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Perry: Abolish ICE? How about DHS altogether. "We have models for how to structure federal immigration oversight that doesn't rely on an unaccountable masked secret police force running rampant in our streets," David M. Perry writes.

Abolish DHS. If you can imagine a world before Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, you can imagine a world without the Department of Homeland Security. My latest at @startribune.com. (gift link)

ALA Youth Media Awards: The Interviews, Videos, and Behind-the-Scenes of the Winners Here's the full roster of the new ALA YMA winners (Newbery, Caldecott, etc.) including a collection of behind-the-scenes info with interviews, videos, and reviews of some of the titles.

Here's the full roster of the new ALA YMA winners (Newbery, Caldecott, etc.) including a collection of behind-the-scenes info with interviews, videos, and reviews of some of the titles. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/27/a...

We expect @mayor.nyc.gov to keep his promise to fund our NYC libraries at 0.5% of the city's operating budget in his preliminary budget that should be released soon.

THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO is a 2026 Batchelder Honor Book (most outstanding children’s translations)!

Gianni Rodari wrote this book in 1950s Italy, and in the US today, his themes of hope, justice, & human dignity remain just as relevant as ever.
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#kidlit #alayma

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Serving on the 2026 Caldecott Committee has been the highest professional honor of my career as well as being one of the most exhilarating, exhausting, & rewarding growth experiences. I am so proud to have been part of the deep work this committee of 15 people came together to do.

Collage of ALA Youth Media Award honorees. ALA Youth Media Awards: The top books and digital media for children and young adults. The 2026 ALA Youth Media Award honorees—featuring the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and more—have been announced Check out the books young readers will be talking about all year

Dear young readers,

Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.

Sincerely, ALA

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They’re abducting people in her state really?

🤩 Among The Stars: January + YMAs Update It's that time again. For the moment, anyway, our curated starred review spreadsheet is up to date, y'all.As a reminder, Martha Hickson and I curate and collate the starred reviews from six trade jour...

If you’ve ever wondered how starred reviews intersect w/ #alayma winners, you might be a book nerd - like me! Here's my annual break down of the numbers. This is part of January's update to the starred review spreadsheet I curate with @sassylibrarian.bsky.social!
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Happy #ALAYMA DAY! At a dark time this is a moment of joy that we can all share in! Watch live: ala.unikron.com #TLSKYChat #TLSky #EduSky

@kadirnelson.bsky.social is the recipient of the 2026 Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement! Congratulations!

MAGNIFICENT NEWS!!!!!! Love you, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social and love everything you bring to the world!

#ala #yma #ALAyma

if CBS and the Washington Post both gut their newsrooms this week, that’s the nail in the coffin for the “just find a nice billionaire and settle down” theory of media preservation

Congratulations to "All the Blues in the Sky" for winning the John Newbery Medal! 🏆 #alayma

@todayshow.com @goodmorningamerica.bsky.social

It’s our Oscars!

The world is very heavy and we all have much work to do, but for that very reason we also need joy. Getcha some!

As we kick off #alayma this morning, I want to say that I STILL THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA! What morning show wants to bring back the fun and glory, shine a little light on these beautiful books for kids?

Everyone says they care so much about getting kids reading. Help us make it happen!

#kidlit

@veerawrites.bsky.social !!!!!! Mazel Tov!!!!!! #alayma

Congratulations to Laurel Goodluck and Steph Littlebird for being an American Indian Youth Literature Award Picture Book Honor! 🥳 #ALAyma

screen shot of the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work honor for Uri Shulevitz

Thank you all so much!! I'm so honored and blown away. Toda raba to the whole wonderful committee.

But also, can we all just go read some Uri Shulevitz, who died last year? He was a giant.

WHALE EYES by James Robinson and illustrated by Brian Rea congratulatory image for being the American Library Association 2026 Youth Media Award’s Schneider Family Book Award Medal winner in the Young Adult Literature Category

This is just amazing! WHALE EYES by James Robinson and illustrated by Brian Rea is the Schneider Family Book Award Medal WINNER in the Young Adult Literature Category!

I never miss Twitter. But today I do. It was fun when we were all in one place online. #alayma

Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.

Proud to work with the @washingtonpost.com's fearless international reporters. They're the heart of this newsroom, and we'd understand our world less without them. #SaveThePost

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I'd be hard-pressed to name someone who's done more for Native American literature for young readers than @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social, winner of this year's Printz Award. Such an amazing choice!! bookshop.org/p/books/lege...

The 2026 Children’s Literature Legacy Award for significant and lasting contribution to the field goes to Candace Fleming #ALAyma

Very pleased that The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Katerina Yan Glaser received a Newbery Honor . One of my favorite books of the year. Congratulations to those who served on the committees as well on making the hard choices #ALAYMA

Congratulations @jashar.bsky.social for EVERY MONDAY MABEL!!! #Caldecott #ALAYMA

Yay!! Congratulations, @jashar.bsky.social!

Renée Watson wins the Newbery! She is a treasure and so is this book. I just gifted it to a young reader friend. It's a book in verse, so accessible, about grief.