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Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC)

The CCBC is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children’s and young adult literature. The CCBC is a noncirculating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children’s and young adult literature. The CCBC is part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, and receives additional support from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. More about the CCBC.

Book of the Week

  • Skipshock

    En route to a new boarding school in Dublin after she was caught trying to pawn her father’s old watch, Margo (white) finds herself traveling to a world she didn’t know existed. On the train with her is Moon, a boy Margo’s age with a crescent moon tattoo on his face.

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News

  • Announcing the Newest CCBC Librarian

    The CCBC staff is pleased to announce that Katie Kiekhaefer will be joining the ranks as the newest CCBC librarian, following a lengthy and competitive recruitment. Katie’s collection management knowledge, administrative leadership, mentoring skills, and …

  • New CCBC Booklist Complements Go Big Read Selection

    The James: Retellings & Reimaginings and 19th-Century Black Experiences booklist was developed by the CCBC librarians to complement the 2025-2026 Go Big Read selection, James by Percival Everett, a novel that retells the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from …

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