News & Features

The plight of immigrant families at the U.S. border prompted the Brooklyn Public Library and others to act. 

While traditional storytime isn’t going away, public libraries are exploring new strategies to serve toddlers and preschoolers, from STEM for babies and Touchpoints for Libraries, to new guidance on screen time.

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.

Multiple book awards were announced, FlipGrid revs up for another student voice bus tour, and Follett has launched a new learning platform.

John Sullivan, Oge Mora honored by Ezra Jack Keats Awards and more in NewsBites.

SLJ reviews the two seasons of the bilingual “Cantícos” digital shorts, based on Susie Jaramillo’s board books featuring traditional Latin American nursery rhymes, now available on NickJr.com and the NOGGIN app.