“Timely recognition for a small group of unsung civil rights heroes” Fight for the Right to Read @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Older readers, too! “Genuine and poignant” The Moon Without Stars “has the makings of a modern classic” for #tween and #teen readers @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

International publishers! My Momo-La Is a Museum with “lyrical language, child-friendly examples, and relevant message about the importance of honoring family bonds and history make for a meaningful read” @lantanapub.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

And award-winners: The Library in the Woods “R Gregory Christie’s vibrant acrylic paintings celebrate Black literacy & the beauty of reading at a time when doing so was an act of resistance” #CSK Illustrator Award @lernerbooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.ala.org/news/2026/01...

We have teacher and discussion guides too including DELE AND AMINATA'S JOLLOF WAR by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade a Nigerian-Canadian author of stories celebrating West African history and culture with a #Teacher’sGuide @owlkids.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 owlkidsbooks.com/wp-content/u...

Manny y el tiempo hacen juego / Manny Matches the Weather delivers a #picturebook story about using context clues to choose clothing for the day in both English and Spanish in this #bilingual edition @charlesbridge.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 grpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...

Yours to explore in less than 2 hours! “A magical story that both haunts and enchants” Children of Owl @levinequerido.bsky.social #teen #fantasy Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

3/3 and UNDROWNED from #ChicakasawPress LOVE ME TOMORROW @ssedlib.bsky.social STUBBORN ROOTS @shoutmousepress.bsky.social DEATH IN THE TALL GRASS from @ @levinequerido.bsky.social DELE AMINATA’S JOLLOF WAR from @owlkids.bsky.social THIS IS A DOOR from @sbkslibrary.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026

Do you know about the gift basket we’ll be raffling at #JCLC2026 Booth 17? Here’s what it holds: I LOVE MY PEOPLE and PLAY PROUD from @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social BARBED WIRE BETWEEN US from @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social FREEDOM BRAIDS from @lantanapub.bsky.social and 1/3

7/7 Blending ancient myths with facts, diagrams, and modern discoveries, Brilliant Sun, Luminous Moon reveals what we really know about our nearest cosmic neighbors @postwavebooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 postwavepublishing.us/product/bril...

6/7 “Care to swim with the sea turtles, soar high above the earth with regal hawks, or hear wondrous tales of heroic voyagers navigating the Pacific by wind and stars?” Dive into Aloha Everything @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 jamarattigan.com/2024/05/31/t...

5/7 In A Salwar Kameez for Ambika a “rite of passage brought to vivid life” @owlkids.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

4/7 Lucía, la luchadora “celebrates courage, identity, and cultural heritage” #BooksDelSur Booth 17 #JCLC2026 booksdelsur.com/products/luc...

3/7 “The first book in a brand-new series #HuntTheRedHood from TikTok sensation BB Reid, a dark romantic retelling of Red Riding Hood” DON'T FALL @sbkslibrary.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.sourcebooks.com/978146428208...

2/7 “Award-winning Indigenous author Laurel Goodluck weaves an intertribal celebration of stories and traditions that root children to the world” in Stories Are the Heart of the World @ssedlib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.crackingthecover.com/28497/storie...

Chalo Bazaar from #EternalTree will be Booth 17 #JCLC2026 youtu.be/XybhQnWfEVg?...

That You Are Here Is No Small Thing @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Booth 17 #JCLC2026 youtu.be/cR26hL5LUu4?...

Good morning #JCLC2026 attendees AND #CollectionDevelopers interested in discovering #kidsbooks with appeal to members of #AILA #APALA #BCALA #CALA and #REFORMA ... we've got a busy three days of #kidsbooks for you!

Do come by Booth 17 when the #JCLC2026 exhibits open today!

“A tender example of environmental stewardship” My Butterfly Secret also introduces #picturebook readers to the complexity economic security adds to environmental care Booth 17 #JCLC2026 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...