School Libraries

Watch the all-new episode of Author-Fan Face-Off!

12 stories for grades 3 and up spotlight Queen Hatshepsut, Josephine Baker, Mary Shelley, and more remarkable women. 

Love it or hate it, this Netflix show entrances aspiring readers. The preschool set will love these books, too.

The 42 international books selected this year by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) range from picture books and poetry to nonfiction and novels. Download a PDF of the full list.

Watch! Reynolds, the award-winning author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, tests his knowledge of his own book against a middle schooler's in this episode of Author-Fan Face-Off.

A look at censorship attempts across the country includes book complaints in Florida, Kansas, and North Carolina, and book-targeting legislation in Indiana, Tennessee, and Georgia. 

The National Coalition Against Censorship creates a Book Challenge Crisis Hotline and Youth Censorship Database and Map in response to the rising censorship attempts across the county; We Need Diverse Books offers new educator grants; Cook Prize nominees announced; and more news. 

Hand these school capers to elementary and middle school kids who are excited about the show based on the Lincoln Peirce series.

SLJ asked readers to report censorship and received dozens of submissions to our tips hotline. Here are just a few of the stories librarians shared.