Gina M. Randazzo The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature received a special donation of books from the family of the late Ed Young (1931-2023), a Caldecott Medal-winning children’s book author and illustrator. “Our father believed deeply in ensuring his work continues to be accessible to all,” Antonia Young,…
The 2025 Bechtel Fellowship recipient is Aryssa Damron, a librarian at Van Ness Elementary School in Washington, DC. The Bechtel Fellowship, awarded by the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), awards a mid-career librarian with a minimum of eight years experience working…
The American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award recognizes recent articles that include significant new research related to the understanding and promotion of multiculturalism in libraries in North America. Lisely Laboy, Dr. Rachael Elrod, Dr. Krista Aronson, and Brittany Kester have…
