Butler Children's Literature Center

Butler Children's Literature Center The Butler Center commits itself to imagination and wonder, encouraging adults in libraries, classrooms, and homes to engage young people with good books.

💛✊🏾Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ketanji Brown Jackson. Penguin Random House
06/19/2026

💛✊🏾Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ketanji Brown Jackson. Penguin Random House

Check out the newest Butler's Pantry post for BCLC summer schedule edits and closures, as well as staff book recommendat...
06/18/2026

Check out the newest Butler's Pantry post for BCLC summer schedule edits and closures, as well as staff book recommendations to keep your TBR pile topped up for the season.

BCLC staff will be out and about this summer taking advantage of professional development, observing summer remembrances and celebrations, and taking some well-earned time to relax, recharge, and r…

🏵🐥Goldfinches by Mary Oliver and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Melissa Sweet Illustration Penguin Kids
06/18/2026

🏵🐥Goldfinches by Mary Oliver and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Melissa Sweet Illustration Penguin Kids

Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever written by Don Tate and illustrate...
06/17/2026

Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games Forever written by Don Tate and illustrated by Cherise Harris. As a boy, Jerry Lawson loved to tinker, and when he grew up, he invented a video game console that changed the video game industry forever. Don Tate (author-illustrator) Cherise Harris Illustration SimonKIDS

⚽🎉Celebrate the World: World Cup by Hannah Eliot and illustrated by Laura Sandoval Herrera. SimonKIDS
06/17/2026

⚽🎉Celebrate the World: World Cup by Hannah Eliot and illustrated by Laura Sandoval Herrera. SimonKIDS

In spite of poverty and racial injustice, scientist and professor Vivien Thomas revolutionized the field of heart surger...
06/16/2026

In spite of poverty and racial injustice, scientist and professor Vivien Thomas revolutionized the field of heart surgery and paved the way for other aspiring medical professionals to follow. With Juneteenth around the corner, check out our feature pick, A Doctor at Heart: The Story of Groundbreaking Scientist and Teacher Vivien Thomas written by Joan Schoettler and illustrated by Steffi Walthall, and other nonfiction pics that highlight the lives of extraordinary black people: https://butlerspantry.org/2026/06/17/butler-bookshelf-331/

✨📖The Aftermyth by Tracy Wolff. Tracy Wolff SimonKIDS
06/16/2026

✨📖The Aftermyth by Tracy Wolff. Tracy Wolff SimonKIDS

💕🤳Love Goes Viral by Camille Stochitch, Alexander Berman, and Estelle Laure. Simon Teen
06/15/2026

💕🤳Love Goes Viral by Camille Stochitch, Alexander Berman, and Estelle Laure. Simon Teen

💔🏳️‍🌈As Long as You Loathe Me by Swati Hegde. Delacorte Press
06/12/2026

💔🏳️‍🌈As Long as You Loathe Me by Swati Hegde. Delacorte Press

BCLC is heartbroken by the passing of author and Butler Lecturer (2014), Jane Yolen. Her rich body of work spans genres ...
06/12/2026

BCLC is heartbroken by the passing of author and Butler Lecturer (2014), Jane Yolen. Her rich body of work spans genres and ages, a legacy that will delight readers long into the future.

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and the children’s book world, is saddened by the news that author, mentor and friend, Jane Yolen, has died. She was 87 and her loss cannot be measured.

Please find the full obituary here: https://www.scbwi.org/remembering-jane-yolen

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