Books & Media

Check out SLJ's exclusive interview, excerpt, and cover reveal of Roshani Chokshi's highly anticipated new novel rooted in Filipino mythology, The Spirit Glass.

To honor Black History Month, SLJ is curating lists of fiction and nonfiction book pairings focusing on pivotal moments in Black history in the United States. This roundup features selections centering the Black experience during Reconstruction.

Librarians will be key players in executing NCTE's new policy statement on including more nonfiction across subjects K-12.

Creators of breakthrough works and characters, from Bungleton Green and Torchy Brown to the Black Panther superhero.

Seven recent works and an overview of recent Black comics publishing.

As we commemorate the lives and history of Black peoples in the United States this February, SLJ has curated a list of fiction and nonfiction books that can be paired in the classroom to offer a nuanced presentation of major historical events of Black history.

Kaye Johnson brought a statement from George M. Johnson, the author of All Boys Aren't Blue, which was one of six titles a group wanted removed from the public library. The Board of Trustees decided that all six titles will remain on the shelves at the Glen Ridge Public Library.