FYI,   The Jane Addams Children's Book Award annually recognizes children's books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about /peace, social justice, global community/, and /equity/ for all people. A national committee of members with passion for and expertise in /children's literature/ and /social justice/ is responsible for making the choices each year.   The board will be selecting two new members for the upcoming cycle of the J ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Sorry I didn’t send this around sooner. I didn’t realize it was this week.   */SLJ Summit: In Community/* */ /* “Join us *Thursday, October 28* for* /SLJ/ Summit: In Community a virtual event from 9:00 am ET to 5:00 ET*. Beyond geography, community can mean a lot of things. We all work and live in the context of community, and the fact of our interdependence—how all aspects of our lives, our very fates, rely on how we function together—has never been made more apparent than in ...Continue Reading

FYI, Libraries are invited to apply for the 2022 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries The Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) of ALA and the Will and Ann Eisner Family Foundation are pleased to announce the opening of the 2022 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries grant cycle. These grants recognize libraries for their role in the growth of graphic literature and awards funds and resources for graphic novel collection development and programming and are open to libraries a ...Continue Reading

Please excuse cross postings   Hi, Everyone,   I’m sharing this information from the Idaho Commission for Libraries. In September, they launched a tutorial on Niche Academy that takes a deep dive into storytime basics for beginners. It’s called *Storytime 101*: *Description:* Over the past few years, there has been a sizable turnover in youth services staff throughout Idaho. Seasoned storytellers are retiring, being promoted, or moving on to use their skills in new ways. Libraries are hiring a wonderful new ...Continue Reading

Sharing this on behalf of MentorNJ: * * *MentorNJ Online Meetup: Support for Intellectual Freedom Fighters*   MentorNJ is pleased to announce that on *Wednesday, November 10th from 4-5pm* we will host a special MentorNJ Online Meetup designed to address issues of intellectual freedom and the unprecedented attacks not only on library materials themselves, but on the library workers purchasing, promoting, and defending them. The recent increased instances of challenges to library materials across the ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Penguin Random House Grants for Small & Rural Libraries! Penguin Random House and The Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) announced a grant program to recognize rural, small and tribal libraries that support underserved communities in the U.S. and U.S. territories.      The program will award grants of up to $2,500 to libraries that demonstrate a true need. Grants are not limited to literacy and may be used for everything from library programming and books to resources like h ...Continue Reading

FYI, Join the Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services and Let's Move in Libraries for a week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of libraries who spearhead StoryWalk® programs – promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise, and movement in communities and neighborhoods across the United States and the world. Submissions are open now and run through November 8, 2021. We invite submissions of all StoryWalk® programs and variations, including Story Strolls ...Continue Reading

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month If you are looking for a Native American children's program, you may want to look into working with this author. Donnell Barlow- she is from Spokane, WA and wrote two children's books incorporating Bigfoot into the narrative along with conservation, cultural events and vocabulary. Donnell will do a 40 minute ZOOM program with reading and craft. To learn more about her, please look at her website: http://www.donellbarlow.com or feel free to contact her directly at donn...@gmail ...Continue Reading

Hi, Everyone,   Are you a fluent Spanish speaker?  Do you like doing programming for your Spanish speaking community?   The Collaborative Summer Library Program in public libraries has just convened the committees that will be working on the 2023 summer learning manual (which includes programming ideas for early literacy (also in Spanish), children, teens and adult) but are looking for more volunteers for the Spanish Committees. CSLP needs people for both the Spanish Idea Committee, which will be workin ...Continue Reading

FYI,   Connecticut’s Library Association is offering an EDI Fall Virtual Workshop for library staff in Connecticut. The chair of CT’s Library Association EDI committee contacted me to say they are inviting others from other states to join if interested. There is a registration fee of $35 for non-Connecticut Library Association members to attend. ~Sharon   JOIN US FOR THE EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION FALL WORKSHOP AS WE ASK THE QUESTION: WHAT'S NEXT? – Monday, Nov. 1, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM   Explore the ...Continue Reading