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

South Carolina Department of Education drafted a new regulation that would give it authority over school and classroom libraries. 

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.