We know LGBTQ+ books and books by/about people of color are banned. A full 25% of banned books also explore sexual violence.
Public libraries are experiencing book bans, but the methods by which the institution is under attack need to be addressed.
Read your way into some of the best LGBTQ+ literature with this year's Lambda Literary Award shortlists in 26 categories.
You've likely seen or said many of these things about book bans, but they're not true. That, plus this week's book censorship news.
For a few parents in Floyd County, Virginia, a talking tree was enough to get them to successfully demand banning a "One Book" program.
We knew public schools and libraries weren't the end game for book banners.
Common Sense Media is not a professional resourrce, even if it can be useful for professionals (& for parents!)
Do your collection management policies need a refresh?
Opting kids out of demographic surveys in schools, parents re purposefully skewing data to help better education.
A frightening percentage of parents do not even know—or care—why we read books at all.
