Public Libraries

Those dreaded summer reading lists. For eons, teachers have been handing out assigned reading, mostly comprised of old “classics.” With this survey, SLJ and NCTE invite teachers and librarians to choose the titles you’d like culled from required reading and those books you would urge students to read instead.

This is actually more about games than sports---so expand whatever you're thinking of to include card games, outdoor neighborhood hiding games, board games, puzzles, amusement park games, Spin the Bottle, and more.

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Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some YA titles for fans of the very adult show Yellowjackets, which explores teen girl survival in the past and present

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Over and over, I find myself looking at climate change through the lens of fantasy, using magic and dragons and Incursions to tell the story.

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If you have been asking yourself, where are all the YA books with teens in marching band, here are 2 new titles coming in 2022 to answer the call

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As censorship efforts continue, here's a look at some of the latest developments in schools and public libraries around the country.

A modern-day gay teen time travels back to 1985 and wonders if he can help change the past without changing his future.

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As attacks on library collections escalate, school boards and parents circumvent the established process.