Kathy Ishizuka

Our top posts of the week past on SLJ.com and the blogs.

Finalists for the 2019 National Book Awards were revealed in five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature.

A YA debut novel and two works in verse are among the books longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

If there’s a thread connecting our trending stories of the past seven days, it’s the goodness of school libraries. That may seem like an obvious one, but we’re going with it. 

A back-to-school reading list by the Florida Department of Education has drawn sharp criticism for its lack of diverse books, predominance of old titles, and overall lack of relevance to students.

The works of J.D. Salinger are going digital for the first time. Special discounts and a 1,000-ebook giveaway are being offered to libraries, starting today.

Brigid Alverson will write SLJ’s manga column, including coverage of various genres, and what’s popular and why, with recommended titles for tweens and teens.

Getting more families into libraries is one goal of the FamLAB Project, which has tapped a cross-sector cohort to expand out-of-school learning opportunities for young children and their families.

Ready to take the next step? K–12 librarians serving high-need communities are eligible for a partial-tuition scholarship toward attending a fall leadership course in Future Ready librarianship.