Public Libraries

Whether conducting TEDx talks or using makerspaces to explore their passions, teens with the freedom to drive activities stay the most engaged.

While we're rethinking everything, how would you better serve youth in your community? SLJ is supporting a project to devise a new, crowdsourced vision for libraries. 

Get educated about environmental racism, the carbon impact of sheltering in place, and more with experts including Bill Gates and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Meg Medina, Jason Chin, Nikki Grimes, and other creators discuss how quarantine life has impacted their imaginations and work.

Learning to read is a constitutional right, but functional literacy has never been equitably attained by Americans, says Miller. Here she offers tools of empowerment that enhance information and civic literacy.

The IMLS-funded project aims to give librarians science-based information to keep things as safe as possible as they reopen.

Challenging old classics is the literary equivalent of replacing statues of racist figures.

Unlock kids' creativity with episodes about origami, bookmaking, beavers, and more inspirations.

Hand these books to kids who are excited about these films and shows out this spring and summer.