From Your Immediate Past President: A Letter of Gratitude
Dear APALA Family,
When I stepped into this presidency role for the second time, I did so with equal parts of humility and joy. Not many people get the chance to serve their community once, let alone twice, and being trusted with this responsibility again, more than a decade after my first term, has been one of the greatest honors of my life. I want to begin with the simplest and most heartfelt words: thank you. Thank you for believing in me and thank you for building an organization that truly feels like coming home.
News & Announcements
APALA’s Family Literacy Focus Committee published its 2025 Best of the Best Booklist.
Paul Lai and Sarah Park Dahlen have a book titled Asian Americans in Story: Context, Collections, and Community Engagement with Children’s and YA Literature coming out in Fall 2026 and published by ALA Editions.
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