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 ...

School librarians are indispensable allies in literacy instruction. Amid mounting anxiety over literacy scores, reports of fewer students reading for pleasure, and fractured attention spans, the ...

VERDICT Readers across the board will flock to this book that has something for nearly everyone—humor, bullying, self-acceptance, cross-generational relationships, and a smartly fateful ending.

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 ...

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AI tools like ChatGPT are advancing by the day. Here's how librarians are using them, plus an overview of valuable AI tools and terms. "In a realm where knowledge meets innovation, school libraries ...

The average book prices are produced annually by SLJ in partnership with Follett and Baker & Taylor. Here are the average book prices released in 2023, produced annually by SLJ in partnership with ...

Joseph Bruchac, Dawn Quigley, Eric Gansworth, and Cynthia Leitich Smith share stories from their lives and discuss their latest novels. Indigenous stories—contemporary, historical, and ...

A public librarian’s interaction with teens affirms her faith in bibliotherapy, as does her research. Read her story, along with a recommended list of realistic YA fiction. We invite you to suggest ...

The 2025 YA Best Books list has a choice for every teen—long-anticipated companion novels, adorable rom-coms, and genre-bending romantasy. BEST BOOKS HOME PAGE ANCRUM, K. The Corruption of Hollis ...

Thus far into the year, hundreds of books have received a prestigious starred review from School Library Journal, providing a wonderful array of choices for readers. These titles showcase a myriad of ...