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It's Jewish American Heritage Month, and SLJ spoke with authors about the importance of writing Jewish characters and stories.

SLJ and NCTE collaborated to create 18 booklists of titles to replace, or use as a companion to, canon "classics." 

In the latest Censorship Roundup, administrators pull books from shelves and require parental consent based on individual complaints and an organization's list of "problematic" titles.

The author-illustrator duo chats with SLJ about the collaborative process and teaching children the constant possibility of change. 

SLJ shares an exclusive excerpt of the first chapter of 'Jessi's Secret Language' (The Baby-sitters Club Graphic Novel, Bk. 12), adapted and illustrated by Chan Chau. 

LGBTQIA+ authors and writers of color are getting fewer invitations to speak to students at schools as attempts to ban books continue across the country.

Twenty-five libraries in Title I schools have been awarded $700 grants, presented by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, in partnership with SLJ.

As adults try to pull books from school library shelves across the country, students are responding with book clubs centered on the challenged titles.

Recent censorship developments include a decision to keep the Bible in the library and classrooms at a Kansas high school, and the removal and review of the Epic! digital library app because of a concern over An ABC of Equality and other titles.