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Speaking at SLJ's Leadership Summit in Austin, TX, last month, ALA President Barbara Stripling implored attendees to demand that their communities assert all students' right to a library.

You don't have to be in Washington State to get the exciting takeaways from the Washington Library Media Association's (WLMA) two-day conference, being hosted in Yakima, Washington, starting Thursday, October 17. WLMA will again be offering a free virtual broadcast of key presentations from the event.

After three decades as editor of School Library Journal’s Book Review, Trevelyn Jones will retire October 18, leaving behind a legacy of expertise, integrity, and a love of children’s literature that is largely unmatched in the industry. To celebrate her retirement, SLJ reached out to Jones’s industry colleagues to reflect on her contributions.

Ahead of our exclusive webcast with kid lit authors Kate DiCamillo and Jon Scieszka on October 21—during which they will discuss her latest book, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, and the importance of humor in children's literature—we asked DiCamillo to field a few humorous warm-up questions.

In a season of amazing new picture books, first-time kid lit writers and illustrators offer wonderful additions for librarians' collections this fall. From an internationally acclaimed illustrator to an advertising agency creative director who “let the story” come to him, the following titles, selected by the editors of Junior Library Guild, have already garnered much praise.

Previously on A Fuse #8 Production . . . In 2012 I came up with a crazy idea.  We all love Dr. Seuss.  We all know his work.  So for fun I asked folks to illustrate a scene from their favorite Seuss book in the style of a different children’s author.  The result: The Re-Seussification [...]

School librarians must be assertive leaders and technology experts, Joel Castro, associate superintendent for the Lubbock, Texas, School District, told attendees at SLJ's annual Leadership Summit in Austin in September. Castro also urged school librarians to work closely with their school principals in order to forge common ground.

In an August issue of SLJTeen, we covered a program run by University at Buffalo’s Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction that matched graduate students with 180 elementary school students to advance their reading and writing schools over the summer. We asked readers to tell us about other programs like it, and the Southeast Regional Library (FL) stepped up with their collaboration with University of North Florida's education undergrads.

Jennifer D. LaBoon, coordinator of library technology for the Fort Worth Independent School District, and Cindy Buchanan, program director for library media services for the Aldine, Texas, Independent School District, shared advocacy strategies with attendees at the SLJ Summit in Austin. Here are takeaways from their presentation, “PTA & School Library Relations.”