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09/25/2025

Today through 9/28, enjoy 20% off all products on the ALA Library Gift Shop, including YALSA-branded items! librarygiftshop.org

09/25/2025

Tamaki’s writing is razor-sharp, blending emotional depth with biting commentary on privilege and performance....

Tamaki’s writing is razor-sharp, blending emotional depth with biting commentary on privilege and performance.

09/23/2025

This book is a delightful adventure through historical Italian archaeological sites in the pursuit of lost artifacts. It has plenty of high-stakes action, comedy, and a dash of romance....

This book is a delightful adventure through historical Italian archaeological sites in the pursuit of lost artifacts. It has plenty of high-stakes action, comedy, and a dash of romance.

09/22/2025

The narrative explores urgent contemporary issues: the manipulation of history through the destruction of records, the exploitation of land and people, and the use of technology to subjugate society....

The narrative explores urgent contemporary issues: the manipulation of history through the destruction of records, the exploitation of land and people, and the use of technology to subjugate societ…

09/19/2025

Boyden Library’s Teen Librarian Jennifir Huston recently sat down with YA author Jeff Zentner to discuss his two books, Goodbye Days and In the Wild Light, that were targeted for banning in Escambia, Florida....

Boyden Library’s Teen Librarian Jennifir Huston recently sat down with YA author Jeff Zentner to discuss his two books, Goodbye Days and In the Wild Light, that were targeted for banning in Escambi…

09/19/2025

The deadline to submit your program or poster proposal for is THIS MONDAY, September 22!

For the 2026 conference, ALA welcomes proposals from a broad variety of perspectives that celebrate, commemorate, or educate about the impact that ALA and our affiliate partners have made on the profession and on libraries nationally and internationally over the last 150 years – or will make in the next 150 years.

Learn more and submit your proposal here: https://2026.alaannual.org/call-proposals

09/18/2025

Drawing readers in from the start, this story begins with a high-speed police chase...

Drawing readers in from the start, this story begins with a high-speed police chase

09/17/2025

Written in verse, this novel is well-suited to the audio format which enhances the sense of yearning and suspense that builds throughout....

Written in verse, this novel is well-suited to the audio format which enhances the sense of yearning and suspense that builds throughout.

09/17/2025

Apply now for Cortico's Teen Dialogue Accelerator for Libraries! 10 selected libraries will receive grant funding, training, and tools to help local teens lead meaningful conversations on civic issues they care about. Applications are due October 13.

Cortico, in collaboration with the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (MIT CCC) and PBS FRONTLINE, is excited to announce the Teen Dialogue Accelerator! This is a grant opportunity for public libraries to become hubs of youth-led civic dialogue. We’re looking for 10 public libraries from ac...

09/16/2025

How to Survive a Slasher is deliciously meta. Genderfluid and queer-identifying CJ's humorous first-person POV and the secondary characters provide opportunities for exploring themes of identity and family connection....

How to Survive a Slasher is deliciously meta. Genderfluid and queer-identifying CJ’s humorous first-person POV and the secondary characters provide opportunities for exploring themes of ident…

09/16/2025

Applications for the Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant are now open! This $1,000 award recognizes a librarian who has a creative, innovative project that promotes literacy and is open to YALSA and non-YALSA members. Applications are due December 1.

The Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant recognizes a librarian who has a creative, innovative project that promotes literacy. Examples of literacy include, but are not limited to, digital, media, visual, computer, data, financial, civic/ethical, news, information, multicultural, and cultural.

09/16/2025

Readers will also be invested in the familiarity of the tale of Robin Hood with a new spin and the alternating POVs between Mariel and Clem will keep young reader’s attention....

Readers will also be invested in the familiarity of the tale of Robin Hood with a new spin and the alternating POVs between Mariel and Clem will keep young reader’s attention.