CSLF Features Illustrator Michael Slack

 

Children’s author and author Michael Slack has work featured in CSLA’s CafePress. He is best known for Monkey Truck and Elecopter. His visual style is playfully modernistic and features quirky characters in bold colors. He is a character designer whose works appear in books, posters, TV, and games. His work has been exhibited in the US and Europe, and his art has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles and SBS Digital.  He lives in Lafayette, California, with his wife and daughter. He has been witnessed making monkey faces in the mirror, and he hopes to shake hands with a chimp sometime.  (image by Michael Slack).

CSLF Recognizes Children’s Book Illustrators

This month CSLF is recognizing the award-winning author and illustrator of many children’s books Brian Selznick. Brian grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and is the oldest of three children. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1988 he got his start in children’s books at Eeyore’s Books for Children an independent bookseller on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. This is where he learned all about books and put his artistic talents to use painting and designing window displays for the holidays and book events. He currently divides his time between San Diego, California, and Brooklyn, New York.

CSLF Recognizes Lark Pien

The California School Library Foundation is pleased to recognize the work of cartoonist, artist, and children’s book author/illustrator Lark Pien.

Mini-Grant Awardees 2022

Mini-Grant Instruction

The CSLA Northern Region Board invited all current CSLA Northern Region members to apply for a Mini-Grant. These funds could be used for a variety of things including library projects, books, library student furniture, author visit, CSLA Conference registration, and more. Grants ranged up to $1000. Eight (8) total grants were awarded.  The expectations of Mini-Grant:

1. Must relate back to students
2. Must be used within the 2022-2023 school year
3. May be asked to provide pictures of the project