Category Archives: Message from ACL

New ACL Website, Review of “Raymie Nightingale”

Posted on April 27, 2016 by pennypeck

Greetings to all our Blog visitors!  The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California is revitalizing our website (http://www.bayviews.org/)  and blog. The new version of both will be unveiled in May 2016, so you might find us offline for a … Continue reading →

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ACL Institute “Race Matters” Registration, Peggy Fortnum dies

Posted on April 8, 2016 by pennypeck

“Race Matters: Practical Ways Libraries Can Celebrate All Youth:”  Registration is now open for ACL Institute 2016!  Please join us. The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) Proudly Presents Race Matters: Practical Ways Libraries Can Celebrate All Youth. Friday, June 3, … Continue reading →

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ACL Meeting, Read-Alikes for “The War That Saved My Life”

Posted on April 4, 2016 by pennypeck

ACL Meeting Friday, April 8, 2016:  Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members!  Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, April 8, 2016, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library.   We will have our usual Book … Continue reading →

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ACL’s Reviewers Guide, Cleary’s 100th Birthday, and More!

Posted on March 28, 2016 by pennypeck

Check out ACL’s New Reviewers Guide: The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California offers a new Reviewers Guide, with added focus on reviewing diversity in books for youth. Please see the documents on our BayViews website:  http://bayviews.org/reviewtools.html http://bayviews.org/reviewersguide03-2016.pdf CBC … Continue reading →

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Louise Rennison Dies, Alan Bern’s New “Greater Distance” book of poetry

Posted on March 4, 2016 by pennypeck

Author Louise Rennison Dies: Louise Rennison, author of the young adult series that began with Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging has died. The British author was 63 years old, and had a background in performing and writing comedy before … Continue reading →

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ACL Fellowships Available

Posted on February 29, 2016 by pennypeck

Applications are now being accepted for The Dorothy Helfeld Fellowship, presented annually by the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL). ACL invites students of children’s librarianship and/or children’s literature to explore the question, “Children’s librarianship – is it … Continue reading →

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ALSC Survey, Carnegie and Greenaway Contenders

Posted on February 22, 2016 by pennypeck

ALSC Survey: A message from Meredith Steiner, ACL President, to all youth services librarians: “I am excited to be a part of a group of public and school librarians from different libraries around the country working with ALSC, to conduct an … Continue reading →

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Harper Lee, Francisco Alarcon Die; New BayNews Posted

Posted on February 19, 2016 by pennypeck

Harper Lee Dies at Age 89: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee, creator of To Kill a Mockingbird, died at her home in Alabama at age 89. For more information, see: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/20/arts/harper-lee-dies.html?_r=0 .  Children’s Poet Francisco Alarcon Dies: Children’s author and … Continue reading →

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New ACL BayNews Posted

Posted on December 22, 2015 by pennypeck

New ACL BayNews Posted: The December 2015 BayNews (the newsletter for the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California) is now available on our website: http://www.bayviews.org. You will find reviews of the latest Pop-up books, Read-alikes for Fractured Fairytales, new … Continue reading →

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Steiner and Figard Named Emerging Leaders, Shusterman Wins National Book Award, New BayNews Posted

Posted on November 23, 2015 by pennypeck

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 Association, as its 2016 Emerging … Continue reading →

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