A Shelter Pet Speed Dating event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Aiken County Animal Shelter, ...

Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year’s ...

Black history touches every aspect of American history, culture and society. In celebration of Black History Month, Harper ...

Chanel Miller's “Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All” was a runner-up for the Newbery prize ... The awards were announced Monday by the American Library Association, which has gathered in Phoenix ...

Festivities kicked off Friday with the ALA Gives Back community initiative where attendees volunteered at the Burton Barr Central Library assembling seed packets for the seed library. Later, the ALA ...

This year Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” won the John Newbery Medal for outstanding ... were announced Monday by the American Library Association, which has gathered ...

The awards were announced Monday morning at the American Library Association's annual ... This is Kelly's second John Newbery Medal, which honors the most distinguished American children's book ...

Time to stock the bookcase! Learn about the book that won the coveted Newbery Medal and other children's and young adult books that took top honors this year.