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The Front Desk author tweeted a call to action to her colleagues, as she tries to "motivate and mobilize" people to fight coordinated efforts to remove books from schools and libraries.

The winner of the annual award for YA debut author will be announced at the Youth Media Awards in January.

A Twitter campaign organized by #FReadom prompted authors—including Cynthia Leitich Smith, Laurie Halse Anderson, Alex Gino, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and others—to share the heartfelt messages they have received from young people who connected with their books.

Author Terry Farish reflects on the collaboration process for A Feast for Joseph with writing partner OD Bonny and gets insights from other authors and illustrators who have also collaborated on children's books.

Picture books editor Kimberly Fakih chats with SLJ Best Books cover artist Duncan Tonatiuh, the illustrator of the 2021 Best Book, Gloria Amescua’s Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua.

Authors Jerry Craft, Grace Lin, and others discuss the personal and professional impact of having parents call to remove their books from schools and libraries.

With the release of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot this week, Jeff Kinney gives young readers the comfort of familiar characters and a little bit of normal in these continued chaotic times.

When a video of a woman speaking out against the book Out of Darkness at a school board meeting went viral, author Ashley Hope Pérez responded with a video of her own.

Author Susan H. Kamei discusses her YA narrative nonfiction work When Can We Go Back to America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII, and why it's so vital to acknowledge and understand this episode in U.S. history.