KQED Radio Discussion on Diversity in Children’s Books: Did you hear the KQED Radio program on Mon., March 24th regarding People of Color Underrepresented in Children’s Books? Guests included Nina Lindsay of Oakland Public Library, [continue reading]
Obituary
Authors Krasilovsky and Mado Die, New BayNews Posted
Author Phyllis Krasilovsky Dies at Age 87: Phyllis Krasilovsky died on Feb. 26, 2014 at age 87. Her many picture books include The Man Who Didn’t Wash His Dishes (Doubleday, 1953) and The Cow Who [continue reading]
ACL Meets Friday, Feb. 14th, CLA Briefings, Maxine Kumin Obituary
ACL Meeting Friday, February 14, 2014 Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, February 14, 2014, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We [continue reading]
Gryphon Award, ALSC Notable Books, Morrison and Blegvad Obituaries
Gryphon Award The Center for Children’s Books of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is pleased to announce the 2014 Gryphon Award winner: *Battle Bunny*, [continue reading]
Pete Seeger and Morrie Turner Obituaries
Noted Folklore Musician and Author Pete Seeger Dies Pete Seeger died on January 27, 2014 of natural causes at the age of 94. The noted folk singer and musician was equally respected for his political [continue reading]
Take Your Child to the Library Day, Author Betty Ren Wright Dies
Take Your Child to the Library Day The 3rd annual Take Your Child to the Library Day, scheduled for February 1, 2014 (or any day in February) is a relatively new chance to promote public [continue reading]
DiCamillo Named Youth Lit Ambassador, Ned Vizzini Dies
Kate DiCamillo Named Ambassador of Young People’s Literature Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo has been named the Ambassador of Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. The two-year position was begun in 2008 with the [continue reading]
Lila Perl Obituary, Booklist and School Library Journal Best Lists
Author Lila Perl Dies at age 92 Author Lila Perl has died at age 92. Her books include Me and Fat Glenda (Seabury, 1972), Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story (Greenwillow, 1996), Dumb Like Me, [continue reading]