April is National Financial Literacy Month. Libraries are doing their part to educate young people about concepts from budgeting to interest to help them be more economically resilient. 

Large or small, urban or rural, school districts around the country are working hard to ensure students don’t go hungry. 

The new initiative—a collaboration among Los Angeles County departments of public health and mental health, Planned Parenthood, L.A. Unified School District, and the L.A. County Office of Education—focuses on students' physical and mental health. Many centers are still operating despite schools being closed. 

 

Nora Shalaway Carpenter explains why The Edge of Anything, her new YA novel, is the book she'd longed for during her own darkest days.

Whether you are a K-12 teacher trying to support students online or a parent, grandparent, or family or community member trying to support learning for a range of students and ages during this period of disruption, we hope you can find these resources interesting and engaging, and these simple protocols helpful.

Lee shares why varied representation of victim/survivors and abusers in literature is needed in this brutally personal and important post.

Children's authors and illustrators are creating resources and reaching out to educators to help during the coronavirus school closures.

What a challenging and confusing time this is. All of us are juggling the demands of taking care of our families, our students, and ourselves. We’re worried about what’s happening hour-to-hour while trying to remain positive and optimistic when we’re with the young people within our care. Rather than create a traditional entry for this week, we decided to curate some of the amazing resources that schools, libraries, companies, and organizations have been making available during this time of crisis.

With schools closing across the country due to COVID-19, many school librarians are lifting checkout limits and sending students home with as many books as they want.