Kara Yorio

From Virginia Florence, the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a library science degree, to Clara Stanton Jones, the first Black president of the American Library Association, pioneers of the profession.

The author's debut was a Printz honor book, along with winning the young adult category of the Stonewall Awards and the Sydney Taylor Book Awards at the 2030 Youth Media Awards.

Tahir's novel, which she once thought was "too niche" and "too weird" to be published, earned the Printz Award on Monday. 

The Youth Media Awards ceremony returned in person as children's literature celebrated its biggest day, honoring the best titles of the year.

In this story of a little dog stressed out by the sights, sounds, and feelings of the city on a summer day, Salati wanted to share a universal experience of feeling overwhelmed that would resonate with kids. 

The author says her novel loosely based on the Maroon communities of escaped formerly enslaved people will give young readers a connection across cultures and experiences and help restart the difficult conversation around slavery. 

It's the fifth year the Sydney Taylor Book Awards will be announced at the Youth Media Awards, an inclusion that has vaulted books with Jewish content into a broader spotlight.

New Jersey school librarians spent years advocating for information literacy standards in the state's K–12 curricula. Their efforts paid off when the governor signed the bill into law this month.

As campaigns step up efforts to pull books from school and public library shelves, it's critical to have tools to defend titles.