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Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month 2025: Creators on Bringing Their Culture to Their Work buff.ly/yuiy56v

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In an interview with PW, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow discussed the importance of centering Black and Muslim characters in her stories, and the joy she hopes to spark and spread in her readers, students, and mentees buff.ly/eQMUsyy

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2025 NBA Longlist for Young People’s Literature Announced buff.ly/XDDxpce

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Spooky Middle Grade Still Sells buff.ly/TqY8kNJ

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New Group Aims to “Save Middle Grade” buff.ly/QWaUqyJ

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Middle Grade Is Down but Never Out buff.ly/R3jquFy

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Twin Cities Authors Rally for Annunciation Catholic School buff.ly/lBcl2pV

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Libro.fm, Silent Book Club Team on Banned Books Week Read-In buff.ly/H8lsdrv

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As Censorship Escalates, Little Free Library Updates Its Book Ban Map buff.ly/gudnZZW

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Global Illiteracy Is On the Rise, New Report Finds buff.ly/51zGTqh

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Proposed IMLS Budget Passes Appropriations Committees buff.ly/poUKPZL

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Court Order Halting Gutting of IMLS Upheld by Appeals Court buff.ly/va8dWAb

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pwschoolandlib.bsky.social @pwschoolandlib.bsky.social · 16d

In honor of Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked the authors of five books for young readers about highlighting different aspects of their culture and history

Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month 2025: Creators on Bringing Their Culture to Their Work

In honor of Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked the authors of five books for young readers about highlighting different aspects of their culture and history.

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“I want all kids to have the chance to express themselves, especially those who have a similar background to mine—students who are Black or brown, and from low-income households”: Author and educator Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow on how she hopes her work inspires young people

Q & A with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

PW spoke with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow about the importance of centering Black and Muslim characters in her stories, and the joy she hopes to spark and spread in her readers, students, and mentees.

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The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2025 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature

2025 NBA Longlist for Young People’s Literature Announced

The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2025 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 7, and the winner will be announced during…

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With editors looking for shorter, more plot-driven middle grade projects, agents have noticed an uptick in the horror genre for younger readers

Spooky Middle Grade Still Sells

With editors looking for shorter, more plot-driven middle grade projects these days, agents have seen an uptick in the horror genre for younger readers.

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Former content specialist and copywriter at Barnes & Noble Josh Sippie has founded a group to facilitate easier dialogue among middle grade publishing folks

New Group Aims to ‘Save Middle Grade’

As a content specialist and copywriter at Barnes & Noble in New York City from 2023 to 2025, Josh Sippie had a front-row seat to how middle grade books were performing at retail. It wasn’t a pretty…

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We asked agents about trends they are seeing in the middle grade category, and how they are persevering in a tough market

Middle Grade Is Down but Never Out

We asked children’s book agents about trends they are seeing in the category, and how they persevere in a tough market.

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pwschoolandlib.bsky.social @pwschoolandlib.bsky.social · 16d

Local children’s authors are spearheading book donation campaigns for the Minneapolis school where a fatal mass shooting took place late last month

Twin Cities Authors Rally for Annunciation Catholic School

Local children’s authors are spearheading book donation campaigns to the Minneapolis school, where a fatal mass shooting took place late last month.

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As part of Banned Books Week, Libro.fm and Silent Book Club will partner with nearly 450 independent bookstores and libraries for a nationwide Read-In from October 5–7 buff.ly/H8lsdrv

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Literacy nonprofit Little Free Library has released an updated version of its map highlighting those areas where challenges and bans are intensifying

As Censorship Escalates, Little Free Library Updates Interactive Book Ban Map

The literacy nonprofit’s interactive Book Ban Map now includes the latest data on censored books at state and county levels, supplied by the ALA and PEN America, as well as the locations of its…

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PW rounds up notable legal cases that may determine which titles are available in public schools and libraries for years to come

Books on Trial: 8 Freedom to Read Cases to Watch

These legal cases may determine which titles are available in public schools and libraries for years to come.

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PW profiled 10 advocates on how they are upholding the freedom to read on their local turf

How Grassroots Activists Are Fighting for the Right to Read

These advocates uphold the freedom to read on their local turf.

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In the last two years, global illiteracy rates have increased by an average of 2.2%, with 773 million people worldwide unable to read a single word, according to the World Literacy Foundation

Global Illiteracy Is On the Rise, New Report Finds

In the last two years, global illiteracy rates have increased by an average of 2.2%, with 773 million people worldwide unable to read a single word, according to the World Literacy Foundation.

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Future funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services cleared a legislative hurdle, with the House Appropriations Committee endorsing a $291,800,000 IMLS budget for fiscal 2026

Proposed IMLS Budget Passes Committee

FY2026 funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services has cleared two legislative hurdles, with the House and Senate Appropriations Committees both endorsing a $291,800,000 IMLS budget. The…

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