California Book Festivals & Events :: March 2016

California Book Festivals & Events :: March 2016

Books, Comics, Poetry, Storytelling, Writing and More !

Read Across California

San Diego Public Library – Little Local Authors

Woman’ Scream" International Poetry Festival

Mar 06 LA Zine Fest: Majestic, 650 S Spring

Mar 13-15 Mariposa Storytelling Festival: Yosemite

Mar 14 Literary Women – Festival of Authors: Long Beach

Mar 18-19 Sierra Valley Grange Cowboy Poetry: Vinton

Mar 19 San Diego Storytelling Festival: Encinitas Library

Mar 20 World Storytelling Day: A global celebration of storytelling

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

California Book Festivals

Book Reporter – Book Festivals

US Book Festivals

Children’s Book Council Kid Lit Events

Huntington Beach Library :: What We Do Matters !

What We Do Matters!

Huntington Beach Library Literacy

Open Doors Literacy Newsletter: Jan/Feb 2016

•Marisa got a job cooking in a restaurant! She has been in literacy for 3 years, and continues to make progress towards her goals.

•Miya got a job as a cosmetic sales representative! She has been in the program less than a year, and says she will continue working with her tutor.

•After just over 2 years with her tutor, Angelica got into the computer class she wanted at Golden West, AND she started a new job!

•Luisa, Beatriz, Janet, Claudia, and Lorena spoke on behalf of literacy services at the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) meeting on Community Need! These brave learners talked about how improving their English Literacy skills has helped them with work, at their children's schools, during doctor's appointments, and being able to do more in the community.

•Hanh and Loretta entered the "Writer to Writer" Challenge!

•Nahla finished her first book in English!

•Tiffany read "Green Eggs and Ham" to her children-and they all said it was fun!

•Patricia asked an employee at Trader Joe's for help. This was a first for her!

•Martha was nervous about completing a job application in English at a restaurant. But she did, she interviewed, and she got the job! Read her whole story in the Literacy Blog.

•Audrey and Joanne spoke at the CDBG meeting, sharing the reasons they volunteer, and the important things their learners can now do because they can read, write, understand and speak English.  READ MORE @

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events :: March 2016

Southern California & Statewide Literacy & Library Events

March 2016

SCLLN

Literacy & Library Events & Conferences

- Local, California and National –

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

for more information

Southern California & California

Literacy Education Advocacy Month

Read Across California

Mar. 02  #ReadAcrossAmericaDay   @NEAToday

Mar. 03  World Book Day  @WorldBookDayUK  #WorldBookDay

Mar. 03  World Book Day Teen Fest #WBDTeenFest

Mar. 04  March Forth for Literacy

Mar. 04  National Grammar Day

Mar. 04+ Southern California Kindergarten Conf Pasadena

Mar. 05  CATESOL Regional Los Angeles California Polytechnic University Pomona

Mar. 05  Dyslexia Conference So CA Tri-Counties IDA Riverside  @dyslexiaSoCal

Mar. 05  Literary Women Long Beach Festival of Authors

Mar. 06+ Teen Tech Week  @yalsa #TTW16

Mar. 08 Autism Sensory Friendly Films LONDON HAS FALLEN 7p

Mar. 11+ Mariposa Storytelling Festival

Mar. 11+ Technology and Distance Learning Symposium OTAN Fresno  @otan  #tdls16

Mar. 12 Autism Sensory Friendly Films ZOOTOPIA 7p

Mar. 15  CATESOL Regional San Diego Miramar College

Mar. 16  Freedom of Information Day

Mar. 17+ California Language Teachers' Assn Conf Visalia  @CLTAtweets

Mar. 17+ CUE Conf Palm Springs  @cueinc  #cue16

Mar. 20  World Storytelling Day #WorldStory16

Mar. 21+ Intl Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conf San Diego @CSUNCOD  #CSUN16

Mar. 22 Autism Sensory Friendly Films DIVERGENT ALLEGIANT PART1 7p

Mar. 23+ CABE Conference San Francisco

Mar. 26 Autism Sensory Friendly Films ZOOTOPIA 10a

Mar. 31+ CAEYC Annual Conference & Expo Pasadena  @caeyc

ALOUD: Library Foundation of Los Angeles  @ALOUDla

Los Angeles Literary Calendar  @LALitScene

Poets & Writers Los Angeles Literary Events Calendar

California Book Festivals

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar :: March 2016

SCLLN Literacy Library Tutor Training Calendar: March 2016

For Local, California and National

Literacy or Library Conferences and Events

visit the

Southern California Library Literacy Network

Calendar

Mar 5 SCLLN Literacy Conference

Mar. 01 Adult Literacy Tutor Workshop Santa Fe Springs Library 6:30p

Mar. 02 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Fontana 5p

Mar. 02 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Library 5:45p

Mar. 03 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation South Bay Literacy Co Torrance Library 7p

Mar. 05 Adult Literacy Tutor Training San Diego County Library 10a

Mar. 05 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Lake Arrowhead 10a

Mar. 05 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Chino 10a

Mar. 08 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 12N

Mar. 12 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucca Valley 9a

Mar. 12 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Chino Hills 9:30a

Mar. 12 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Yucaipa 10a

Mar. 12 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Adelanto 11a

Mar. 12 Soup & A Good Book FUNdraiser Whittier Area Literacy Council 11:30a

Mar. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Library 9:30a

Mar. 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Ventura Library 5p

Mar. 15 Adult Literacy Tutor Training SB Co Library Hesperia 3p

Mar. 17 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Hemet Library 9a

Mar. 17 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Carlsbad Library 6p

Mar. 19 Adult Literacy Tutor Training Santa Maria Library 10a

Mar. 21 Adult Literacy Volunteer Orientation Corona Library 7p

Mar. 22 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation READ/San Diego Library 9:45p

Mar. 29 Adult Literacy Tutor Training READ/San Diego Library 6p

Mar. 29 Adult Literacy Learner Orientation Huntington Beach Library 6:30p

Mar. 31 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation Huntington Beach Library 6p

LAPL Adult Literacy volunteers receive 7 hours of Online Instruction

Local Tutor Workshops :: Always Scrolling in the Right Frame.

