Public Libraries

What is the best way to organize picture books for the youngest readers with specific interests?

Book honors, they’re coming. The 2022 titles longlisted for the National Book Award help kick things off and mock Newbery deliberations are in high gear. As for Banned Books Week, the not-a-celebration event drew plenty of announcements, commentary, and ongoing attention from our readers.

A “striking” illustration and a feature well of articles covering an unprecedented national wave of censorship were honored with 2023 Eddie and Ozzie Awards.

The National Book Foundation has longlisted 10 titles for the 2022 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

Experts offer their picks in resources to help expand both knowledge and perspective this school year. There's zine-making with the Smithsonian; research tools from Infodocket's Gary Price; GLSEN webinars on supporting LGBTIA+ students, and more.

Children can handle the hard truths about slavery, say educators.  Literature can help the conversation.

Ed tech platform Edmodo will shut down in September, the Center for Antiracist Education will no longer produce new materials; Sora is a Google Classroom add-on, and more in this edition of News Bites.

Censorship continues to dominate news and reader attention on SLJ.com.

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators has launched its inaugural micro-grants program with a school library grant; author Stephen King testified about the negative impact the merger of Penguin Random House and S. & S. would have on writers, and it's time to vote for a library to get a makeover in this edition of News Bites.