In this session, manga creator Misako Rocks! (Bounce Back, Macmillan and How to Draw Kawaii Manga, Quarto); Briana Lawrence (The Essential Manga Guide, Running Press); and Sara Smith, a District Librarian for a rural district in California and the creator of The Graphic Library (Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in the K-12 Settings, ALA Editions), will explore the growing demand for kid-friendly manga and why it matters for school and public libraries. Together, they’ll provide practical strategies for discovering, evaluating, and promoting manga that works for middle grade readers. Attendees will leave with a collection development tips, and programming ideas to connect kids with manga they’ll love—while building stronger and more diverse manga graphic novel collections.