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Tips for engaging young kids with these works, which can build visual literacy and foster social-emotional skills, plus a video demonstration. 

The author of Newbery Medal winner A Single Shard talks about the Newbery's gifts, learning what it means to be Korean American, and that fan who read her book 62 times. 

Biographies and memoirs get to the heart of subjects’ lives and are often a gateway for readers who aren’t naturally drawn to nonfiction. These titles provide sliding doors that teens can step through—entryways into lives that have often gone unsung and untold.

SLJ spoke with the Roll With It author about being a theater kid, the healing power of the arts, and thoughtfully writing a character with Sensory Processing Disorder in her latest novel, Tune It Out.

These narratives of home and family push back against stereotypes.

As educators turn to remote programming and classroom management due to the COVID-19 outbreak and school closures, ed tech providers are offering free access. Here’s a list. 

These eight recent and forthcoming novels, most of them #OwnVoices, highlight the experiences of biracial and multiethnic children and teens.

Educators emphasized the fun side of learning and reading.

The 2019 National Conference spotlighted equity and inclusion, along with advocacy, media literacy, makerspaces, reading, and other topics, in more than 130 professional development sessions.