SLJ Staff

Gene Luen Yang and his graphic novel Lunar New Year Love Story won multiple awards at the annual ceremony during San Diego Comic-Con.

Educational materials deemed "racially or sexually divisive" would be removed from public schools in 17 southern and midwestern states, plus the latest from Florida, the full list of titles removed at Department of Defense schools, and more.

Library Journal's editor in chief Hallie Rich has been named editorial director of Library Journal and School Library Journal and will lead editorial strategy and content development across both publications.

From censorship news and picks in Spanish-language middle grade/YA to straight talk on book banning, our most viewed stories of the week.

Readers clap back on censorship and more.

This funding can help with everything from collection development and programming to disaster recovery and more.

Lavonnia Moore lost her job after including the Kyle Lukoff book in a summer reading display at the request of a young patron; new law gives school boards in Texas authority over collection development; Ohio governor vetoed bill that would have restricted public library access to titles "related to sexual orientation or gender identity or expression."

Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) and the ACLU of Texas will challenge the constitutionality of a law that bars all programs and activities that mention race, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation in Texas K-12 public schools, including charter schools.

The winners of the 2025 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are I Know How to Draw an Owl by Hilary Horder Hippely, illus. by Matt James; Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay; and Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming.