Books

These two titles center young Indigenous protagonists and integrate coming-of-age tropes with fantasy and folklore.

The Jewish holiday of Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Booths, celebrates the autumn harvest and the bounty that nature provides. Share these picture books with young children for the festival and any time throughout the year.

These moving middle grade novels center Puerto Rican girls navigating their relationships with their culture, their family, and themselves.

Full of excitement and intrigue, these noteworthy first books will leave YA readers clamoring for the next installment.

In these works, silly creatures impart wise messages.

Share these books with your middle grade students during National Bullying Prevention Month in October and all year long to show them examples of tweens dealing with and standing up to bullying.

Here are SLJ's reviews of the books that made the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

In these fun picture books, children can follow along with kids—and animals!—on their quest to obtain a new live-in best friend. These 11 stories range from the first desire for an animal companion to the responsibility of caring for another life. 

Illustrated works show the power of pictures to convey complex feelings—and why building a visual collection can be one of the best things you do for your teens.