School Libraries

With coverage ranging from first-person accounts to vital information and resources, SLJ covered censorship from all angles in 2022.

Like the wooden puppet, protagonists of these middle grade selections seek family bonds, learn to love, and find out what it means to be human.

"Welcome to one of the more hope-filled, albeit cautious, Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Months in recent history," stated Terry Hong in our May 2022 cover story.

These organizers are leading the way in their local areas and have advice for those who want to join the fight.

Libraries are in the business of books, and every step of the process of getting books onto shelves and into readers’ hands can be challenging. Here are some tips and tricks for that primary goal of librarianship.

Hand these books to middle graders in need of some magical tales. 

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

Districts in South Carolina, Michigan, and Iowa remove books, while Florida requires elementary schools to post all available library materials, books in classrooms, and reading lists in the latest Censorship Roundup.