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Nothing as vital to learning as school libraries should be left to the push-me, pull-you of whittling a budget under pressure.
Elizabeth Acevedo earns another honor for The Poet X, as the winners of the 2019 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced.
Author Suzanne Collins will bring readers back to Panem, 64 years before The Hunger Games began.
Here are the speakers, sessions, and events SLJ's editors are looking forward to most at ALA Annual.
Nearly 100 percent of public libraries use incentives in their summer reading programs, according to SLJ's survey. Still, respondents had a lot to say about prizes as well as what motivates kids to read over vacation.
Nearly a quarter of public libraries partner with schools on programming, whether that means getting the word out about contests and events or formally collaborating to mitigate the summer slide.
More than 40 percent of survey respondents report that summer meals are the third most popular summer initiative at those libraries that offer them.
This resource page for summer learning includes SLJ's 2019 survey on public library summer programming; related articles, infographics, and data analysis; and information and suggestions for programs, reading initiatives, and reading lists.
