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YALSA names finalists for best YA book by a previously unpublished author.

Check out our reviews—all starred—for the recently announced Morris finalists, including two SLJ Best Books.

In a difficult year, SLJ readers raised up good books for kids and teens, seeking out and celebrating the best in publishing. The most popular posts of the year included lists featuring Latinx and Native American themes and characters.

The government's education report focuses on partnerships and literacy, but no cost was included.

By popular demand, the New York City chapter of Drag Queen Story Hour will start programming for middle and high school students.

The 2018 SLJ Leadership Summit featured two days of panels, workshops, speakers, honest conversations about the industry.

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (ALAN) has established the Bill Konigsberg Award for Acts and Activism for Equity and Inclusion through Young Adult Literature.

American Library Association names winners of the 2018 I Love My Librarian Awards.

SLJ's 2018 School Librarian of the Year is one of the 250 school and public librarians who received $500 in microfunding.