By Kara Yorio

PEN America released data for the 2024–25 school year, with more than 6,800 instances of book bans in districts across the country.

The new episodes will air every Saturday in October on KidZuko on YouTube and the Reading Rainbow website.

The Discovery Fair will feature STEAM titles and science kits and will be available starting in January

Join the Newbery-winning author and peers from around the country for a weekend of professional development and expanding your professional learning community.

The 2021 School Librarian of the Year was recognized for her library advocacy and fight against censorship and book bans.

These resources and ideas from ALA, Unite Against Book Bans, the National Coalition Against Censorship, and others will help plan for Banned Books Week Oct. 5-11.

As educators and authors wait on expected appeals in Penguin Random House v. Gibson, school librarians are in limbo and author Laurie Halse Anderson is "cautiously opimistic."

School Library Journal is now accepting applications for the 2026 School Librarian of the Year award, sponsored by Scholastic. Let us know what you are doing in your school library and join an exceptional group of honored peers.

A career retrospective at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the current political climate have kid lit creator Grace Lin considering the purpose of her future work.