As social media communities splinter, authors and publishers wonder where their next digital water cooler will be.

Erin Entrada Kelly became a two-time Newbery Medalist with her win at the 2025 Youth Media Awards, announced Monday morning at LibLearnX in Phoenix.

This ALA award video production will be provided by Unikron webcast services

Our Heavy Medal Reader's Poll starts today! In this one, we invite all Heavy Medal Readers to submit a ballot.

My fifth graders seem to be reading less outside of school than they have in years past.

Come and enjoy this eclectic collection of some of the most memorable fiction for older readers out in 2024.

Take a look at the 15 titles that made the Heavy Medal Mock Newbery Book List for 2025. We will discuss these titles in depth- Dec. 28- Jan. 14th.

Educators are trying out social media app Bluesky for building and maintaining their professional learning networks.

Check out these 25 middle grade titles coming out in 2025!

It’s time to take a look back at the year that was in children’s lit miscellanea.

Collected here is one piece of advice for writers from 15 different young adult fiction authors featured in our author spotlight series in 2024, including Kara Thomas, Ronni Davis, Amanda Glaze,…

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a law to prohibit book bans in the state and enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

By now a lot of us have seen some of the excellent contenders for the Newbery/Caldecott. Here's the fall prediction list in all its prediction-y glory.

Discover the best middle grade books of 2024, curated by a former educator and parent who read over 200 books this year.

World Read Aloud Day

Dive into 2024's essential middle-grade reads, where engaging chapter books span thrilling fantasies and spine-tingling mysteries to suit every young reader's taste. These carefully selected stories b...

The trick is to not give up while the slow burn runs its course.