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In response to a complaint from a parent of an elementary school student, three high school libraries in Florida have restricted access to the award-winning This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki.
Pat Scales, School Library Journal's Scales on Censorship columnist, has been named this year's Distinguished Service Award recipient by the Association for Library Service to Children.
Censorship expert Pat Scales offers guidance on helping competitive readers find their own thing, balancing the responsibility to protect privacy, and orienting new teachers to the role of the library.
With the arrival of Banned Books Week, it's important to look for ways to dive deeper than “banning is bad” to prepare our kids to address intellectual freedom issues in an informed and principled way.
Looking for inspiration in advance of Banned Books Week (BBW), from September 27–October 3? Look no further than SLJ's BBW Pinterest page, curated by blogger and collection development librarian Molly Wetta.
Censorship expert Pat Scales tackles the trouble with trigger warnings, the finesse of Banned Books Week planning, and the problem with narrowing options for reading.