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 ...

VERDICT Fleming does it again! Purchase this compelling blend of WWII, cryptography, and women’s history that will mesmerize middle schoolers and inspire them to make an indelible impact on history, ...

In Secaucus, NJ, an ongoing collaboration—that has often included the mayor and publisher Fabled Films Press—brings authors, books, and activities to the city's public school students. It may be ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

All across the globe, book spines carry the same call numbers. Religion? It starts in the 200s. Social sciences? Head over to the 300s. History and geography? Those books are marked in the 900s. But a ...

Some educators abandon teaching the Bard's work, while others update and enhance Shakespeare curricula. Here’s a sentence we couldn’t write without William Shakespeare, who invented or introduced nine ...

Authors and agents say manuscripts by and about the LGBTQIA+ community are being rejected at an alarming rate as publishers seem to be trying to avoid controversy and complaints. Rejected manuscripts.

A New Jersey school librarian offers a revealing account of her experience at the center of an attempt to remove books from her library. She also presents ideas for the ongoing fight against ...