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These seven works range from spin-offs of classic Japanese manga to completely original stories rendered with manga-style storytelling.

Librarians pitch current favorites, from breathtaking escape stories to heartwarming yarns. 

Music and sound effects can elevate an audiobook, but an authentic narrator is what makes for a stellar listening experience, librarians and industry experts say. 

In these stories, some grandparents are kind and loving, others carry the trauma of their past. Often, kids turn to them when they feel their parents won’t understand.

As Women's History Month kicks off, use these tips to find the best books for your students.

Fiction and nonfiction booklists for kids who are enthralled with the Disney movie, astronomy, or both. 

Travis Jonker shares key elements of a good scary book for young students, titles he loves, and tips for successful spooky read-alouds (video included). 

Humor can be a salve for children exploring difficult issues, as authors exploring topics from cancer to climate collapse show.

Middle grade books about sports, family, and friendship for kids watching the Disney+ series based on Kwame Alexander's Newbery-winning novel. 

Including fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, these titles cover topics from the making of the atomic bomb to the history of video games.

Pat Scales explains why understanding terminology will keep LGBTQIA+ books on the shelves; why parents shouldn't have to know what their kids read; and more. 

The best-selling author and former National Teacher of the Year competes against a savvy student in this all-new episode of Author-Fan Face-off.

The platform is driving up circulation in school libraries as students seek hot titles. And BookTok fans who’d never set foot in the library before are doing just that.

Ask your students about book preferences, access, and more to create personal goals, plan spring lessons, and motivate for summer reading.

When students get books from the school library these days, it looks less like regular checkout and more like holiday package delivery.

Hand these novels to young horse lovers and fans of the new streaming movie, a contemporary spin on Anna Sewell's 1877 novel starring Kate Winslet as the titular narrator.

Books for kids who like these summer and fall 2020 shows and movies.

Keep connected to powerful stories of social justice this summer with these streaming shows and books.

Challenging old classics is the literary equivalent of replacing statues of racist figures.

In these podcasts for families and children, Black hosts and voice actors spotlight fairy tales, historical figures, activism, and Black Lives Matter.

New and classic books for kids who like these shows.

Connect students with their favorite writers—and others they might not know yet—to create excitement around books.

While your students gear up for the latest TV and movie releases, suggest they curl up with these books, too.

Sports-themed titles to empower all young readers.

Books featuring people of color in outer space and alternative worlds.