Mychal Threets Poster

The Monster at the End of This Book

Named 2026 honorary chair of National Library Week, Mychal Threets is a librarian, mental health advocate, and the library’s number one fan (according to himself). He was raised at his local library as a home-school kid where he got his first library card at age five. This same library gave Mychal his first library job as a shelver and saw him work his way up to Supervising Librarian.

Mychal is a recipient of the 2024 “I Love My Librarian” award from the American Library Association, one of TIME Magazine’s 2024 Next Generation Leaders, and one of the 2025 TIME Magazine’s inaugural list of 100 creators.

Mychal is the author of I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy, published by Random House Children’s Books and illustrated by Lorraine Nam. He is proud to be Resident Librarian for PBS and PBS Kids and serves as the host of the revival of Reading Rainbow. 

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