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Kara Yorio, Jan 20, 2026
As ICE raids continue in the Twin Cities, school librarians are stepping up for students, staff, and their communities.
Matt Enis, Jan 16, 2026
A growing number of young people are using artificial intelligence chatbots as companions or therapists.
Kara Yorio, Jan 08, 2026
In a time of deep distrust and widespread propaganda, news and media literacy skills are more vital than ever.
Kara Yorio, Dec 17, 2025
John Green’s Looking for Alaska is the No. 1 banned book in schools over the last four years.
Marlaina Cockcroft, Apr 04, 2024
With budgets mostly flat, book challenges and rising costs pose hurdles for school librarians.  
Marlaina Cockcroft, Sep 27, 2024
Early chapter books? Easy readers? Whatever you call them, transitional books are key for young students, librarians say.
SLJ Staff, Apr 03, 2024
The State of K-12 Digital Reading breaks down the data for the 2022-23 school year, showing the popularity of comics and graphic novels in the digital format plus regional differences in reading habits.
Marlaina Cockcroft, Jan 04, 2024
Children are eager listeners—of audiobooks, according to a new Library Journal / School Library Journal survey. Libraries are keeping up with the demand as formats evolve.
Kathy Ishizuka, Sep 30, 2023
Twenty-four percent of school librarians have been harassed this past year over books or displays in their library. That’s according to a recent SLJ survey, which found the rate even higher among high school librarians, 30 percent of whom have experienced harassment.
Marlaina Cockcroft, Oct 03, 2023
If graphic novels are flying off the shelves at your library, that reflects a remarkable trend: The format’s popularity has shot up at over 90 percent of school libraries in the last few years, according to a new SLJ survey.
SLJ staff, Jan 19, 2022
Those dreaded summer reading lists. For eons, teachers have been handing out assigned reading, mostly comprised of old “classics.” With this survey, SLJ and NCTE invite teachers and librarians to choose the titles you’d like culled from required reading and those books you would urge students to read instead.
Shelley Diaz, May 10, 2022
SLJ and NCTE collaborated to create 18 booklists of titles to replace, or use as a companion to, canon "classics." 
Marlaina Cockcroft, Feb 21, 2023
More librarians find their work challenging, but most still love what they do, the latest LJ/SLJ Survey shows.
Kara Yorio, Sep 08, 2022
In the past year, school librarians have faced coordinated, hate-filled censorship campaigns that impact available books and collection development decisions. Here, they share their stories.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 15, 2025
Finding Spanish-language books for older readers continues to be a challenge, but we’ve curated this list that includes translations of Jason Reynolds and Raina Telgemeier’s popular titles and a Spanish-original YA about an undocumented teen.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025
These six titles show that good things come in small sturdy packages. Board books, for the pre-literate and newest readers, continue to surprise and delight in equal measure, and fly off the shelves for story hours.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025
From Pakistan to Spain to ordinary neighborhoods, the power of books has never been more visible than in these 65 gems plucked from the mines of picture books published in the first half of 2025. 
SLJ Reviews, Jan 22, 2025
Every year on January 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the 1945 liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This year marks the 80th anniversary. Share these graphic novels with young readers leading up to the day and all year long.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025
From rollicking fantasy to heartbreaking realism, these excellent additions to the middle grade and hi-lo genres will have something for every tween to enjoy.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025
New readers will feel proud of their ability to read these fun, outstanding stories on their own.
Kathy Ishizuka, Feb 19, 2025
The Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. and School Library Journal have revealed the winning titles in the 2025 Children & Youth Literary Awards, which celebrate the diversity of the Black experience.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025
Ranging from heartfelt to hilarious, these remarkable graphic novel and manga titles are sure to leave a lasting impression that will stay with readers long after the final page is turned.
SLJ Staff, Dec 09, 2024
NCTE has announced Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of American Indian Boarding Schools by Dan SaSuWeh Jones and The Last Stand by Antwan Eady, illus. by Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey, as the 2025 Orbis Pictus and Charlotte Huck award winners, respectively. 
SLJ Reviews, Jul 01, 2025
These three titles feature tweens with parents navigating incarceration and detention in the United States.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025

Spanning genres from fantasy to thriller to romance and everything in-between, these titles for teens are sure to delight.

