The ELA debate continues without clear consensus on where teaching is trending and how school librarians factor into the equation. Susan Barber was shocked at what she was hearing at her district ...

Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir is No. 1 on the list. The American Library Association (ALA) is marking its 150th anniversary and Banned Books Week 2026 by releasing its list of 150 Most ...

Nearly 12,000 books were banned from public school shelves, accounting for 7,370 unique titles and the work of more than 4,000 authors, illustrators, and translators. The 2025–26 school year saw ...

The landscape of middle grade fiction for the fall and winter is chock-full of titles that will appeal to the wide spectrum of tastes across the age group. From a myriad of genres, literary styles, ...

Here we go again, into the unknown adventure of another school year. Even for veteran educators, every time they head back to school, there is a chance to walk an unchartered path, explore new ...

What the season’s picture books do collectively is resist categories. They are, first and foremost, good books, which is the only category that holds meaning when in the hands of readers. Fall 2026 ...

School library budgets showed mixed gains and losses over the past year, with a range of outside factors adding to constraints. While the numbers aren’t alarming on the surface, more than half of ...

Some are calling for the ousting of the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, who wrote in his new book that “94.7 percent of kids’ books are crud.” By now, everyone in children’s ...

Alexandra Cornejo is an educator, role model, and motivator. She sees herself in her students, while being acutely aware of their specific challenges. And as she supports their academic and ...

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. and School Library Journal have revealed the winning titles in the 2026 Children & Youth Literary Awards, which celebrate the diversity of ...

The Best Middle Grade titles of 2025 feature action-packed fantasies, resonant realistic fiction, and heart-pounding horror stories for tweens. BEST BOOKS HOME PAGE APPLEGATE, Katherine. Pocket Bear.

The books that shine here, including the latest from Leslie Patricelli and Mo Willems, keep it simple, are all heart, and let babies be babies and preschoolers be preschoolers. The books that shine ...