Public Libraries

New policies are impacting school library purchases in Pennsylvania and Florida; one Texas district cancels its Scholastic Book Fairs for the year; and a South Carolina state senator threatens to eliminate the salaries of public library executives in his county in the latest Censorship Roundup.

SLJ and NCTE collaborated to create 18 booklists of titles to replace, or use as a companion to, canon "classics." 

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.

The author of Home Home stresses the importance of openly discussing mental health issues and offering hope to young people experiencing anxiety and depression.

As attacks on library collections escalate, school boards and parents circumvent the established process.

Well-organized literacy programs help kids in detention access and talk about books. 

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.

The Reby Cary Youth Library opened in August with more than 8,000 square feet designed for and dedicated to children.

The online resource Padlet can be a very useful and creative tool for librarians. Here, a teen librarian shares different ways she uses this platform for her programs.