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.

Creative and fun ways to use Clubhouse, Flipgrid, Green Screen, and more tools with students and teachers. 

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. 

Watch! The Newbery Medal–winning author competes against a middle school class in this new episode of Author-Fan Face-Off, the kid lit game show hosted by historian and award-winning author Steve Sheinkin and school librarian Stacey Rattner. 

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.