ALA 2025 Conference Resource Center – MacKids School & Library

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We’re so excited to see our librarian friends on June 27 to June 30 in Philadelphia!

What’s inside our ALA Resource Center:

Make the most of your ALA experience + meet your favorite authors & illustrators!
Check our ALA schedule for a full list of in-person author programs and book signings.

We’ve collected our digital resources for you in this handy resource center!
Download our digital catalogs, request digital preview copies, and fill out our checklist survey for your chance to win a collection of free books for your library!

Not attending ALA?
You can still download digital resources, request preview copies, and more!

MacKids ALA 2025 Schedule:
Author Programs & Book Signings

Download our flyer for a full list of MCPG author signings at ALA 2025!

View our full schedule of authors events below,
including programs with Kami Garcia, Laurie Halse Anderson, Ngozi Ukazu, Petra Lord, Maria van Lieshout, Adina King, LeUyen Pham, Angeline Boulley, Gene Luen Yang, Craig Kofi Farmer, Ekua Holmes, Katharine Applegate, Rebecca Stead, H.E. Edgemon, Ismée Williams, H.D. Hunter, Sammy Savos, Martha Brockenbrough, Jasmine Warga, and Sara Pennypacker.

Click to expand: View our full schedule of MCPG author events here!

Friday, June 27th

1:00pm – 2:00pm
GNCRT – Graphic Novels and Social Emotional Learning Panel
Featuring Kami Garcia, author of Mixed Up
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 118 A B

8:00pm – 10:00 pm
Printz Ceremony
Featuring Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak
Location: Free Library of Philadelphia, Montgomery Auditorium

Saturday, June 28th

10:30am – 11:20am
Booklist YA/Tween Graphic Novels Panel
Featuring Ngozi Ukazu, author of Flip
Location: Graphic Novel and Gaming Stage (Booth 2062)

10:30am – 11:20am
New Voices in Young Adult
Featuring Petra Lord, author of Queen of Faces, Maria van Lieshout, author of Song of a Blackbird, and Adina King, author of The House No One Sees
Location: Chapter One Stage – Booth 112

1:00pm – 3:00pm
GNCRT Comics Tea
Featuring Ngozi Ukazu, author of Flip
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 202 A B

1:00pm – 2:00pm
Visual Generation: Image, Design, Word?
Featuring LeUyen Pham, illustrator of Lunar New Year Love Story
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 115 A

4:00pm – 5:00pm
Angeline Boulley Main Stage Event
Featuring Angeline Boulley, author of Sisters in the Wind
Location: Main Stage

6:00pm – 9:00pm
APALA’S Literature Award Ceremony and Banquet
Featuring Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham, author and illustrator of Lunar New Year Love Story
Location: Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation (PCDC) Crane Community Center

Sunday, June 29th

7:00am – 9:30am
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast
Featuring Craig Kofi Farmer, author of Kwame Crashes the Underworld and Ekua Holmes, illustrator of Coretta
Location: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Salon E-H; Green Room Rm. 502

8:30am – 10:00am
YALSA Coffee Klatch
Featuring Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak, Angeline Boulley, author of Sisters in the Wind, and Gene Luen Yang, author of Lunar New Year Love Story
Location: Exhibit Hall Chapter One Stage (Next to Booth 1342)

10:30am – 11:20am
Middle Grade Luminaries
Featuring Katharine Applegate, author of Pocket Bear, Rebecca Stead, author of The Experiment, and Craig Kofi Farmer, author of A Method of Magic and Misfortune
Location: A Real Page-Turner Stage – Booth 2435

1:00pm – 3:30pm
Pura Belpre Celebración
Featuring Ismée Williams, author of Abuelo, the Sea, and Me
Location: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown

7:30pm – 10:30pm
BCALA – SLJ Award Ceremony
Featuring H.D. Hunter, author of Something Like Right
Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 12 & 13

Monday, June 30th

8:00am – 10:30am
ALSC Award Ceremony
Featuring Sammy Savos, author of The Girl Who Sang
Location: Marriott Marquis hotel, in Pacific Ballroom Section 18

10:00am – 1:00pm
Stonewall Book Award Ceremony
Featuring H.E. Edgmon, author of The Flicker
Location: Philadelphia Marriott, Franklin 12 & 13

1:00pm – 2:30pm
ALSC President’s Program
Featuring Martha Brockenbrough, author of Future Tense
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 114 (Nutter Theater)

Click the covers below to learn more about these books and authors you can meet at ALA!

ALA Exclusive Giveaways!

Stop by the Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Booth #1918 to grab a copy of these can’t-miss titles!

ALA Youth Media Award Winners & Honorees

We’re celebrating our 2025 ALA Youth Media Award Winners! Learn more about these award winning books.

Watch our Fall 2025 School & Library Virtual Preview!

Watch our MacKids School & Library Fall 2025 Preview Event, where we previewed upcoming picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult titles!

Cover slide for the MacKids School and Library Fall 2025 Preview

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Browse our round-up of starred reviews!

Read & Share Frequently Challenged Books

Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group stands against censorship, and in support of the librarians and teachers who are doing their part to share a love of reading with their students. We believe that all readers deserve access to an inclusive selection of titles and we are committed to working with our authors to reach readers with their stories. Click here to find more resources for sharing challenged books + fighting censorship in your community from the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom.

We partnered with Unite Against Book Bans and dozens of other publishers to launch a Book Résumé Database. Book Résumés help teachers, librarians, parents, and community members defend books from censorship. Read more about the database online from the following link!

MacKids Digital Catalogs

Celebrate BIPOC Voices and expand your inclusive collection!
Download our Black Voices catalog, LGBTQ+ Voices catalog, Asian and Asian American Voices catalog, and Latinx Voices catalog here!