Visit our NCTE 2021 Virtual Booth!

While we’ll missing seeing you in person at NCTE this year, you don’t have to miss out on our virtual author programs or digital resources!

What’s inside our NCTE Booth:

Meet our team!
Find a full schedule of our NCTE author programs!
Download our Winter 2022 Catalog and watch our Winter 2022 preview!
Enter for your chance to win books from our new imprint Neon Squid!
Browse our top books of 2021!
Request digital review copies of upcoming releases!
Download educator resources!
And more!

Welcome to our booth! Meet our team here!

The MacKids School & Library team says hello in this video! Learn more about our NCTE author programs and digital resources. Plus, our team shares some of our favorite upcoming releases!

NCTE Virtual Author Programs

NCTE Virtual Convention
November 17-21

Tune in for our live and on demand programs to meet our authors! Click below to find a full list of our author programming!

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Live Programs

Thursday, November 18
1:30–2:45pm ET
The Nerdy Book Club: Supporting Equitable, Joyful Reading Communities
Featuring Nidhi Chanani (Jukebox)

Friday, November 19
1:15–2:30pm ET
ELATE Session
Featuring Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson (The Awakening of Malcolm X)

Saturday, November 20
12:30–2:00pm ET
Children’s Book Award Program
Featuring Charlotte Huck Honorees Carole Lindstrom (We Are Water Protectors), Phil Bildner (A High Five for Glenn Burke) and Jess Redman (Quintessence)

Sunday, November 21
9:00–10:15am ET
Children’s Literature Assembly Session
Featuring Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade (We Are Water Protectors) and Kevin Noble Maillard (Fry Bread)

Pre-Recorded & Scheduled Programs

Saturday, November 20
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM ET
Supporting Student Identities through the Picture Books We Choose: Critical & Intentional Selection of Read Alouds
Featuring Featuring Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade (We Are Water Protectors) and Kevin Noble Maillard and Juana Martinez-Neal (Fry Bread)

Sunday, November 21
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM ET
Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Program
Featuring Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade (We Are Water Protectors) and Angela Joy and Ekua Holmes (Black is a Rainbow Color)

On Demand Programs

Native Now: Contemporary Narratives Push Back Against Stereotypes & Erasure to Celebrate Today’s Indigenous Peoples
Featuring Angeline Boulley (Firekeeper’s Daughter), Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade (We Are Water Protectors) and Kevin Noble Maillard (Fry Bread)

20 Years Post 9/11… Using Historical Events to Teach Equity and Justice in the Classroom
Featuring Alyssa Bermudez (Big Apple Diaries) and Sean Rubin (This Very Tree)

From Nepantla to the Stars: Liberation through Speculative Fiction
Featuring Lizz Huerta (The Lost Dreamer), Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys), and Anna-Marie McLemore (The Mirror Season)

Anti-Racist Literature that Empowers Students to Act towards Equity and Justice
Featuring Crystal M. Fleming (Rise Up) and Randi Pink (Angel of Greenwood)

Finding Courage/Speaking Truth (Even When It’s Hard): Literature, Writers, and Classroom Connections
Featuring Adrianna Cuevas (Cuba in My Pocket)

Race Talk: Authors of YA Fiction and Nonfiction Explore Books as Catalysts for Classroom Conversation
Featuring Mahogany Browne (Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice)

Empathy, Sympathy, & General Caring: How Figures in Upper MG Humanize Students
Featuring Chris Baron (The Magical Imperfect)

Visibility Language for Classroom Empathy
Featuring Chris Baron (The Magical Imperfect)

ALAN Workshop Virtual Author Programs

ALAN Workshop
November 22-23

Tune in for our live author programs featuring Angeline Boulley, Leigh Bardugo, Amber McBride, Ilyasah Shabazz, and Tiffany D. Jackson! Click below to find a full list of our author programming!

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Monday, November 22nd

10:40–11:05am ET
Knowing Oneself Through Verse
Featuring Amber McBride (Me (Moth))

1:00–1:20pm ET
Staying Strong in Print and Performance
Featuring Leigh Bardugo (Shadow and Bone)

Tuesday November 23rd

9:30–9:55am ET
Sleuths & Truths
Featuring Angeline Boulley and audiobook narrator Isabella Star LaBlanc (Firekeeper’s Daughter)

11:10–11:30am ET
Truth to Power Conversation
Featuring Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson (The Awakening of Malcolm X)

Watch the NCTE Awards Program!

Tune in for the NCTE Books Awards Program
on Saturday, November 20th at 12:30pm ET!

Congratulations to our Charlotte Huck Honor Books!

We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
Quintessence by Jess Redman

Download our Winter 2022 Catalog,
watch our preview event,
and request digital review copies!

Discover your next favorite book with the MacKids School & Library Winter 2022 Preview! Hear from our team as they present some of our must-read upcoming titles, including picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles! Plus, we were joined by special guests Lizz Huerta, author of the debut YA fantasy The Lost Dreamer, and Gary Paulsen, award-winning author of Northwind!

Download our Winter 2022 Catalog to view more upcoming releases!

Request MacKids digital review copies on NetGalley!

Request First Second digital review copies on NetGalley!

There are so many new books to look forward to in 2022!
Don’t miss these must-reads!

Browse our top books of 2021!

Does your collection include this year’s critically acclaimed books? See what Booklist, School Library Journal, Kirkus, Horn Book, Publishers Weekly, and more, say about the top reviewed books of 2021 for kids and teens!

Check out our 2021 starred reviews round-up!

Enter for your chance to win books
from our new imprint, Neon Squid!

Meet the team at Neon Squid and learn more about these books here!
Neon Squid is a new imprint at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group that creates beautiful nonfiction books for inquisitive kids (and kids at heart). Neon Squid’s books are for children who want to decipher ancient scrolls, orbit distant stars, and dive into the deepest oceans.

Enter for your chance to win a set of Neon Squid books here!

Stock your classroom with Shelf Essentials!

These classic picture books are now available in paperback at a teacher-friendly price point! Our Shelf Essentials program lifts up critically acclaimed stories, authors, and illustrators, and will encourage readers everywhere to celebrate different cultures and make storytime more inclusive. Learn more about Shelf Essentials here.