CHILDREN’S BOOKS

COVID Hurt Our Kids’ Reading Levels But These Black Books Will Help Them Catch Up – The Root

Great Read Alouds: Bird Watching – Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

LIBRARIES

A 3,200km tour of Australian libraries taught me just how vital they are – The Guardian

Alabama board seeks to ban books that ‘positively’ depict trans themes from library youth sections – The Seattle Times

Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases – NPR

Can libraries help overcome isolation and bridge cultural divides? – WVTF

Hundreds of Carnegie Libraries to Receive $10,000 Gifts in Celebration of United States’ 250th Anniversary – Carnegie Corporation of New York

N.J. school board that refused to ban teen sex guide from library is cleared of ethics charges – NJ.com

Wi-Fi Hot Spot Lending Program Scrapped, Leaving Libraries Scrambling – EdSurge

YA LIT

8 New Dystopian YA Books – Book Riot

Why threats to YA literature are a threat to our future – The Daily Campus