3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (302+ words) Library budgets reveal what schools value and who is in control. On the surface, this story sounds like the kind of funding problem we're all too familiar with in school libraries. But I would argue that it isn't about the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (161+ words) In the latest installment of this Q&A series, SLJposes five questions and a request for a book recommendation to a debut YA author: Cindy Pham discusses The Secret World of Briar Rose. 5. What do you hope readers will take…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (114+ words) These three novels are fresh offerings from debut authors! An unlikely cross-cultural friendship forms in'The Thing About Giants, a tween takes up the mantle of puberty advice columnist in'Just Ask Elsie,'and three besties navigate a life-changing summer apart in'The…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (223+ words) This month's starred reviews feature new offerings from Mac Barnett, and Kelly Starling Lyons, and Deb Caletti. Medina, Meg. Graciela en el abismo. tr. by Eida del Risco. illus. by Anna Balbusso & Elena Balbusso. Candlewick. Ra'l the Third. My Father,…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (733+ words) In its latest report, PEN America found that nearly 30 percent of books removed from public schools in the 202425 academic year were nonfiction. Book banners are coming for informational texts. According to PEN America's new report "Facts & Fiction: Stories Stripped Away…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1086+ words) Dad by Christian Robinson leads holds this week. Also in demand are new titles by Birdie Schae, Erin Entrada Kelly, Stephen Barr, Gideon Sterer, and Celeste Dador. SLJ shares the September Prepub Alert and Summer/Fall YA Preview. Barnes & Noble…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1034+ words) School library budgets showed mixed gains and losses over the past year, with a range of outside factors adding to constraints. Within the data, the survey reveals how multiple factors, including burdensome approval and purchasing processes, rising collection expenses, and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (370+ words) Prominent creators in the children's literature and YA world have signed a letter asking National Ambassador for Young People's Literature sponsors'the'Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader'to "publicly and immediately address the harm caused by this statement and work…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (167+ words) September 2026 Prepub Alert: forthcoming titles to know, share, and buy; plus a downloadable spreadsheet of all the titles and an Edelweiss catalog with plot summaries, author profiles, and more. In addition to this print column, we provide an accompanying spreadsheet…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (116+ words) These highly anticipated and stunning YA books are at the crossroads of devastating and uplifting, sweet and sharp, and cozy and completely discomfiting. How We Grieve: An interview with Ari Tison Allie Stevens is a rural library director in south…...