For immediate release | December 6, 2024
New posters from award-winning illustrators and more debut in winter ALA Graphics catalog
CHICAGO – The winter ALA Graphics catalog delivers a host of exciting posters and bookmarks to inspire and encourage readers of all ages.
Gracing the cover is a new poster by award-winning author and illustrator Raina Telgemeier and cartoonist and comic theorist Scott McCloud. Telgemeier and McCloud have been as selected Honorary Chairs of the American Library Association’s National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025. The 2025 National Library Week theme—"Drawn to the Library”—is featured on a poster, bookmark, and customizable mini poster and illustrates just a few of the myriad ways people of all ages are drawn to the library every week.
Other items launching in the winter catalog include:
- Big Poster by Vashti Harrison, recipient of the 2024 Caldecott Medal for “Big”
- Buffalo Fluffalo Poster and Bookmark, illustrated by Erin Kraan and written by Bess Kalb
- READ and Rule the Galaxy Poster and Bookmark by author and illustrator Jeffrey Brown
- Back by popular demand, a reprinting of the original Batgirl Poster and Bookmark
- Celebrity reader, Anika Noni Rose
- A new Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Poster and Bookmark
- Free People Read Freely® Bracelets from the Freedom to Read Foundation
The winter catalog also provides information on ALA Graphics’ ancillary gift shop at bit.ly/graphics-gift-shop. The gift shop has recently debuted “new” merchandise featuring vintage ALA designs from the 70s and 80s. It also features 2025 National Library Week-themed art on clothing and accessories.
With the new winter 2024-25 catalog, ALA Graphics is officially going digital (no catalogs will be printed or mailed) so be sure to bookmark the catalog page. And, if you would like to receive emails about new products and catalogs, please sign up to receive emails here.
ALA Graphics supports the mission of the American Library Association through the development of quality products celebrating libraries, literacy, and reading. ALA Store purchases fund advocacy, awareness and accreditation programs for library and information professionals worldwide.
Contact:
Rachel Johnson
Director, ALA Graphics
American Library Association
ALA Publishing & Media
rjohnson@ala.org312-280-5040
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