SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
SLJ Blog Network +
  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Fuse #8 Production
  • Good Comics for Kids
  • Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog
  • Teen Librarian Toolbox
  • The Classroom Bookshelf
  • The Yarn
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • About TLT
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • A to Z Book Lists
    • Book Review Policy
  • Teen Issues
  • Middle Grade Mondays
  • Programs
    • TPiB
    • Tech Talk
  • Professional
    • Teen Services 101
    • Things We Didn’t Learn in Library School
  • MakerSpace
  • Projects
    • #SVYALit
    • #FSYALit
    • #MHYALit
    • #Poverty in YA Lit

New Releases

November 23, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Have Even More Books, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen

Teen contributor Riley Jensen highlights five new YA books coming out in 2021

October 29, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

New Books Alert: The latest in YA and MG fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels

There's not much joy to be found these days, but at least we have books! Check out these great new and forthcoming titles.

September 28, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

More Books To Come, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen

Teen contributor Riley Jensen highlights 5 new YA books coming soon for teen readers

Popular Posts

2022 Middle Grade Books to Have on Your Radar, Part Two

Turning Voice Recordings into Sound Wave Art and QR Codes

Teen Fiction 2022 by the Numbers (So Far)

2022 Picture Books to Have on Your Radar, part two

What Do Teens Mean When They Talk About an Aesthetic

What Makes a Book A YA Novel? A discussion of what YA is, and what it isn’t

2022 Middle Grade Books to Have on Your Radar, Part One

The ABCs of Hyperemesis Gravidarum, an unconventional picture book

Take 5: Boys in realistic middle grade graphic novels

Take 5: Fun Stuff for Wordle Fans

Middle School Angst in the Sunshine State, a guest post by Nina Moreno

How I WILL PROTECT YOU Fills a Gap in Holocaust Education, a guest post by Danica Davidson

Post-It Note Reviews: Gothic tropes, post-apocalyptic friendship, small town Minnesota, and more!

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Articles on SLJ

16 Realistic Middle Grade Novels That Reflect the Lives & Triumphs of Tweens | Summer Reading 2020

Best Middle Grade Books 2020 | SLJ Best Books

16 Spooky Middle Grade Books for Young Horror Fans| Summer Reading 2021

Three Resonant Historical Fiction Books for Young Readers

15 Middle Grade & YA History Books That Highlight Marginalized Voices

More Recent Posts

New Books Alert: A Mars mission, art school, a portal fantasy, and more!

January 23, 2020 by Amanda MacGregor

Debuts, duology conclusions, pocket-sized reads, and Daphne and Velma. Get out those TBR lists!

Penguin Random House Spring 2020 Showcase

December 3, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

The book mail is really piling up at my house! Check out these forthcoming books and don't miss the Twitter giveaway!

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Spring 2020 Showcase: Rescue dogs, a family curse, the Paralympics, deadly magic, and more!

October 31, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

Pull out your TBR lists or get ready to add to the orders for books that stock your library or classroom shelves. Don't miss the Twitter giveaway!

ADVERTISEMENT

New Books Alert: Featuring a middle grade #MeToo, an LGBTQ guide, a haunted house, a memoir about living with Treacher Collins syndrome, and more

August 13, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

There are a lot of great things about working in an elementary library and thus having the summer off, but by far one of my favorite things is being home and able to IMMEDIATELY grab and rip open book mail when it arrives. Here's what's arrived recently.

Penguin Random House 2019 Showcase: Books featuring coders, witches, royalty, refugees, and circus folk

January 24, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

These forthcoming books from Penguin Random House will keep you busy this spring and summer. Novels about grief, secrets, guilt, breaking free, and so much more. Get ready to add a bunch of new titles to your TBR list!

Listening to Old Ghosts : The Haunting Influence of Our Town and Spoon River Anthology, a guest post by author Mary Amato

August 8, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS

I have had the pleasure of working with author Mary Amato in the past, as we worked together to discuss ways in which librarians could provide more music based programming in libraries. GUITAR NOTES by Mary Amato is a moving story of grief, music and friendship that I will never stop recommending. Today, I am […]

New and forthcoming YA and MG to know about

March 14, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

Books, books, and more books! All of the books I get end up going back out the door in some fashion—to teen readers I know, to classroom libraries of friends, to my own school, or in giveaways. I can’t read/review every book I get, but it’s fun to be able to sift through boxes and […]

Read More Posts »

ADVERTISEMENT

Archives

ADVERTISEMENT

Trending on the SLJ Blog Network

The Classroom Bookshelf

Teaching Ideas to Celebrate Poetry Month and Earth Day with the Caldecott Honor Winning Title:  Wonder Walkers

by Erika Thulin Dawes

100 Scope Notes

Read Aloud Hall of Fame #5: THE FULL BELLY BOWL by Jim Aylesworth and Wendy Anderson Halperin

by Travis Jonker

A Fuse #8 Production

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer

by Betsy Bird

The Yarn

‘Internally, I’m about 12’ Lucy Knisley Visits The Yarn

by Travis Jonker

Follow This Blog

Enter your email address below to receive notifications of new blog posts by email.

Primary Sidebar

  • News & Features
  • Reviews+
  • Technology
  • School Libraries
  • Public Libraries
  • Age Level
  • Ideas
  • Blogs
  • Classroom
  • Diversity
  • People
  • Job Zone

Reviews+

  • Book Lists
  • Best Books
  • Media
  • Reference
  • Series Made Simple
  • Tech
  • Review for SLJ
  • Review Submissions

SLJ Blog Network

  • 100 Scope Notes
  • A Fuse #8 Production
  • Good Comics for Kids
  • Heavy Medal
  • Neverending Search
  • Teen Librarian Toolbox
  • The Classroom Bookshelf
  • The Yarn

Resources

  • 2022 Youth Media Awards
  • The Newbery at 100: SLJ Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Award
  • Special Report | School Libraries 2021
  • Summer Reading 2021
  • Series Made Simple Spring 2021
  • SLJ Diverse Books Survey
  • Summer Programming Survey
  • Research
  • White Papers / Case Studies
  • School Librarian of the Year
  • Mathical Book Prize Collection Development Awards
  • Librarian/Teacher Collaboration Award

Events & PD

  • In-Person Events
  • Online Courses
  • Virtual Events
  • Webcasts
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Media Inquiries
  • Newsletter Sign Up
  • Content Submissions
  • Data Privacy
  • Terms of Use
  • Terms of Sale
  • FAQs
  • Diversity Policy
  • Careers at MSI


COPYRIGHT © 2022


COPYRIGHT © 2022