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July 24th is National Cousins Day. Hand any of these 11 books to kids, tweens, and teens proudly sporting their "Cousin Crew" t-shirts this summer and throughout the year.

Teen readers looking to the adult shelves will find much to enjoy in these recent releases that include fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels.

There’s something about historical fiction that entices readers. These collected titles reach into the latter part of the 20th century covering romances, revolutions, and everyday life for today’s teens to explore.

Part of We Are Kid Lit Collective's 2023 Summer Reading selections, this list features early chapter books, graphic novels, and other transitional books for emerging readers.

ABCs. 123s. The first year of school has come to an end, and it’s graduation time. These seven titles are the perfect picks for celebrating this monumental milestone.

SLJ and NCTE have revealed the 2023 round of “Refreshing the Canon” selections. The following seven works will deepen young readers’ understanding of the historical context of The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 and inspire them to connect its social justice themes to present-day issues. 

Linda Sue Park's Newbery Award–winning middle grade novel A Single Shard tells the story of Tree-ear, an orphan in 12th-century Korea. The boy's heart and courage resonate with readers, and these multimodal picks are great way to expand on the novel's themes and world.

SLJ and NCTE have revealed the 2023 round of “Refreshing the Canon” selections. Use these multimodal recommendations to contextualize and extend the messaging of Virginia Hamilton's acclaimed Black folklore collection The People Could Fly.

SLJ reviews the latest addition to the Gale suite of databases, this one aimed toward educators.