SLJ and NCTE collaborated to create 18 booklists of titles to replace, or use as a companion to, canon "classics."
The author of Home Home stresses the importance of openly discussing mental health issues and offering hope to young people experiencing anxiety and depression.
Middle grade and YA authors including Joy McCullough, Reem Faruqi, and others discuss the power of verse to address emotional topics and craft innovative narratives.
While there is no substitute for comprehensive mental health care treatment, many young readers may discover comfort, validation, and the strength to ask for help in the pages of these 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.
Alex Gino issues an apology and new title for their award-winning book, the Obamas are bringing Blackout to Netflix, and a lot of publishing news in this installment of News Bites.
Summer is the perfect time for series and serial podcasts across genres to keep kids entertained and engaged.
Pat Scales takes on a student teacher who thinks Captain Underpants is inappropriate, parent complaints about comics and horror, and a teacher who is using markers to alter problematic illustrations in picture books.
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