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From clowning skills to creating forts, here are some great books to help get kids (and their grown-ups) away from screens for a bit. 

Geared for teen and tween girls, here are recommended new titles in shoujo manga, with interesting twists on the standard tropes.

Using primary sources with literature can help students explore a story using a unique, real-world perspective.

In advance of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the author and adapter of The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, discuss their book and this painful part of American history.

Saturday morning cartoons may be a thing of the past, but the genre is living on in graphic novels. These 10 novels and series bring back that Saturday morning feeling with mad scientists, talking animals, and zany superheroes. 

Twelve adventure and survival fiction titles to keep summer reading fresh and exciting.

During Pride month and all year long, curl up with these fantastical YA novels that center LGBTQIA+ characters and affirm queer identities.

REFORMA and volunteer librarians are working to create libraries and do story times for the young people crossing the border.

Animal pals and a touch of magic infuse these books for kids who are drawn to the adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's Newbery winner about a girl and a squirrel who turns out to have superpowers.