More to explore on your next exhibits break: “Piercing and powerful” Witness from @lernerbooks.bsky.social “bears witness to the violence of policing through powerful testimonies and calls to envision otherwise” in poetry for #teens Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

“All about Ways of Being aka Group Norms” presentation at #JCLC2026 by our @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social President @mariamccauley.bsky.social!

Lots of fans of @owlkids.bsky.social here at Booth 17 #JCLC2026

Our staff is ready to greet you with Dear New Friend @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/dear...

Bring your coffee, we’ll serve you the #kidsbooks The Froggy Library: Welcome to Soggy Stump brings a #GN for chapter book readers “Fetchingly oddball, with an engaging storyline” @levinequerido.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Then “Meet the girl who never backs down from a challenge! Written by Terysa Ridgeway, a computer scientist and manager at Google, this delightful book sparks curiosity in every young reader” The Kid Who Cracked the Code @sbkslibrary.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.mahoganybooks.com/9781464238628

The Girl Who Loves Trees delivers a “gentle, deliberate book about interacting with nature from an Indigenous perspective” @owlkids.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Are you ready for coffee in the exhibits? 8 am! Meet “the first African-American woman to be granted a patent” in Sweet Dreams, Sarah @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

“A heartfelt and insightful celebration of family, identity, and connection” Hail Mariam is by Huda al-Marashi @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Stop by @pubspotlight.bsky.social Booth 17 at #JCLC2026 for a Kwame Alexander tote. Thank you @sourcebooks.bsky.social for sharing these amazing bags!

“In alternating sections, two teens narrate this spellbinding identity-focused verse novel” Evamar @ssedlib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.publishersweekly.com/9781665988070

Jason Reynolds’ The Complete Track series (boxed set) @ssedlib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.fantasticfiction.com/r/jason-reyn...

“Personal accounts of 16 young Latin American immigrants told as side-by-side pen-and-ink bilingual comics” are collected in Voces sin fronteras: Our Stories Our Truth @shoutmousepress.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Run. Sing. Dream. “History meets possibility in this profoundly empowering read” by Linda Sue Park & illustrated by Nik Hendersen @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

More to fund at 8 am! “Mexikid is back, and he’s as hilarious and heartfelt as ever: more, please!” Mexikid Dreams @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

“Strangely beautiful fare for precocious nyctophobes and -philes” Vampire Girl Conquers the Night is a #picturebook for older readers @levinequerido.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

“With vibrant illustrations and engaging storytelling, this picture book blends cultural richness with universal values…ideal for family readalouds, libraries &…classrooms” My Ganesha Chaturthi #EternalTree Booth 17 #JCLC2026 imyourneighborbooks.org/book/my-gane...

“Each double spread is a tour of a different corner of the planet: its food, music, games, architecture, and ways of understanding the world” in Hola mundo #BooksDelSur Booth 17 #JCLC2026 booksdelsur.com/products/hol...

“Covering sports from football to figure skating” Play Proud: Fiercely Fabulous Queer Athletes has illustrations that “highlight the dynamic movement of equestrians, wrestlers, and everything in between” @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/play...

Come join us in the exhibit hall at 8 this morning for coffee and #kidsbooks #JCLC2026