Public Libraries

These guides compassionately provide support, resources, and coaching for young people navigating death and loss.

As assessment and recovery efforts continue, Tennessee Association of School Librarians president Dustin Hensley is stepping up to assist in the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Here are some ways to help.

The new California law prohibits public libraries from banning books based on "race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation of a book’s subject, author, or intended audience"; New Jersey legislators move "Freedom to Read Act" forward; and more. 

Explaining why they write about children who are grieving, authors describe experiences from the loss of a family member to concerns about gun violence.

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.

This great resource for readers of all ages who are interested in comics, graphic novels, and manga, has just added more picture books to its collection.

Documents show the high cost of book challenges and legal battles over censorship in Utah and Florida school districts; challenged books stay on shelves in Watertown, NY, and Buncombe County, NC; and more.

These seven works range from spin-offs of classic Japanese manga to completely original stories rendered with manga-style storytelling.