Kara Yorio

Erin Entrada Kelly became a two-time Newbery Medalist with her win at the 2025 Youth Media Awards, announced Monday morning at LibLearnX in Phoenix.

The First State of Being, a middle grade novel about time travel, Y2K, family, friendship, anxiety, and loss, earned Kelly the coveted award.

Rebecca Lee Kunz has been vaulted into children's literature's elite with the Caldecott win for illustrations in this story of a Cherokee family and a young boy just trying to help.

The coming-of-age graphic novel written by Samuel Teer and illustrated by Mar Julia, which tells the story of a mixed-race teen connecting with her estranged father, tackles themes of family, friendship, culture, and gentrification.

A Dangerous Idea marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial, which involved a debate over free speech, education, science, and religion with larger-than-life characters and less-than-pure motives.

Veronica Bane, YA author and high school English teacher, is calling on the publishing and kid lit community to help those impacted by the fires.

The 2021 School Librarian of the Year reflects on a busy year and promises to keep fighting censorship attempts and anti-library legislation in 2025.

SLJ spoke with Nicholas Espiritu of the National Immigration Law Center about students' rights and how educators and administrators can support and protect children at their schools.

Louisiana's highest court vacated the court of appeals ruling in Jones' defamation case against Citizens for a New Louisiana, Michael Lunsford, and Ryan Thames. The case will now go back and be heard in the lower court.