Kathy Ishizuka

School Library Journal welcomes a new contributor, award-winning teacher and author Donalyn Miller.

In our visual roundup, key topics in K–12, from tackling climate change to social emotional learning, graced our cover in 2019, as did “betwixt” readers and some charged-up librarians.

From the best in books for children and teens to stirring stories of inspiring individuals,  these were the most viewed stories on SLJ.

Lewis, a Georgia high school librarian who challenges students to “Read Woke,” has been awarded the inaugural National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers.

Our top posts of the week past on SLJ.com and the blogs.

Finalists for the 2019 National Book Awards were revealed in five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature.

A YA debut novel and two works in verse are among the books longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.

If there’s a thread connecting our trending stories of the past seven days, it’s the goodness of school libraries. That may seem like an obvious one, but we’re going with it. 

A back-to-school reading list by the Florida Department of Education has drawn sharp criticism for its lack of diverse books, predominance of old titles, and overall lack of relevance to students.