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Handling policy challenges and proper information for staff when serving transgender teens.
Another novel in verse, does the format serve the story?
Here are some ideas to bring your Teen Read Week programs up a notch.
Jensen tackles John Kerry's teen girl metaphor, #WhyIDidntReport and more as she looks back on the week.
Florence | Touch and Go
SLJ's reviewer called Florence, an intriguing app for teens, "A realistic and emotional portrayal of how relationships and dreams can flourish, wither, and rise from the ashes."
Pride is a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, set in the rapidly-gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood. Marie Marquardt speaks to
Can YA fantasy speak truth to power? Author Sayantani DasGupta addresses that question and more with Elana K. Arnold, Betsy Cornwell, Kiersten White, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Mimi Yu.
A few September release graphic novels that teens and tweens will enjoy.
A look at some of the latest books for tweens and teens.
The second-generation Cuban American author talks to SLJ about her sophomore YA novel, path to publication, and advice to aspiring teen writers.
News and reviews of the week from Teen Librarian Toolbox and around the web.
This cadre is made up of Latinx women and non-binary creators with debut and sophomore fictional books for children and teens releasing between Fall 2018–2019.
These books and resources related to consent and sexual violence will help inform college-bound teenagers.
SLJ reviews and interviews for the 10 longlist titles for the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
In a series of vignettes depicting the experiences of Syrians before and after they choose to flee that country, and information on the refusal of many countries to accept these victims of violence, Brown has created a heartbreaking global and personal story.
How can educators incorporate materials that explore empathy and encourage social and emotional development? An educator has some suggestions.
Damon, library support specialist at Denver Public Schools (DPS), and Torres, teacher librarian at DPS’s Montbello Campus, on Angie Thomas’s blockbuster YA novel and the upcoming film.
UK school librarian Lucas Maxwell's students at Glenthorne High School in London booktalk their favorite challenged titles.
Common Sense Media finds that when it comes to social media and teens, there are no easy or definitive answers.
Boyd discusses the connection between street lit and challenged books, while Winner describes the frequently challenged LGBTQ-themed picture books that he shares with his elementary students.
Whenever someone complains about how dark YA is, it is almost always an adult, writes Karen Jensen, who brings the discussion back to YA's primary audience: teens.
Muse of Nightmares
Quiver
People Kill People
Dear Evan Hansen
The Spy with the Red Balloon
The Kaleidoscope Sisters
The Leading Edge of Now
Wildcard
A Blade So Black
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
Latchkey
What If It's Us
Impostors
All the Stars Denied
The Navigator's Touch
Just Wreck It All
Where She Fell
Come November
Apple in the Middle
Star Wars Lost Stars: Vol. 1
Spill Zone: The Broken Vow
Pulp
Dodger Boy
Girls on the Line
Teen-tested projects from the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County.
Here are some quick looks at books for younger readers. Post-it Note reviews are a great way to display books in your library or classroom, and enable kids to recommend their favorite titles without having to get up in front of everyone and do a book talk.
Baker & Taylor Children’s and Teen Services have been partnering with youth services librarians since 1828. Our CATS specialists are dedicated to our mission of providing expertise on workflow and collection development that support your unique needs.
SLJ reviews the blockbuster Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's YA series opener—epistolary style.
Try these projects and games with your students on Banned Websites Awareness Day (September 26), which seeks to raise awareness of overly restrictive filtering of educational websites and to explore the impact on intellectual freedom.
Displays are a place where libraries are not being neutral. What is chosen to highlight or not makes a statement.
When it comes to questions about climate change, it’s imperative that we urge children and teens to seek answers that enlighten, inspire, and stimulate them to get involved as responsible inhabitants of this planet.
At the Ames (IA) Public Library, a successful summer workshop gave young patrons interested in drag performance an education and an outlet.
FollettBound provides the best prebind quality and title offerings available for libraries. Our bindings exceed the standards established by the Library Binding Council of the BMI. With durability and a thoughtful design of prebinds alongside a variety and title depth for public and school libraries, the best of both worlds is offered through FollettBound.
Take inspiration from this Colorado high school library's month-long initiative highlighting exercise, nutrition, relationships, and mental health.
YA authors Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma kick-start a crowdfunding campaign for online short story anthology.
The Agony House
The Leaving Year
Home and Away
Lost Soul, Be at Peace
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Escaping from Houdini
#MurderTrending
West
Sawkill Girls
Broken Things
DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test
