Censorship

The Hood County (TX) Commissioners' Court will host a hearing regarding "My Princess Boy" by Cheryl Kilodavis and "This Day in June" by Gayle Pitman, despite a Texas public library director's decision to keep them in its collection following patron challenges.

ALA explains the process behind the Frequently Challenged Books list, following a pointed story on the site FiveThirtyEight.

Don’t be afraid to enter the discussion about intellectual freedom, and be firm when stating your opinion.

The Winnipeg Public Library has put the children’s book, “Tintin in America,” back on its shelves "but has moved it into the adult graphic novel section because of its stereotypical depictions of indigenous people," reports the Canadian Press.

Omar Currie, a third-grade teacher in Efland, NC, who came under fire for reading the picture book "King & King"to his class in April, resigned from his position at Efland-Cheeks Elementary School last week.

While King & King will be allowed in the school, it is not currently in the media center, says Omar Currie, a third-grade teacher in Efland, NC, who read the picture book to his class. Any book a teacher wishes to read to students or use in the classroom that is not in the school’s media center will need to be submitted to parents in advance, starting in the 2015-2016 school year, adds Curie, who says a personal grievance has been filed against him with the district.

In a talk that cited Mother Teresa, Kim Kardashian, and her own photographic alter egos from an art project, A.S. King declared, "Your feminism is yours. [It's whatever you] want to make of it—[whatever] you decide to do."

This year’s Banned Books Week (BBW, September 27 to October 3) will celebrate books written for the teen audience, the BBW National Committee announced on April 22.

Pat Scales responds to a kindergarten educator who questions the age-appropriateness of This One Summer as a Caldecott Honor Book and an English teacher who grapples with what to do about her student teacher from a Christian university who has asked to opt out of working with To Kill a Mockingbird.