost Cadet, was published by [continue reading]
Author L.A. Meyer Dies, Nonfiction Recommendations
Author L.A. Meyer Dies: Louis A. Meyer, Jr., author of the “Bloody Jack” series of tween adventure novels, died on July 26, 2014 at age 71 from refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Meyer’s “Bloody Jack” series is [continue reading]