The 2023 Pura Belpré Selection Committee invites all ALSC members to submit suggestions of titles to be considered for the 2023 Pura Belpré Award, presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Author: Mary Voors
Mary R. Voors is the ALSC Blog Manager. She loves reading picture books, early chapter books, YA fiction & nonfiction, and the occasional book written for adults. Mary has served on a variety of ALSC committees including the Newbery committee, the ALSC International Relations committee, the Great Web Sites committee (chair), the BWI Summer Reading Program Grant committee, the Notable Children’s Books committee, the Intellectual Freedom committee, the ALSC Board of Directors, and the Oral History committee.
Meet Your ALSC Board: Tori Ann Ogawa
Monthly, we will profile current ALSC Board members. We hope to offer information about the people who work to guide the organization so that you can feel more comfortable in reaching out to them with your concerns, questions, or comments. This month, we invite you to meet ALSC Board member, Tori Ann Ogawa.
Join the 2022 ALSC Institute Live Blogging Team
Are you attending the 2022 ALSC Institute? We’d love to have you consider writing guest posts for the ALSC Blog about what you are learning and experiencing! With an overarching theme of “Light Up the Future,” and packed with programming, keynotes, networking, and much more, the 2022 ALSC Institute promises to be an awesome learning opportunity designed specifically for front-line library youth services staff, children’s literature experts, education & library school faculty members, and other interested adults. Conference bloggers will help those unable to attend experience the Institute through your eyes, learning through your posts about author experiences with: Christina Soontornvat Adam Gidwitz Hena Khan B.B. Alston Julian Randall Young Vo Or you might want to help those unable to attend learn more about inclusive programming, unique partnership opportunities, and connecting with underserved communities through writing about some of the many programs being offered including: Pivot! Adapting Programming for School-Aged…
Notable Children’s Recordings Discussion – August 2022
The Notables Children’s Recordings Committee is pleased to announce this year’s first set of public discussion meetings. The NCR committee’s charge is to develop a list of the most notable recordings of audiobooks and music of interest for children ages 0-14 produced in 2022. The committee will meet three times during the year for public discussion meetings, the first set will occur over 3 days on August 29-31 from 3:30-5:30 EST. The following recordings of books, some new and some older books with new productions of audiobooks, will be discussed: Title Author A is for Oboe: The Orchestra’s Alphabet Lera Auerbach, Marilyn Nelson Ain’t Burned All the Bright Jason Reynolds Alias Anna Susan Hood, Greg Dawson Apple Crush Lucy Kinsley Falling Short Ernesto Cisneros Gallant V.E. Schwab Good Job George Jane O’Conner Hilo Book 1 Judd Winick Honest June: The Show Must Go On Tina Wells In the Key of…
Notable Children’s Books Discussion – July 2022
Each year the ALSC Notable Children’s Books Committee identifies the best of the best in children’s books. According to the Notables Criteria, “notable” is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children’s books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children’s interests in exemplary ways.
Thank You, #alaac22 Conference Bloggers!
Over the past five days, we have had a team of guest bloggers offering their views of #alaac22, and it has been an incredible glimpse at the ALA Annual Conference! This team prepared over 25 posts for the ALSC Blog covering a wide range of topics including:
#alaac22 Conference Blogging
#ALAAC2022 is on! Are you unable to attend and wondering how you can keep up with all that’s going on at this American Library Association conference? We’ve got you covered!
We’re looking for Conference Bloggers for the Annual ALA Conference
It’s getting close to #alaac22! One month from today, the 2022 ALA Annual Conference will be in full swing, live and in-person, in Washington, DC! Are you attending? We’d love to have you participate as a Conference Blogger for the ALSC Blog!