Over on Book Riot this week (with the caveat that three posts are going up today, so they’ll be linked next week):

 

• On the quiet censorship of queer stories in Nebraska.

 

• A not-exhaustive but exhausting roundup of book challenge news from last week (this week’s is up today on Book Riot).

 

• A deep dive into the legacy of the Baby-Sitters Club.

 

On Hey YA, Erica and I talk about mental illness in YA, as well as dig into pretty YA comics.

 

At Book Riot this week…

 

• A guide to how to fight book challenges and censorship. This toolkit gives you everything you need to get going.

 

• Why you should slow down your audiobook speed.

 

• Sweet skeleton + book goods.

 

On this week’s edition of Hey YA, Extra Credit, I talked about the career novels of the 1930s-1960s. This was such a fun dive into a category of early YA books, with what the offered and what they lacked.

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

 

• Out of Darkness was pulled from a central Texas school district library shelves for review after an unhinged complaint at a school board meeting. I’ve included a form letter you can send to the district’s board to keep it in circulation.

 

• 35 new and upcoming YA horror books.

 

Over on School Library Journal, I talked with a number of authors who have adapted adult books into young reader editions, about what makes for a great young reader edition, and how these books can be used and enjoyed by tweens and teens.

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

 

• A Chicagoland third grade teacher was pulled from the classroom for her personal TikToks highlighting inclusive books she had in her classroom. A call to action for this one is at the bottom of the piece.

 

• Ever heard of Library Hand? Get to know the style of penmanship and its exacting nature that was taught in library schools before digital record keeping.

 

• These Ex Libris stamps are everything.

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

• Students at Central York High School in Pennsylvania protest the four-page list of banned books and materials from curriculum. The kids are all right.

 

• Witchy book goods for the season and beyond.

 

• And did you know there are a ton of zodiac books for babies? Me either, until I started looking.