School Library Journal has named their best books of 2019. The 92 books are broken into six categories: picture books, transitional chapter books, middle grade, YA, nonfiction and graphic novels. You can also download the list in a handy PDF format.
Day: November 22, 2019
News to Wake Your Brain Cells – Nov 22
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
10 things you (probably) didn’t know about C. S. Lewis – Publisher’s Weekly
11 inclusive children’s books written by women of color – Book Riot
12 books tweens can read after Raina Telgemeier – ALSC Blog
Another view: If you want to raise a bookworm, make it more about play than work – Record Online
Children’s author Jan Brett faces wild tiger while writing new book – Boston Herald
Children’s books are still too white. Who will change this? Answer: Everyone concerned – Scroll.in
HMH to launch children’s graphic novel imprint – Publisher’s Weekly
LIBRARIES
7 ways libraries are combating the opioid crisis – Book Riot
Americans and Privacy: concerned, confused and feeling lack of control over their personal information – Pew Research Center
Halifax Central Library, Halifax, Canada – beautiful and bustling – Library Planet
Librarianship at the crossroads of ICE surveillance – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
YA READS
Author Nic Stone discusses book being left off reading list – WRDW
Hey, young adult authors: writing for teenagers is no excuse to act like them – The Guardian
November 2019 YA Book Releases – The Nerd Daily
NYT Book Review Editor Pamela Paul on the critical place books hold for kids as they get older – Wisconsin Public Radio
Waking Brain Cells 