“An optimistic anthology of work by LGBTQIA+ teenagers, The Light Looks Like Me is a poignant, encouraging collection that gives insight into the realities of queer love” @shoutmousepress.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-...

Notes on Partners for Good: Using Community Engagement to Strengthen Government Relations

Know your Council! Build relationships! Connection BEFORE correction.

- Via #JCLC2026

This title has been popular with the librarians here at #JCLC2026

Creatives Chloe Ito Ward, Don Tate, Celeste Pewter stopped by Booth 17 to hang out after their panel at #JCLC2026 Youth Author Lunch

“In this thriller, understanding one’s origins can be a matter of life or death” Before You Were Anne @ssedlib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Coming this month Everything’s Not Lost will bring a “nuanced, culturally rich exploration of grief, mental illness, and the power of community” for #teen readers @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

"One determined man brings two villages together with a hammer, chisel, and an iron will" in MANJHI MOVES A MOUNTAIN by @nchurnin with illustrations by Danny Popovici @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

More for #CollectionDevelopments folks to note Luna and the Case of the Missing Mooncakes features a mixed race family’s holiday celebration while also providing an intro to “solving mysteries” @charlesbridge.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.bayviews.org/review/luna-...

But oh…close by at Booth 17 #JCLC2026 lurks SINCERELY YOUR MURDERER from @sbkslibrary.bsky.social

Halloween is coming! That’s when VAMPIRE GIRL CONQUERS THE NIGHT from @levinequerido.bsky.social leaves Booth 17 #JCLC2026 and heads to…your place?

And speaking of fans the Kwame Alexander fan club visits Booth 17 too! #JCLC2026

Teo Duval, creator of BROOMS from @levinequerido.bsky.social brought their fans to Booth 17 after their #JCLC2026 #gn program. Who you gonna bring?

Finding LOVE ME TOMORROW by Emilio Jean from @ssedlib.bsky.social at Booth 17 #JCLC2026

Come peruse Booth 17 with your #JCLC2026 colleagues!

That’s Teo Duvall posing with their @levinequerido.bsky.social title BROOMS at Booth 17 just before their session on graphic novels at #JCLC2026

Fan of Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All so excited to find Chanel Miller’s new title from @penguinkids.bsky.social THE MOON WITHOUT STARS What will you find at Booth 17 #JCLC2026?

Notes on Beyond Rules: Integrating Safety into the Culture

Thank you University of Minnesota for this presentation on workplace safety at the library!

- Via #JCLC2026 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Jubilee Jumps for Joy “will surely resonate with those who have found healing through faith-related traditions, particularly Christian faiths” @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/j...

“AMAZONAS es un cuento cálido, vívido y bellamente descriptivo que invita a los niños a recorrer uno de los lugares más extraordinarios del planeta” #BooksDelSur Booth 17 #JCLC2026 booksdelsur.com/products/ama...

Little Big Girl touches on themes of loss, hope, and belonging, giving families an avenue to discuss these complicated emotions comfortably and openly with children #ChickasawPress Booth 17 #JCLC2026 aachompa.com/products/lit...