Censorship

Censorship expert Pat Scales fields questions on cultural misrepresentation in fiction, challenged books, and more.

Book banning is back in the news (with Florida legislation that could make buying some books a felony), librarians honor a principal who stood up to a challenge, and more.

There’s little time left to apply for the Library of Congress Librarian-in-Residence program, and more in this edition of NewsBites.

Date rape impacts a community; appropriate holiday decor; protesters at a Halloween event.

How much do authors’ reputations drive book challenges?

The kid likes one thing, the parent wants another. How should librarians proceed? 

A look at the titles, data, a round up of recent related content, and more, as the literary world focuses the spotlight on censorship.

A frequently challenged book club pick; insisting on the Pledge of Allegiance 

Damon, library support specialist at Denver Public Schools (DPS), and Torres, teacher librarian at DPS’s Montbello Campus, on Angie Thomas’s blockbuster YA novel and the upcoming film.