So yesterday I began telling you about doing my diversity audit. I began in a place that many people wouldn’t suspect, by doing a local community needs and assessment evaluation. I thought if I wanted to understand why I was building a diverse/inclusive collection, I also wanted to understand who I was doing it for. […]
The acclaimed Cherie Dimaline chats with SLJ about her YA debut, the importance of language, the colonization of Native peoples, and how teens are the hope for the world's future.
Authors Deborah Hopkinson, Caren B. Stelson, Russell Freedman, and others spoke at the organization's 65th awards celebration in New York City.
Move over, John Green. In an event featuring star authors, a group of Oregon high school students stole the show at SLJ's 2017 Summit. Here's video of the teen panel.
Fans of Brian Selznick's book will have little to complain about in this often enthralling adaptation.
In a fairly rare occurrence, we all three read today’s book BEFORE the scheduled post date, so today’s post has all of us discussing it together, just like a RealCommittee might, if six people were missing. Sarah: Friends. Friends. Is this the book to beat this year? To be honest, it’s hard to know where to start here. […]
A mural at the new Seuss Museum in Springfield, MA, prompted three authors to pull out of an event there. The museum may now use the art as a "teachable moment."
Libraries address Islamophobia in a time of bans, raids, and walls.
Following a harassment incident, the Oakland (CA) Public Library broadcast a message of inclusion and took significant steps to build community.