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These moving middle grade novels center Puerto Rican girls navigating their relationships with their culture, their family, and themselves.

Full of excitement and intrigue, these noteworthy first books will leave YA readers clamoring for the next installment.

Share these books with your middle grade students during National Bullying Prevention Month in October and all year long to show them examples of tweens dealing with and standing up to bullying.

In these works, silly creatures impart wise messages.

Here are SLJ's reviews of the books that made the longlist for the 2023 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

Illustrated works show the power of pictures to convey complex feelings—and why building a visual collection can be one of the best things you do for your teens.

In these fun picture books, children can follow along with kids—and animals!—on their quest to obtain a new live-in best friend. These 11 stories range from the first desire for an animal companion to the responsibility of caring for another life. 

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

This month Donna Barba Higuera's latest novel is a must-have, Phillip Pullman returns to the world of 'His Dark Materials' and the duo of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen ask, 'How does Santa go down the chimney?'