School Libraries

The Missouri House approves state budget that strips public libraries of funding, students protest in Oregon, a 100-year-old woman speaks out against censorship in Florida, a Utah parent challenges the Bible, and more in this week's censorship news.

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

Applications open for ALA's annual "Game On" gaming grant program; LibraryPass announces more than one million checkouts in Comics Plus in 2022; 2023 Audie Awards finalists; and Lee & Low's New Voices Award winners in News Bites.

African Town wins the 2023 Scott O'Dell Award; SCBWI announces grant winners; WNDB is taking grant applications; and more in this edition of News Bites.

In challenging times, we could all use support. So the editors tapped some stellar individuals for insight and inspiration, featured in our back-to-school issue.

We Need Diverse Books will launch a multi-pronged effort to fight book banning attempts that are disproportionately impacting diverse books and support educators, students, and authors.

The Right to Read Act would help fund certified school librarians and well-resourced libraries across the country; the Philadelphia superintendent is looking for help from the city's public library system; Levine Querido launches a Spanish imprint; and more in News Bites.

School districts are devising plans to spend the third round of ESSER funds, $122 billion, signed into law in March 2021. 

Westerberg doesn't know if being outspoken in her advocacy for educators and school libraries factored into her dismissal, but the end result is the same: more Chicago kids without a certified school librarian in their building.