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These recent and forthcoming titles celebrate the possibilities of children’s literature to support transformation, global consciousness, and creativity.

SLJ and NCTE have revealed the 2023 round of “Refreshing the Canon” selections. Check out cross-media recs to enhance teens’ reading experience of Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.

Summer reading is a whole new jam as SLJ and NCTE reveal the 2023 round of “Refreshing the Canon” selections. Check out these multimedia suggestions to enrich any reading experience of George Orwell's 1984, and change teenagers' minds about how "it could never happen here" and "it could never happen now." 

'Romeo and Juliet' is ubiquitous in English lit classes and in modern society. As you consider ways to bring Shakespeare's verse to life for students, here are multimedia works that can serve as both supplements and mirrors to the original text.

A haunted house; magical, dangerous woods; and romance between a witch and vampire will draw in readers looking for paranormal tales.

Summer reading is critical for so many reasons: It helps prevent learning loss while students are off for the summer. It supports children’s social-emotional development. It reinforces the idea that learning doesn’t end when school is out of session. Most important, it’s a time when kids can read just for fun.

The challenger claimed that the graphic novel "damaged souls." The authors have several things to say in response.

This season's edition of Series Made Simple brings a collection of nonfiction titles for young readers looking to explore, absorb, and make sense of the world around them.

This selection of animal books offers a nice variety of topics, ranging from animals that interact with humans, both as companions and as helpers, to broader topics of animal classification and beginning encyclopedias.