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SLJ's reporting takes stock of the pandemic's impact on school and public libraries and the kid lit community.
The annual event celebrates, elevates, and affirms the excellence of educators of color, while forcing readers to think and act for a more equitable, informed school and community.
Spring research season is here. Adjust your practice to ensure students have a rich and meaningful immersion while working on year-end projects.
A panel of experts shared the best digital resources for better remote learning on SLJ's recent webcast Digital Resources for K-12: Learning in the Age of COVID.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools. With libraries, bookstores, and comic shops mostly off-limits as well, readers are going online, and publishers and creators have responded with free comics and related resources. Here’s a look at those offerings.
The graphic format can effectively tell complex stories and engage young readers. Encompassing first-person accounts of historical events and guides that address gender and identity, these titles meet the highest standards for nonfiction and are "inclusive, respectful, accurate, and informative."
For educators, a lot has changed amid a global pandemic—and at the same time, much hasn’t.
2020 is turning out to be a bumper year for cat stories of all kinds. Here’s a look at some of this year’s cat tales.
Journaling and how-to books by Angie Thomas, Elizabeth Acevedo, Paul Fleischman, and Ally Carter can help students find their voice during challenging times.
Teachers don't usually ask their students what they should teach. A middle school English teacher gained important insights when she spoke with her students about the kinds of books they want to read in class.
Perfect the lighting, display song lyrics, introduce your pet, and other ways to get little ones engaged and singing along to from home.
April is National Financial Literacy Month. Libraries are doing their part to educate young people about concepts from budgeting to interest to help them be more economically resilient.
Launching today: A wizarding respite for the coronavirus-weary. Through Harry Potter at Home, readers can access HP-related activities and downloads, including free audiobook and ebook versions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, available through April.
Navigating bookstore and school closures, publishers innovate while helping those in need. The Internet Archive's National Emergency LIbrary draws backlash.
Noting a need for connection now more than ever, Pernille Ripp announced the Global Read Aloud choices today.
Enliven lessons by discussing Supreme Court cases and challenged books.
School librarian Laura Gardner offers best practices to stay connected with students and keep the fun factor high.
As educators turn to remote programming and classroom management due to the COVID-19 outbreak and school closures, ed tech providers are offering free access. Here’s a list.
A group of college, university, and public librarians released a statement outlining why they believe the extraordinary circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic meet qualifications for fair use within copyright law.
A handy set of key links on COVID-19; free resources and newly free access to learning services; and tips for energizing online instruction.
Librarians and ELA teachers can work together to strategize and develop a school-wide culture of independent reading.
A curricular guide for Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, geared for educators and students, ages 12 and up.
Strategies to help students determine determine whether a video has been altered include analyzing what motivates people to create fakes in the first place.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the 1619 Project, spoke to Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi about their collaboration on Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.
Increasing book access for young people boosts their chances for both personal and academic success. Donalyn Miller identifies common obstacles in schools and libraries, along with advice on how to reduce the negative impact on young readers.
Debates over leveling focus on how to best teach reading versus how to foster passionate readers who choose their own books. How did we get here?
Connect students with their favorite writers—and others they might not know yet—to create excitement around books.
With educational intent, role-playing games can provide a narrative that holds students' attention and be customized to teach specific lessons.
It’s looking like 2020 will be a big year for graphic novels for young people.
Librarians who add a little hip-hop, spoken word, and rap to their repertoire get students reading and writing.
Betsy Bird’s annual marathon of standout titles in children’s literature, from the unconventional to the informational.
Simple motor tasks and games boost young children's executive function and cognitive skills.
Children should be encouraged to look closely at the world around them and ask questions. These recently published titles for preschool and early elementary students will do just that as they build a solid foundation for STEM work and wonderings.
The best go beyond challenging to engage players on a number of levels: through distinct but readable design, evolving mechanics or difficulty, and repetitive but soothing soundtracks.
Students have traditionally accepted information in textbooks without question. But In high schools throughout the country, that's starting to change.
When even the most esoteric information is only a Siri question away, why waste time memorizing anything? Neuroscience can give us some clues as to why.
Make room on your read-aloud shelves for titles that will ignite discussions about contemporary issues, highlight little-known true stories, and tug on the heartstrings.
The New York Times Magazine's 1619 Project and companion curriculum is being used by teachers to change the narrative of American history lessons in the classroom.
While decorative banned books displays draw attention to censorship, there's a deeper opportunity for meaningful conversation about the issues.
SLJ asked librarians to describe the best tools they could imagine to teach information literacy—and got more than simple answers.
School libraries are key to information literacy, and investment will drive impact.
Evaluating sources and using information effectively is critical. The right tools and support can help librarians teach these skills better, according to SLJ’s survey of middle and high school librarians.
After her son died by suicide in April, Michelle Oliver collaborated with an English teacher to look at Shakespeare's famous "love story" in a new way and to teach her students about suicide awareness.
Largely rooted in STEM, high school makerspace CTE programs are fueled by new job opportunities that students can dip into before college or career training.
Many titles have been published this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. This curated list provides digital resources and books recommended for elementary and middle grade readers.
Brigid Alverson will write SLJ’s manga column, including coverage of various genres, and what’s popular and why, with recommended titles for tweens and teens.
In this inaugural column, Brigid Alverson offers a sampling of all-ages manga. Engaging stories that don't feel childish, most are good picks for teens and tweens.
Inspiring projects, discussions of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and creating with—not just consuming—augmented and virtual reality were just some of the highlights of ISTE 2019.
A selection of recently published titles consider race and the imagination, girl-positive libraries, career programming, and other topics.
From "a picture book that doubles as a love letter to the forest ecosystem" to a scenic guide to trees, these books are the perfect preamble to a walk in the woods.
A trio of games that complement this year’s Collaborative Summer Reading theme emphasize the need for players to work together when faced with galactic danger.
In the last 25 years the school library has undergone a dizzying transformation. Once a hushed and austere sanctuary, it’s now a hub of collaboration, innovation and creativity.
This new product allows users to alter code—and learn how to code—as they play. Kids can modify, change, and create a new game on the go.
Because campus autonomy is key to the charter philosophy, schools with libraries tend to align them with specific educational principles.
These 18 titles are perfect for Game of Thrones fans mourning the end of the HBO series—or for young readers who aren't quite ready for Westeros.
Education may be part of the solution to stopping the incidence of anti-semitic harassment, vandalism, and physical assaults at schools.
High school English teacher Jarred Amato has guided his Nashville students and helped create a national, student-led, grassroots literacy and community service movement around middle grade and YA titles by authors including Kwame Alexander, Nic Stone, and Jason Reynolds.