Authors Deborah Hopkinson, Caren B. Stelson, Russell Freedman, and others spoke at the organization's 65th awards celebration in New York City.
Move over, John Green. In an event featuring star authors, a group of Oregon high school students stole the show at SLJ's 2017 Summit. Here's video of the teen panel.
Fans of Brian Selznick's book will have little to complain about in this often enthralling adaptation.
In a fairly rare occurrence, we all three read today’s book BEFORE the scheduled post date, so today’s post has all of us discussing it together, just like a RealCommittee might, if six people were missing. Sarah: Friends. Friends. Is this the book to beat this year? To be honest, it’s hard to know where to start here. […]
Introduce kids and teens to activism with titles from Innosanto Nagara and former Earth Guardian leader Xiuhtezcatl Martinez.
A mural at the new Seuss Museum in Springfield, MA, prompted three authors to pull out of an event there. The museum may now use the art as a "teachable moment."
Libraries address Islamophobia in a time of bans, raids, and walls.
Following a harassment incident, the Oakland (CA) Public Library broadcast a message of inclusion and took significant steps to build community.
We’ve got two solid contenders up next, both realistic fiction, both with characters haunted by the past. It’s not entirely fair to pair titles up like this, and it’s not really how RC talks about books at the table — they are trying to consider the strengths and weaknesses of each title individually, after all. […]