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The five finalists include a debut novel, a poetry memoir, and a novel in verse.

As we seek ways to aid recovery and rebuilding of Hurricane Helene impacted communities, the devastating scenes from Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia are a reminder of the need for individuals and institutions to prepare for natural disasters.

On August 21, 1939, five Black men quietly sat down to read in the Alexandria (VA) Public Library after being refused a library card. Occurring years before more widely known efforts to desegregate lunch counters beginning in the 1950s, the Alexandria Library sit-in is the focus of a project to digitize and distribute related materials and teaching resources.

Early chapter books? Easy readers? Whatever you call them, transitional books are key for young students, librarians say.

Authors and industry experts discuss the closing of Algonquin Young Readers and the impact of three kid lit imprints lost in the last 15 months.

Picture book creator Todd Parr's work has been the target of censorship attempts for more than a decade. This Banned Books Week he wants people to spotlight the purpose of the books being attacked.

PEN America released a memo with preliminary book banning numbers, showing a huge increase in banned titles from the previous school year; Carole Boston Weatherford is the 2024 Young People's Poet Laureate; We Need Diverse Books honored by Library of Congress; and more.

A series of professional learning workshops partners school librarians with English language teachers from the same school district to develop programs that support ELLs and their families.

A speaker playing music in the school library brings out the best in students. Here's how, plus kids' 10 favorite tunes.