COVID-19

Horror fiction provides kids with an outlet and a method to cope with an overwhelming world. 

Spine-tingling books like these can be perfect companions in dark times.

The pandemic presents unique challenges for the nearly 23 million nine- to twelve-year-olds in the United States. Here are ways to support them. 

The pandemic shuttered schools one year ago this week. SLJ checked in with school librarians around the country to ask what they have learned, how their priorities have changed, and what they see in the future.

Ibram X. Kendi's Center Antiracist Research at Boston University is hosting its second Antiracist Book Festival, Kwame Alexander will create a poem with help from submissions; the NAACP Image Awards literary nominees were announced; and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is ready to reopen to the public in this edition of News Bites.

Questions about the ethics of fines, a public library crowded with kids during the pandemic, and a librarian who doesn't want kindergarteners to borrow books.

Proper ventilation is an important mitigation strategy for opening school buildings safely; the CDC has issued more detailed ventilation guidance.

This Women's History Month may feel like 2020 all over again. As the pandemic interrupted many plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, the National Women's History Museum and National Women's History Alliance have extended their resources, events, and celebration into 2021.

Young people make their voices heard on issues from the election to climate change, one click at a time.