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Normalizing physical disability can and should begin in childhood. These creators are doing just that.

Authors Dhonielle Clayton and Julian Randall discuss creating magic from the margins in their highly anticipated middle grade debuts.

The We Need Diverse Books co-founder and author of Finding Junie Kim talks about mental health in fiction, her family, and the need for children to know help is available.

Scholastic is celebrating Black History Month with Share Black Stories, an initiative to amplify books that center Black lives and Black joy and stories that will resonate far beyond this one month. Build your bookshelf by sharing these books that explore Black history, experiences, and achievements all year round!

Readers who loved Shang-Chi's action, adventure, and lore should enjoy these three titles.

A Twitter campaign organized by #FReadom prompted authors—including Cynthia Leitich Smith, Laurie Halse Anderson, Alex Gino, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, and others—to share the heartfelt messages they have received from young people who connected with their books.

Debut novelist Elisabet Velasquez talks with SLJ about weaving joy into the heaviness of life, helping young people feel heard, and how stories can give readers a mirror to see their reflections.

Black nonfiction offers age-appropriate narratives to educate children and presents the truth needed for “recovery, reconciliation, and repair.”

The authors and founders of Just Us Books reflect on the recent passing of trailblazing Black figures in the kid lit world.