CHILDREN’S LIT

8 Inclusive Chapter Books to Kick Off Summer Reading – SLJ

Nevermoor’s Jessica Townsend on frantic fans, her fantasy smash hit – and feeling ‘gutted’ by JK Rowling – The Guardian

LIBRARIES

Man burns 100 library books on social media; residents donate 1,000 more – News 5 Cleveland

Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts – NBC News

Want to reduce crime? Science says: build more libraries – Lit Hub

YA LIT

The Military’s K-12 Schools Are Banning Award-Winning Kids’ Books To Appease Trump – HuffPo

Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for May & June 2025 – Reactor

The Plot Thickens in These 23 YA Fiction Series – SLJ