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Two New York City library systems are opening up their collections to readers across the country; YALSA needs a Pura Belpré award committee volunteer, LitUp writing fellowship is accepting applications, and more in this edition of News Bites.

These 15 books restore the urgency and excitement of history while highlighting the marginalized voices that have so often been written out of established curricula.

SLJ shares an exclusive excerpt of the first chapter of 'Jessi's Secret Language' (The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel, Bk. 12), adapted and illustrated by Chan Chau. 

Here’s how six libraries are refreshing their plans for 2022. 
 

LGBTQIA+ authors and writers of color are getting fewer invitations to speak to students at schools as attempts to ban books continue across the country.

Suggestions include culling To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, and works by Shakespeare, as well as adding New Kid and Firekeeper's Daughter, among other titles. 

In this installment of SLJ ‘s "Milestones" series, we've collected books to help parents introduce new arrivals into the family, whether they come by stork or by plane.

Twenty-five libraries in Title I schools have been awarded $700 grants, presented by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, in partnership with SLJ.

SLJ spoke with Mariko Tamaki, author of YA prose novel Cold, about the resilience in her main characters, why the mother in her story is an author, and the dynamics of joy and trauma.