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Add all of these essential and exceptional titles reviewed in our September 2020 issue, including new works by Cynthia Kadohata, Andrea Davis Pinkney, and Sy Montgomery.

Essential and exceptional titles reviewed in our August 2020 issue, including picture books, middle grade, YA, nonfiction, and graphic novels for children and teens.

The new series will feature Black authors, musicians, and athletes reading children's books by Black authors.

The third round of REALM Project found detectable virus after five days on some of the materials.

The News Literacy Project continues its mission to educate kids about misinformation with new initiatives; civil rights activist Ruby Bridges has written a new book; the Library of Congress National Book Festival will be on PBS; L.A.'s Festival of Books goes online, and more in this edition of News Bites.

Surrounded by family, balloons, and shelves of books, vice president Joe Biden officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president in a school library.

The News Literacy Project senior vice president for education and SLJTeen Live! lunchtime speaker answers your queries.

Longtime favorite authors dominated the lists of checkouts in the first half of June, according to Follett's Students' Choice data.

ALA will share the prerecorded program with president Julius Jefferson, Jr., and Texas school librarians, including 2017 SLJ School Librarian of the Year Tamiko Brown.