School Libraries

Martha Hickson "is putting herself on the line and giving librarians strength to hold fast to their views and their values and push back against these attacks,” says Chris Finan, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship. 

Get ready for Valentine's Day with these novels by Renée Watson, Ashley Woodfolk, and others.

It started with Leander parents who were concerned about curriculum.  What happened next epitomizes the wave of other book challenges sweeping the country.

The online resource from NYPL's Schomburg Center archives Black history, culture, movements, and experiences.

Cue the applause! SLJ is teaming up with award-winning author and historian Steve Sheinkin and school librarian Stacey Rattner to stream their fun, fact-filled game show. First up: Andrea Davis Pinkney vs. a group of middle schoolers on She Persisted: Harriet Tubman, by Pinkney and Chelsea Clinton.

Meet Collaboration Awards finalists Hillary Marshall and Brenda Hitchins of Washougal (WA) High School.

SLJ Collaboration Awards finalists Emma Romero and Andre von Twistern connect students with nature at Desert Wind School, El Paso, TX.

Meet Collaboration Award finalists Thea Paul and Ariel Mitchell of Meadowbrook High School in North Chesterfield, VA.

Presented by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and SLJ, the program will award grants to Title I school libraries to purchase Mathical Book Prize-winning titles.