School Libraries

These middle grade tales of space travel will enchant kids who like the Disney+ film about a family trying to save a fantastical planet.

With its range of text structures, innovative formatting, and rich language, expository literature is a great choice for modeling high-quality informational writing.

Enhance your curriculum by showing how these standout nonfiction works reflect strategies of nonfiction writing. 

Characters in these four middle grade novels fight unjust rules and buck the school system, like Matilda. 

Austin, TX, illustrator and comic artist Carina Guevara did the honors for our March 2022 issue featuring women's history in graphic novels.

Hand these books to tweens and teens who love Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. 

Graphic novels deliver on the thrills and chills, and middle grade readers have plenty to choose from. Brigid Alverson examines the format and recommends 13 titles that deftly blend scary and fun.

In back-to-school season, educators can use these books to convey the message that perfection isn’t required, good enough is good enough, and every child—and every child’s creation—has inherent value.

Educators may naturally seek to help those who are struggling at school, but some high performers can need a different kind of support—to know that imperfect is OK.