Statewide Workshops @ California Library Literacy Services

Writer To Writer Award Ceremony SCLLN Literacy Conference March 5, 2016

Writer To Writer Award Ceremony

SCLLN Literacy Conference

March 5, 2016

SCLLN is excited to announce the winners and runners-up for the 2015 Writer to  Writer Challenge !

SCLLN received a record number of entries. We are so proud of all of the 97 learners who wrote letters.

Please join our adult learners, tutors and coordinators at the upcoming 2016 Southern California Library Literacy Network (SCLLN) Conference, to be held at the Buena Park Holiday Inn on Saturday, March 5^th.

We hope you will join us for the Writer to Writer lunch, if not for the entire conference, and listen as the winner from each category reads their amazing letter!  We encourage all coordinators to invite and sponsor all of your writers and their tutors for this special event. The registration fees are an appropriate use of CLLS grant funding and would be an excellent way to recognize our writers and their tutors. Congratulations to all of our letter writers!

Reminder: early registration closes this Friday, Feb. 19^th.

Registration forms must be received in HB,

or emailed to literacy@surfcity-hb.org by Fri; payment can follow.

Emerging Category :: Winners - Tie

Carmen C, Carlsbad Library Learning Center

“I am Malala,” by Malala Yousafzai

Leonard U, Los Angeles Public Library

“In Bikole: Eight Modern Stories of Life in a West African Village,”

by Tom Gilroy

Runner-Up

Anonymous, Los Angeles Public Library

“The Art of War,” by Sun Tzu translated by R. L. Wing

Beginning Category :: Winner

Estella G, Downey Library

“A Child Called It,” by Dave Pelzer

Runners-Up

Lucila C, A. K. Smiley Redlands Library

“The Breadwinner,” by Deborah Ellis

Lilia Z, Carlsbad Library Learning Center

“Mother Teresa,” by Margaret Holland

Intermediate Category :: Winner

Maria A, READ/San Diego-San Diego Library

“Red Midnight,” by Ben Mikaelsen

Runners-Up

Hyun K, Los Angeles Public Library

“Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,” by Anne Frank

Anonymous, Corona Library

“The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read,” by John Corcoran

Advanced Category :: Winner

Carolina O, Carlsbad Library Learning Center

“Adventures in the Anthropocene,” by Gaia Vince

Runners-Up

Elsa S, Riverside County Library

“Dolores Huerta: Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist,” by Robin S. Doak

Rosario C, Carlsbad Library Learning Center

“Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,” by Anne Frank

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, March 5th.

Again, Congratulations!

Carrie Scott

Carlsbad City Library Learning Center

Writer to Writer Chair

For More Info, Call:

Carrie:  760/931-4515

Diane Moseley:  714/375-5086

Cherall Weiss:  949/717-3875

Glendora Library :: Great Trivia Challenge :: Feb 27

Glendora Library

February  27, 2016 :: 5 pm

The Great Trivia Challenge began in 1992 as a fundraising event to create an Adult Literacy program. Now it is a community-loved tradition that promotes friendly competition to support the Glendora Library. It is an exciting event in which teams, sponsored by local business and service organizations, compete against each other. Mr. Trivia, Thom Hill, asks a series of increasingly difficult trivia questions to determine a winner.

Azusa Pacific University

Felix Event Center

710 E. Foothill Blvd

Azusa CA 91702

Redlands Library :: Redlands Adult Literacy Program Learners Enter Challenge

Redlands Adult Literacy Program learners enter Challenge

Redlands Daily Facts: 2.20.2016 by Diane Shimota,

Adult Literacy Coordinator-AK Smiley Library

Writing is a core element of the Redlands Adult Literacy Program.

Recently, seven adult learners from the Redlands Adult Literacy Program entered the Writer to Writer Challenge, which is sponsored by the Southern California Library Literacy Network. The annual Writer to Writer Challenge invites adult literacy learners throughout Southern California to write a letter to an author, living or dead, whose book has inspired them.

As Carrie Scott, community outreach supervisor the Carlsbad City Library and chairman of the Writer to Writer Challenge, explained, this activity is a “goal bonanza.” It provides the opportunity for learners to obtain a library card, select a book, check out a book from the library, read the book, write a letter, edit the letter and submit it for review.

Participants can attend a conference with fellow learners and describe their experiences in writing to an author.

Scott said that she loves that “every now and then, we get a letter where a learner writes about reading a book to his or her child.”

One of the Redlands entrants, Crystal Moreno, wrote to Malala Yousafzai, author of “I Am Malala.” Moreno’s goal in the Redlands Adult Literacy Program is to improve her writing. She said she wanted to challenge herself by entering this contest and she found that her writing improved as she worked through several drafts of her letter.

Moreno was able to connect with the author because she also believes in the power of education for women and girls.  READ MORE @

Beginning Category - Runner Up

Lucila Campa, A. K. Smiley Redlands Library

TheBreadwinner by Deborah Ellis