Censorship
Ooh, who remembers this one? In 1982, the library systems of Chicago, Milwaukee, and San Francisco banned Margot Zemach’s Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven from their collections (Chicago, from where I followed the whole story avidly, did include it in its two regional research libraries). Unlike the headlines, still popular today, that too-loosely use […]
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In a 3-2 vote, North Carolina's Watauga County School Board has settled on keeping The House of the Spirits in its sophomore honors English curriculum.
"Things I Have to Tell You," a compilation of more than 30 poems by teens from ages 15 to 18, was pulled from Arizona’s Stapley Junior High School due to references to drugs and boys’ bodies, among other issues.
Chair of the American Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee Pat Scales offers advice and resources to educators looking to promote the freedom to read in their classrooms and libraries.
Participants in a New York Public Library Children's Literature Salon discussed pressing censorship issues, from self-censorship by authors and librarians to schools that rate titles for appropriateness, and the chilling impact a challenge can have on a book.
The Library of Congress is accepting applications for its Literacy Awards. Todd Litzsinger is Follet's new chairman of the board. Rowling casts doubt on Ron-Hermione pairing. Alexie novel challenged again. Rowell to write graphic novels.
My Children’s Literary Salons at NYPL continue unabated. This Saturday’s event? Well, we’ve some primo talent that I’m sure you would like to know better. So if you aren’t prepping for the Super Bowl, come on down! We’d love to have you. New York Public Library’s Children’s Literary Salon is pleased to announce our upcoming [...]
Middle school students in Reading, PA, are protesting what they see as unjust scrutiny of their classroom libraries—using their own voices even as teachers express reservations about speaking out.
Feedback this month ranges from the defense of librarians who embrace technology to support for Isabel Allende's novel The House of the Spirits, which is still being challenged by parents in a North Carolina school district.
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