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Penguin Random House Showcase 2023

Penguin Random House Showcase 2023
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Mar 24, 2023
Pull out your TBR lists or get ready to add to the orders for books that stock your library or classroom shelves.
Book Review: Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave with illustrations by Tom de Freston

Book Review: Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave with illustrations by Tom de Freston
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Mar 23, 2023
This stunning and empathetic look at mental illness is not be missed. Perfect from start to finish.
Ask Jason Reynolds Anything!

Ask Jason Reynolds Anything!
SLJ Staff,  Mar 23, 2023

SLJ is crowdsourcing interview questions for Reynolds, the 2023 winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award, to answer in a live Instagram event on Thursday, March 30 at 3 pm ET. What do you want to ask him?

ALA Report Shows Record Number of Book Challenges

ALA Report Shows Record Number of Book Challenges
SLJ Staff,  Mar 23, 2023

The American Library Association recorded 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since the organization began compiling the data more than 20 years ago.

Playing to our Strengths (and Other Insights on Co-Authoring a Novel): A Conversation with Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass

Playing to our Strengths (and Other Insights on Co-Authoring a Novel): A Conversation with Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Mar 22, 2023
There are people out there–often whole communities–just waiting to embrace and celebrate you for who you are.
Seed libraries: Grow a relationship with your community and help save the world | From the Editor

Seed libraries: Grow a relationship with your community and help save the world | From the Editor
Kathy Ishizuka,  Mar 22, 2023

In neighborhoods around the country, people are joining together to steward the soil, fight hunger, promote well-being, celebrate culture, and forge community ties through seed saving.

Love, Family, and Mental Health, a guest post by Rajani LaRocca

Love, Family, and Mental Health, a guest post by Rajani LaRocca
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Mar 21, 2023
I hope this story helps young readers recognize that anxiety and depression are not weaknesses or flaws, but a part of life—and something that can be treated.
Don’t Ban Them. Don’t Silence Them. The Importance of Writing About the “Tough Stuff” in Teen Fiction, a guest post by Lila Riesen

Don’t Ban Them. Don’t Silence Them. The Importance of Writing About the “Tough Stuff” in Teen Fiction, a guest post by Lila Riesen
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Mar 20, 2023
To some readers—mostly adults, who are under some fallacy that teenagers will remain innocent so long as we shelter them from difficult themes—my book will be one giant red flag.
Programming with Constructive Destruction, a guest post by Austin Ferraro

Programming with Constructive Destruction, a guest post by Austin Ferraro
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Mar 17, 2023
I decided to try something ridiculous. If the teens were going to come in like chaotic whirlwinds and leave destruction in their path no matter what we did…why not just encourage it?
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