School Libraries

The We Need Diverse Books co-founder and author of Finding Junie Kim talks about mental health in fiction, her family, and the need for children to know help is available.

Hand these books about teens, music, and deafness to fans of the Oscar-winning film about an aspiring young singer with Deaf parents. 

Fun, games, and live music! The Rez Dogs author and a crowd of superfans test their knowledge of Bruchac's novel about a girl quarantining at her grandparents' house on a Wabanaki reservation. It's all in the latest episode of Author-Fan Face-off.

Do you know a middle school superfan who wants to be on Author-Fan Face-off? Tell us about them, along with dream authors and books you'd like to see on the show. 

Not OK? That's OK. A reading list with diverse characters and authentic representation of mental health.

The graphic novelist and former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature tests his knowledge against a middle school contestant in this all-new episode of the game show. 

The two challenged titles will remain in the library, but will have content labels, at Waltham (MA) High School; school board members move books, require parental purchase at Scholastic Book Fair in Minnesota; and more in SLJ's latest look at censorship attempts across the country.

Presenting the average book prices for 2021-2022-to-date, produced annually by SLJ in partnership with Follett and Baker & Taylor. 

Superheroes and alternate dimensions disrupt everyday life in these rollicking books for readers grade 4 and up.