School Libraries

SLJ rounds up censorship news around the country, with reports of books threatened with removal in Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

In Fall 2021, Read-a-Thon launched Love My Library as a way for librarians to raise funds without in-person events.

SLJ is reporting on the surge of book challenges across the country and telling the library's perspective on this important story. What is your story? Responses can be anonymous. 

The Front Desk author tweeted a call to action to her colleagues, as she tries to "motivate and mobilize" people to fight coordinated efforts to remove books from schools and libraries.

Hand these four titles to tweens and teens drawn to Steven Spielberg's take on the classic musical.

The author of The Extended Mind writes how bustling library atmospheres can foster focus, comprehension, and creativity.

Three entertaining books for elementary students and middle schoolers excited about Greg Heffley's animated screen debut.

Tools for handling challenges to diverse books programs.

From graphical COVID diaries to investigative journalism, these comics are a time capsule of the pandemic experience.