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Diversity, Intellectual Freedom, and Innovation | Professional Reading
The latest professional reading encourages bringing dynamic, diverse, and innovative materials to patrons, from Pat Scales’s Books Under Fire to Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps and Carole J. McCollough’s Coretta Scott King Award Books Discussion Guide.
'Highland Park Kids Read' Takes on Censorship Battle in TX School District
Nonprofit group Highland Park Kids Read is set to protest the pulling of "objectionable" books from the district's curricula at a December 9 board meeting of the Highland Park Independent School District.
Should 'Girl' Books Be Labeled? | Scales on Censorship
A public librarian asks if merging her teen and adult collection will reduce the challenges to the YA literature collection; a school librarian writes about the superintendent's restriction on teaching some of the classics listed on the Facts on Fiction website. SLJ censorship columnist, Pat Scales, provides answers to these matters and more.
Let's Talk About Banned Books: Using Them, Displaying Them, and Dealing with Challenges to Your Library Collection
Thursday, September 11th, 2014, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT
Join SLJ for an important discussion with SLJ columnist Pat Scales, along with authors M.E. Kerr and Todd Parr as they provide practical advice when dealing with book challenges and hear the authors’ perspective on their books that have been banned over the years. You'll also hear from Youth Services librarian Heather Accero on ways that librarians can celebrate, display, and use these books. Register Now!
Join SLJ for an important discussion with SLJ columnist Pat Scales, along with authors M.E. Kerr and Todd Parr as they provide practical advice when dealing with book challenges and hear the authors’ perspective on their books that have been banned over the years. You'll also hear from Youth Services librarian Heather Accero on ways that librarians can celebrate, display, and use these books. Register Now!
"Gay Penguin" Book Allowed to Remain in Singapore Libraries
It’s been two zigzag weeks for the National Library Board in Singapore that has been the focus of international media furor since it announced two weeks ago that all copies of the children’s books containing gay themes were not only been banned from the state’s collections, but would be pulped. The international community pushed back, and in a surprising reversal, the National Library Board changed its mind.
Walter Dean Myers, Award-Winning Author and Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Passes at 76
Walter Dean Myers, beloved and deeply respected children’s author, whose books include Sunrise Over Fallujah and Monster, died on July 1 following a brief illness. He was 76 years old.
‘Annie on My Mind’ Author Nancy Garden Dies at Age 76
Award-winning author Nancy Garden, best known for the classic—and sometimes controversial—novel Annie on My Mind, one of the first YA titles to depict a lesbian relationship, died of a heart attack June 23 at age 76.
Keeping Kids' Library Records Private| Scales on Censorship
SLJ columnist Pat Scales addresses the privacy of kids' library records; censoring incarcerated teen reading; and the difference between "restricting" and "removing."
SLJ Columnist Pat Scales Addresses Censorship Concerns in Libraries
Librarian and SLJ columnist Pat Scales responds to a range of censorship issues from librarians around the country.
Harriet The Spy: Essays
And now, the various essays about Harriet the Spy included in the 50th Anniversary Edition! These essays are much more for the adult reader, but that is OK. Again, I’m not recapping the essay, just jotting down my reactions. Judy Blume Read Harriet as an adult, and notes how the kids in here are real because they [...]
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