Kara Yorio

New Jersey high school librarian Martha Hickson suggests keeping track of reviews, awards, and places where a book has been retained on the shelves to help when the title is challenged in your library.

Explore the latest resources for education's hottest topics: banned books and artificial intelligence.

Newbery Honor and Stonewall Award–winning children's author Kyle Lukoff focused only on the creative work at a weeklong youth literature workshop at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA.

Opposition is mounting to the Houston superintendent's plan to eliminate librarian positions and repurpose libraries at 28 schools into discipline centers.

The Digital Public Library of America has launched The Banned Book Club, offering free access to e-books and audiobooks in areas where the titles have been restricted or banned.

Four of SLJ's approximately 500 reviewers discuss the process and responsibility of reviewing books and awarding stars.

In a keynote conversation to open the conference, Blume discussed decades of fighting for free speech and a lifetime of loving libraries.

Kid lit authors attending ALA Annual are ready to support and work with embattled librarians as they manage attacks on their work. SLJ spoke with Samira Ahmed, Jas Hammonds, Angela Joy, and Eliot Schrefer about the importance of spending time with librarians at the conference discussing books, censorship, and supporting young readers.

SLJ spoke with Skye Perryman and Megan Uzzell of Democracy Forward, a nonprofit organization that provides legal counsel to help people and communities defend core democratic principles.