Diversity

SLJ has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations. These 21 middle grade titles include nonfiction, fiction, graphic novels, and even workbooks and theater scripts. A PDF of the full list is also available for download.

School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations. Check out their 28 picture book selections. A PDF of the full list is also available for download.

School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share and promote the group's annual summer reading recommendations. These 18 beginning readers and chapter books are just right for kids starting to read on their own. A PDF of the full list is also available for download.

And We Rise, Martin's evocative book-in-verse addressing the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, began as a series of poems about the Jim Crow era.
 

Hand these 13 titles—fiction and nonfiction—about disability to older readers this Disability Pride Month.

A look at the latest in censorship attempts around the country spotlights actions in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, and Missouri.

Valdez knew from the start that Harmony Becker’s Himawari House, which earned an SLJ starred review, was something special.

Contemporary settings at a prep school and debate tournament update Jane Austen’s work but also show the perennial nature of Pride and Prejudice.

These four contemporary and historical fiction middle grade titles center LGBTQIA+ characters who fight to live authentically across time, and serve as important reminders that mantras like “protect trans kids” require both words and action.