School Libraries

In these recent releases, text and visuals complement each other to explain complicated concepts such as historical battles and biological cycles. 

A “rolling unconference” provides time for librarians from around the world to exchange ideas, share challenges and successes, and take in local libraries—all while pedaling through changing landscapes.

Widespread outrage and condemnation forced Montgomery County (TX) library system to return Colonization and the Wampanoag Story to the nonfiction shelves; a Tennessee county school district has removed more than 400 books; a Kentucky county district removes books after conservative mailer; and more.

Has a book resonated with you, gotten so inside your head, that you had to talk to someone? Kids make such striking connections, notably after reading “intense and disturbing” books, finds recent research.