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A selection of recently published titles consider race and the imagination, girl-positive libraries, career programming, and other topics. 

This edition of reader feedback serves up book bentos; speculation on Mike Mulligan fashion choices; and one fine endorsement of SLJ.

A new tool to help teach students which news outlets to trust; the UN releases its second book club list; and libraries are having their moment on Jeopardy! 

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.

Love it or hate it—or perhaps that's a little of both now for even the most ardent fans of Game of Thrones—we'bid adieu to the HBO series on Sunday. Our GoT readalikes, a report on summer reading trends, recommended podcasts, and those YA BookTubers are among our most popular posts of the week.

The Palestinian-American writer becomes the first Arab-American to earn the honor.

More kids are reading less over the summer break, according to Scholastic's Kids and Family Reading Report: 7th Edition.

Brian Bannon—the current head of the Chicago Public Library—will be the first Merryl and James Tisch Director of the New York Public Library, overseeing 88 neighborhood branches while charged with developing and growing the education strategy and programs of the country's largest public library system.