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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!

Next week is the sixth annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza! Register for a free, all-day event featuring keynotes, author panels, and illustrator spotlights 📚 bit.ly/4vhujEZ #PictureBookPalooza

Where is your favorite place to read? 📚 Reading outside is a great way to make storytime fun and exciting, while also encouraging readers to explore the wonder of nature 🐦 Head to our blog for some great tips on how to have storytime outdoors: bit.ly/4velbk3

We had so much to celebrate during ALA this year! 📚 Head to our blog for a recap of our HarperCollins Children's Books 100th birthday celebration; signings/events from Lois Lowry, Veronica Roth, Meg Cabot, and more; and other exciting books and awards: bit.ly/4vtulbZ

Summer reading is no sweat when you have a silly book to make you giggle! Check out our funny read-aloud recommendations here: bit.ly/4eTzZzB 📚 #readoutloudlaughoutloud

It was another phenomenal year at the American Library Association Conference! 📚 We celebrated 100 years of HarperCollins Children’s Books, 150 years of ALA, our award winners and honorees, and so much more. Here are some of our highlights: bit.ly/4wCVU3o 🥳

Happy Friday, readers! If you're looking for a weekend read to dive into, check out one of these spooky middle grade books 🎃 Head to our blog for more thrills and chills: bit.ly/4xjqMHy 👻

#shakeupyourshelves this summer with these fabulous new picture books by Black creators! 🌞 More book recommendations here: bit.ly/4uy3Cvb 📚

We had a blast celebrating Cátia Chien’s Caldecott win for FIREWORKS at ALA this year! 🥳 Hear from the winner herself in this wonderful round-up of the weekend bit.ly/4vKBLZq 🎆

Skeleton lives alone in lonesome bliss, until, one day, a cat knocks on Skeleton's door... 💀🐈 THE SKELETON AND THE CAT by @brandonmighty is out today! Bring this unlikely but lovably duo to your classroom or library with a free, printable poster: bit.ly/48TTPXM

Happy Fourth of July! 🎆

Happy Friday, readers! What are you reading this weekend? 📚 If you're looking for some great reads to add to your TBR this summer, check out these new books by Native authors ✨

Join us later this month for SLJ's Picture Book Palooza! This all-day, free event includes keynotes, author panels, and illustrator spotlights with visionary creators 📚 📆 Register for free here: bit.ly/4vhrDXR #PictureBookPalooza

A pencil is small enough to fit between your fingers but first it was a large tree ✏️🌲 STUBBY is a humorous account of a pencil’s journey, told by a stubby little pencil himself—out now! Decorate your classroom or library with this downloadable poster: bit.ly/3Q8lP3k

Our last two author signings are at 9am! Karina Yan Glaser will be in Booth #3812. Cátia Chien and Matthew Burgess will be at Station 3 of the Author Signing Area 📚 #ALAAC26

Chicago, we've had a wonderful ALA with you this year. We'll see you in Booth #3812 for the last day! 📚 Mark your calendars for our last two signings of the conference! Exhibits open at 9am #ALAAC26

We're ending the day with two wonderful graphic novel creators. Come meet Cindy Chang and Norm Feuti at 4pm in Booth #3812! 📚 #ALAAC26

What's better than an author signing? Three author signings! We have three wonderful authors signing at 3pm in Booth #3812: Elana K. Arnold, Saadia Faruqi, and Sonido Reyes 📚 #ALAAC26

We'll see you at 2pm for Linda Sue Park's signing in Booth #3812! 📚 #ALAAC26

It's almost time for Kadir Nelson's signing! We'll see you in Booth #3812 at 12pm! 📚 #ALAAC26

Erin Entrada Kelly will be in Booth #3812 at 11am! 📚 #ALAAC26