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Overall, “joy and celebration” prevailed at the event, the first in-person ALA conference since 2020.

The ALA community was elated to be face-to-face again, talking about issues that matter to the industry. Comments made during a Unite Against Book Bans panel set off a Twitter firestorm that laid bare the emotion and complexities of the censorship discussion.

Themes in this year’s stellar works of fiction for children and teens.

School librarians await the interpretation of three new laws that will impact what and how they teach as Florida Freedom to Read Project founders fight for books to stay on the shelves.

When Langston Dances by Kaija Langley, The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris, and The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson are among the titles honored. Created by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and sponsored by School Library Journal, the Youth Literary Awards celebrate the diversity of the Black experience.

Summer love figures large in these novels for fans of the Amazon show based on Jenny Han's YA novel.

A winner and two honor books were selected in each of three categories, picture books, fiction and poetry, and nonfiction, the Horn Book announced today.

We’ve gathered our starred reviews to date in a subscriber-exclusive issue, along with insight into the trends revealed by the top books of the year, thus far, for children and teens.