Cen Campbell is a children’s librarian, an author, and the founder of LittleeLit.com. She has driven a bookmobile, managed branch libraries, and developed innovative programs for babies, young children, and teens, and now supports children’s librarians who serve as media mentors in their communities. She was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2014 for her work on LittleeLit.com. She is a coauthor of the Association for Library Service to Children’s white paper, Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth.
Claudia Haines leads storytimes, hosts maker programs, and gets great books into the hands of kids and teens as the youth services librarian and media mentor at the Homer (Alaska) Public Library. She is a coauthor of the Association for Library Service to Children’s white paper, Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth, and trains other librarians as media mentors. She serves on local and national committees that support families and literacy. She blogs at never shushed.
For more than eight decades, librarians from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) have intensely scrutinized the children's books published each year, selecting the winning and honor books for the Newbery and Caldecott Awards. In addition, the ALSC division of the ALA is committed to creating a nation of readers, starting with the youngest. ALSC supports all those providing library services to children, including youth librarians, teachers, families, literature experts, publishers, and child advocates.
