School Libraries

While classroom and school libraries share the larger goal of advancing literacy, they often serve different purposes—and compete for the same resources.

How can educators incorporate materials that explore empathy and encourage social and emotional development? An educator has some suggestions.

Featuring young protagonists and realistic scenarios, these inviting picture books demonstrate how kids can make choices that positively affect their classroom community and beyond.

Damon, library support specialist at Denver Public Schools (DPS), and Torres, teacher librarian at DPS’s Montbello Campus, on Angie Thomas’s blockbuster YA novel and the upcoming film. 

UK school librarian Lucas Maxwell's students at Glenthorne High School in London booktalk their favorite challenged titles.

If you need a way to show your school administrators just how impactful school librarians can be, look no further than Ali Schilpp, Michelle Carton, and Cassy Lee—SLJ’s 2018 School Librarian of the Year, Champion of Civic Engagement, and Champion of Student Voice.

A climb up Mount Kilimanjaro and a mission to improve a district's libraries while motivating others to advocate for themselves.