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Fans of Nathan Hale can cross the country alongside the best-selling author this month. With stops from Boston to Honolulu, the virtual tour celebrates Blades of Freedom, book 10 in Hale’s "Hazardous Tales" series of graphic novels.

Tackling a variety of topics important to school librarians and all educators, these presentations, discussions, and panels are available for viewing. 

Graphic novelist Joel Christian Gill speaks about his graphic novels on Black history as well as the challenges of adapting Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning.

Beetle and the Hollowbones author Aliza Layne fills SLJ in on the challenges of creating a character who doesn’t talk, how she balanced sweet and spooky elements, and her hopes for the graphic novel medium.

Keynote addresses by James McBride, Tommy Orange, and Ijeoma Oluo, and sessions on reimagining school, next steps in antiracist teaching, and challenging the classics are just a few of the highlights of the 2020 SLJ Summit.

Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, and Raina Telgemeier earned multiple awards at the annual comic industry awards. 

With her new graphic novel series “The Weirn Books,” creator Svetlana Chmakova steps away from the sunny classrooms of Berrybrook Middle School to another school in a darker realm.

The celebrated graphic novelist had to learn to love sports to tell a larger story of basketball dreams in Dragon Hoops.

The new DC title, which will be released on December 1, will profile female public figures including Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai, Serena Williams, and Greta Thunberg.