SLJ Staff, Feb 20, 2025
The 2025 Ezra Jack Keats Writer Award went to Breanna J. McDaniel for Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller. X. Fang won the Illustrator Award for We Are Definitely Human.
These recent, incredible titles cover under-explored events, figures, regions, and even creative literary approaches that warrant a spotlight in the WWII literary canon.
Travis Jonker, Jul 19, 2025
A special LIVE episode with all the 2025 Newbery winners!
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025
The accolades keep coming for nonfiction picture books that dare to offer facts and true stories to elementary-aged readers. We cannot wait for autumn, when it's time for a whole other harvest of titles that keep children reading and learning.
Deborah Hopkinson, Jun 25, 2025
Children's and YA titles are vital resources in public health education.
From figure skating dreams to dungeon crawler adventures, these seven popular manga titles with recent anime adaptations offer something for every taste and age.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 07, 2025
From picture book biographies to the Spanish-language edition of Jason Reynolds’s Lu, these picks are just-right for Spanish readers.
Brigid Alverson, Mar 13, 2025
It’s romance! It’s fantasy! It’s romantasy: A fan favorite category for manga. Here are seven recent romantasy manga releases.
As the medium continues its meteoric rise, 2024 marked the debut of SLJ's first-ever Best Books committee dedicated exclusively to manga. From shock-charged action and celestial fantasy to eco-horror and edutainment, these 22 standout titles offer something for readers of all ages and interests, redefining what belongs on K–12 shelves—and why.
Colby Sharp, Mar 17, 2025
COLBY: I had a whole lot of fun talking to Arree Chung about his new (and first ) graphic novel, Don’t Cause Trouble. I hope you enjoy our conversation! Subscribe below to catch every episode of The Yarn: iTunes Spotify Stitcher
SLJ Reviews, Jan 22, 2025
Every year on January 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the 1945 liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This year marks the 80th anniversary. Share these graphic novels with young readers leading up to the day and all year long.
Cozy fantasies, immigration stories, and reimagined classics—2024’s Best Graphic Novels list isn’t just a collection of 25 unforgettable reads, it’s a showcase of comics that push storytelling to new heights.
J. Caleb Mozzocco, Mar 05, 2025
In cartoonist Cindy Chang's fictionalized childhood memoir, the young Cindy learns a secret that will transform her conception of her own family on a trip to Taiwan.
Renee Scott, Mar 06, 2025
In this much acclaimed manga, a fighter must battle fierce opponents and a life-threatening illness in his quest for revenge.
SLJ Reviews, Jul 15, 2024
From early reader to YA titles, these starred graphic novels showcase the very best of the comics medium so far in 2024. Use the downloadable spreadsheet to ensure your collection includes these superb graphic novels.
Brigid Alverson, Jan 22, 2025
These selections combine witty dialogue, incongruous situations, goofy characters, and silly plots to keep young readers entertained.
SLJ Reviews, Jan 16, 2025
These books—which share stories of real and fictional people and animals who have endured wildfires—can provide information and comfort to children and teens.
Brigid Alverson, Feb 20, 2025
The creators of Hollow return with a new Washington Irving-inspired queer romance, The Woman in White.
J. Caleb Mozzocco, Feb 11, 2025
Writer Tony Weaver Jr. and artists Jes and Cin Wibowo tackle tough subject matter in a fictionalized memoir about becoming yourself in the face of relentless bullying and mental health challenges.
Brigid Alverson, Mar 27, 2024
Korean and Chinese comics reach English-language readers.
Kathy Ishizuka, Oct 15, 2023
The editors are planning for 2024, SLJ's 70th anniversary year.
The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people.
Kathy Ishizuka, Jul 08, 2025
 AI-generated booklists are possible—and even published. So what is the value of human curation?
Kelly Jensen, Jul 09, 2025
This year, we awarded dozens of books a prestigious star—and among this distinguished group, several clear commonalities shine bright. From fresh approaches on topics like grief to specific recurrences, such as characters taking on another person’s identity, here are the key trends among 2025's starred books.
Erica S. Perl, May 06, 2025
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contracts and standing up to book and author challenges.
Ann Braden, Jun 09, 2025
Author Ann Braden tackles difficult subject matter in her middle grade books. But she knows the value of an escapist read and wants the children's publishing world to respect and understand the kids who reach for "Wimpy Kid" more often than a title deemed to have more literary merit.
Kathy Ishizuka, Jun 03, 2025
In a policy void, educators seek to maximize learning, turning to core skills, chiefly reading.
Amanda MacGregor, May 01, 2025
Middle grade and YA authors tackle the unfathomable and the long reach of tragic events.
Betsy Bird, Jul 10, 2025
Nanaboozhoo stories, Carl Jung’s ideas on dream psychology, and struggles with depression and anxiety all inform this stunning (and fun) picture book of the ultimate rez dog trickster.
Edith Campbell, Jul 13, 2025
Regardless of what words are used to describe literature that embraces white and BIPOC lives as well as those who have disabilities or are LGBTQIA+, regardless the words that are banned to describe these marginalizations, people who are really doing the work and not just following a trend, will continue to find ways to get it done.
Kimberly Olson Fakih, Jul 16, 2025
With every book, Jashar Awan comes a little closer to establishing himself as the chronicler extraordinaire of what most people see as childhood's mundane moments, and it's magic.
Betsy Bird, Mar 07, 2025
An amazing amalgamation of thoughts, themes, and ideas that could have ended up an unholy mess and, instead, work. Today, I talk with Kyle Lukoff about his Jewish/trans/epic fantasy latest.

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