By SLJ Staff

The founding members of the group, all librarians, hosted "Reading my World: Diverse Books for Birth to 8." 

The only national book awards voted on by kids and teens, this year’s finalists include Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love, The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton, and The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Students can cast their vote until June 2.

School librarians in Iowa celebrate, an update in Texas where educators are fighting for raises, and more news in this edition of NewsBites.

YA author Kosoko Jackson asked his publisher Sourcebooks to pull his novel, A Place for Wolves, from publication.

The Center for Children's Literature at Bank Street College of Education selected four semifinalists for the 2019 Irma S. Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature. The winner will be selected by first and second graders across the country; teachers and librarians can register their students to participate in the voting process before April 19.

A critical look at Dr. Seuss, a feature on disability representation in children’s literature, and a new study on teen behavior are among our most accessed stories.

These school librarians use social media to elevate their profession and empower their students.

Must-have new titles for library collections, reviewed in our February issue.

John Sullivan, Oge Mora honored by Ezra Jack Keats Awards and more in NewsBites.