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Graphic novels, audiobooks, and poetry are among the list of standout titles for this month.

With the release of two educator surveys, the organization provides facts and figures on the detrimental impact of book bans on reading and literacy. 

Young won the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1990 for Lon Po Po, which he also wrote.

ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) puts out an annual list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books for the year. Here are SLJ 's reviews of titles on the 2022 list.  

In these seven manga works for grades five and up, affable characters cast gentle spells.

Responding to book challenges takes a financial toll on school districts, some Iowa Little Free Libraries now come with disclaimers, author Ashley Hope Pérez talks to NPR about how sexual content is used as a scapegoat to target books addressing race, gender, and other identity-based topics, and more in the latest Censorship News.

If graphic novels are flying off the shelves at your library, that reflects a remarkable trend: The format’s popularity has shot up at over 90 percent of school libraries in the last few years, according to a new SLJ survey.

The five finalists include a picture book, graphic memoir, YA novel, and a couple of middle grade titles.

Here are the SLJ Reviews of the five finalists for 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.