By Laura Miller Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required ...

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Aerial view of several opened books on the table. What makes a book so great? It’s not necessarily only about the quality of the writing but also the ability to change discourse, start ...

Every year, ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books in order to inform the public about censorship in libraries and schools. The lists are based ...

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During a presidential election year, publishers tend to send fewer books out into the distracted world. But the lists below, a sampling of what we at Book World are looking forward to this season ...