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Congratulations to our 2026 ALA Youth Media Award Winners and Honorees! 🥳 Featuring the Randolph Caldecott Medal, the Michael L. Printz Award, the American Indian Youth Literature Award, and more, we’re excited to celebrate these incredible titles!

We're celebrating 100 years of HarperCollins Children's Books 📚 Thank you to all our librarian partners! Enter for a chance to win a trip to join us this June in Chicago, IL at the American Library Association annual conference: bit.ly/40D9yG5

Next month is Poetry Month! 📚 One great way to celebrate is to bring MELODIES OF THE WEARY BLUES to your classroom. This picture book is a gorgeously illustrated centennial of Langston Hughes' first book of poetry, The Weary Blues! Free educator guide: bit.ly/45Mgdk6

Join us for our Summer 2026 Preview on March 25 at 2pm ET / 11am PT! 📚 Learn about our upcoming releases, and hear from John Hare (Stubby); Gary D. Schmidt (Styx and Stones); and Byron Graves (Medicine Wells)! Register for free here: bit.ly/47IT3fk

FIREWORKS by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Cátia Chien is a fantastic read all year long. No need to wait until the 4th of July to read this Caldecott winner! 🎆 Check out our free educator guide for ideas on how to use FIREWORKS any time of the year: bit.ly/47sgNnU

Looking for exciting books for your teen readers? Try one of these fantastic fantasies! 🐉🪄 harperstacks.com/blogs/blog/w26…

Today is Booklist's Summer Scares Middle-Grade Panel! It's not too late to register! 👻 Sign up for free here: bit.ly/3ONEznL

Tomorrow, join Booklist for their Summer Scares Middle-Grade Panel! Register for free here: bit.ly/3ONEznL 👻

QUESO, JUST IN TIME by Pura Belpré Award-winner @Author_Cisneros is out today! 🌟 This middle grade novel is a funny and heartfelt time-travel tale about family, grief, and love that stretches across the years. Click here for a free educator guide: bit.ly/4rgXgih 📚

Next week, join Booklist for their Summer Scares Middle-Grade Panel! Register for free here: bit.ly/3ONEznL 👻 Thursday, March 12 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT.

It's March now, which mean Spring is on its way! 🌻 Here are some fabulous books celebrating nature that we can't wait for 🦋 What's your favorite part of Spring?

Debut author René Peña-Govea interweaves poetry and lyrical prose in ESTELA, UNDROWNING, a raw, expressive novel, for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo’s THE POET X & Carolina Ixta’s SHUT UP, THIS IS SERIOUS. Out today! 🌹 Click here for a free educator guide: bit.ly/4u2EqNK

We’re all abuzz with excitement for Catia Chien’s Caldecott Medal win, so we asked her and author Matthew Burgess to discuss their process for writing and illustrating FIREWORKS 🎆 Head to our blog for a behind-the-scenes look into this award winner: bit.ly/3P4PpWA 📚

Happy Friday, readers! We're starting the weekend off with some great graphic novels for your middle grade readers 📚

Booklist is moderating a Summer Scares Middle-Grade Panel on Thursday, March 12 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! 👻 Register for free here: bit.ly/3ONEznL

Last week, the creators of FAITH TAKES THE TRAIN celebrated an EJK Illustrator Award and an EJK Writer Honor! 🎉 Go behind the book here: bit.ly/4tHeuqr 🚆

If your teen readers love an exciting, magical read as much as we do, then check out these new and upcoming YA fantasies that are sure to be epic page-turners ✨⚔️

#shakeupyourshelves this month with these fabulous books for young readers, written by Black creators! 📚 Click here for more books to celebrate Black voices all year long: bit.ly/3ZS12Co

Many congratulations to the creators of FAITH TAKES THE TRAIN! 🥳 bit.ly/3MCBczx 🚉 Mokshini is the winner of the 2026 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award! 🚉 Kesi Augustine has received a 2026 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Honor! @EJKeats #EJKAward #EzraJackKeats

Calling all graphic novel lovers! 📚 Eagerly waiting for the next installment of your favorite graphic novel series? It's almost time! 😸 Cat & Cat Adventures: The Lair of the Owl King (Book 6) - out 2/24 🌟 Lightfall: A Place Between (Book 4) - out 4/7 #graphicnovels #books

Happy Friday, readers! What are you reading this weekend? 📚 Need a suggestion? Here are some of our 2026 ALA Award Winners and Honorees: bit.ly/3OcqzUA