Current and former middle school teachers bring their experience and students to their work to create characters, dialogue, and stories that resonate with readers.

Young activists in New Jersey and New York join those around the world, skipping school and organizing and attending events to demand accountability and action on climate change.

The Cooperative Children's Book Center has released its annual publishing statistics—and announced a new methodology—while offering observations about the status of children's publishing and diverse titles.

The new initiative with "Dog Man" and "Captain Underpants" creator Dav Pilkey focuses on the importance of reading being fun. This year the week is March 25-29.

In this 50th anniversary year of the award, Heather Thompson joins the 50-50 Initiative with a family reading program spotlighting past CSK winners.

Teens Mena and Zena Nasiri started Girls of the Crescent to donate books with female Muslim main characters to local school districts, libraries, and mosques.

A variety of online resources can help with planning for Women's History Month.

A survey showed 70 percent of teens seen the mental health issues as a significant concern among their peers.

Paper published in Research on Diversity in Youth Literature questions representation in Dr. Seuss books.