Series Made Simple
Clear the shelves! Librarian Christopher Lassen rounds up a strong selection of new middle grade series and sequels.
YA librarian and Library Journal Mover and Shaker Lindsey Tomsu curates a roundup of the latest installments of popular YA series. Among the highlighted choices are romance, sci-fi, dystopian, mystery, horror, and fantasy selections that teens won’t want to miss.
Good nonfiction answers questions readers might have and provides them with a few new facts, but great nonfiction does that and even more: it leaves students with questions of their own, eager to seek out further information.
Ensuring that nonfiction aimed at young people is both age appropriate and enlightening is a tall order. But many recent titles are proving that it can be done, and librarians and kid lit experts are emphasizing that despite the challenges, it should be done.
It’s exciting to see children start to understand the world around them—from health and wellness to media literacy—and books are a wonderful way to ease transitions and answer questions.
In our increasingly diverse, global society, perspective is a must. Drawing on primary resources, vivid writing, and thoughtful analysis, most of the new series on American history reflect publishers’ ongoing efforts to publish materials that represent different viewpoints.
There’s something for nearly every reader here, including perennial report favorites and historical stand-outs, as well as contemporary celebrities and innovators and even some lesser-known but fascinating figures of the past.
With so much focus on unusual feats and destructive natural and human-caused events, perhaps it’s not surprising that almost half the series in this season’s science line-up use disasters and extreme conditions to attract readers.
Test pilot, video game designer, and humanitarian aid worker: the careers explored here go beyond the tried-and-true options, offering readers some dynamic new possibilities for future professions.
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