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Governor Ron DeSantis accuses critics of creating a false narrative around school book removal in Florida; parents want books pulled in Maine; and news from South Carolina, Tennessee, and Iowa.

Laurie Halse Anderson is the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate; People includes Carolyn Foote and Becky Calzada on its list of "Women Changing the World," and more in this edition of News Bites.

A roundup of recent book challenge efforts and news on the fight for intellectual freedom from Alaska, Pennsylvania, and Missouri.

Presenting the 2022 average book prices, produced annually by SLJ in partnership with Follett and Baker & Taylor.

Applications open for ALA's annual "Game On" gaming grant program; LibraryPass announces more than one million checkouts in Comics Plus in 2022; 2023 Audie Awards finalists; and Lee & Low's New Voices Award winners in News Bites.

A roundup of recent book challenge efforts and the news on the fight for intellectual freedom from Florida to California.

African Town wins the 2023 Scott O'Dell Award; SCBWI announces grant winners; WNDB is taking grant applications; and more in this edition of News Bites.

The award is given annually to outstanding fiction and literary nonfiction titles for ages two to eighteen that inspire a love of math.

The titles are recognized for being of high interest to youth who are BIPOC, from street culture, in restrictive custody, and/or reluctant readers.