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Kate DiCamillo
In case you haven’t heard this week, Kate DiCamillo was named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature for 2014-15 by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. A recent creation (in 2008), the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature position raises “national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature…
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Conference Take-Aways
Yesterday our library hosted the SEPLA Annual Conference with the keynote address given by Becky Spratford, author of the popular Reader’s Advisory Blog – RA For All. Becky gave a great speech filled with some amazing ideas about how to bridge the divide between the physical and virtual library worlds. …
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Youth Media Awards or BEST Day for Children’s Literature/Media
The Youth Media Awards are announced every January at 8:00 am, when most sane people are getting ready for work, commuting, or just beginning work. This year because the American Library Association Midwinter Conference was held in Seattle, the awards were announced at 11:00 am EST. For most of the…
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Passion
I was lucky enough this past week to hear Anita Silvey speak at a library event. If you don’t know the name Anita Silvey, then you are missing out. Anita worked in the publishing world, was an editor for Horn Book Magazine, and teaches at Simmons College, and has devoted her life in the…
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Children’s Author and Illustrator Event
I was lucky enough to get out to Kutztown University’s Children’s Literature Conference this past Saturday and was pleasantly surprised by much of the conference. Matt Phelan, Seymour Simon, and Thomas Yezerski each had a session and were available for autographs. They also include a Book Review section each year. …