Star Child by Ibi Zoboi and Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas are among the winners of the annual awards that honor outstanding children's and YA books by African American authors.
SLJ is crowdsourcing interview questions for Reynolds, the 2023 winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award, to answer in a live Instagram event on Thursday, March 30 at 3 pm ET. What do you want to ask him?
In neighborhoods around the country, people are joining together to steward the soil, fight hunger, promote well-being, celebrate culture, and forge community ties through seed saving.
Announcing the decision to appeal, Jones said she is "committed to going the distance and fighting for my right to a fair trial against those who have sought to destroy my good name."
Here is a look at the strategies and messaging in eight states with recent bills to remove the prosecution exemption for librarians and educators in current obscenity laws.
As censors attack, administrators issue directives; getting ahead of Moms for Liberty; a parent bars his son from the debate team.
Presenting the 2022 average book prices, produced annually by SLJ in partnership with Follett and Baker & Taylor.
More librarians find their work challenging, but most still love what they do, the latest LJ/SLJ Survey shows.
Books need to leave room for a child’s feelings while normalizing divorce, encouraging questions, and teaching coping skills, experts say.
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