Nuance is crucial for understanding book challenges, and because there’s a lack of nuanced discussion around the ways in which book challenges have appeared in the last year, it’s been easy for those seeking censorship to claim that in any and all cases of book-related discussions in public education and libraries. Intent is key. Take
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2022 is the inaugural year of the Science + Literature Awards, which are put on by a partnership between The National Book Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The awards are given to books that “that deepen readers’ understanding of science and technology,” whether that is through fiction or nonfiction. The winning authors receive
by E. Lockhart ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2014 A devastating tale of greed and secrets springs from the summer that tore Cady’s life apart. Cady Sinclair’s family uses its inherited wealth to ensure that each successive generation is blond, beautiful and powerful. Reunited each summer by the family patriarch on his private island, his
As an avid reader of Sarah J. Maas and her series and books such as A Court of Thorns and Roses, to her YA fantasy Throne of Glass, I was excited to dig into her urban fantasy book Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood. While it’s a thick and heavy tome, I really enjoyed
Rickie Farah, a 4th grade teacher in Texas, was voted the school’s Teacher of the Year in 2021. That same year, a student took home a book from her classroom library called This Book Is Anti-Racist, by Tiffany Jewell. The student’s parent, Sarah Muns, objected to the book and posted about it on social media.
by Gary Paulsen ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1987 A prototypical survival story: after an airplane crash, a 13-year-old city boy spends two months alone in the Canadian wilderness. In transit between his divorcing parents, Brian is the plane’s only passenger. After casually showing him how to steer, the pilot has a heart attack and
In November, we wrote about Craighead County Library’s Battle Against Censorship, and that battle is still raging months later. The Arkansas library continues to face harassment and accusations of library workers being “pornographers and pedophiles” simply for carrying inclusive books across age ranges. What is not respectful are attacks on the library, its staff, and
A pair of white women calling themselves “For Our Kids Walla Walla” is staging its second pre-school board meeting public prayer session tomorrow, Wednesday, February 9, in order to create support for removing numerous books from the Walla Walla school district’s shelves. The women filed a reconsideration request for Gender Queer, All Boys Aren’t Blue,
by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 18, 2022 After being released from prison, a young woman tries to reconnect with her 5-year-old daughter despite having killed the girl’s father. Kenna didn’t even know she was pregnant until after she was sent to prison for murdering her boyfriend, Scotty. When her baby girl, Diem, was
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YALSA, the Young Adult Library Services Association (part of the American Library Association), has announced their 2022 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adult Readers list. They discussed 76 audiobooks out this year that will appeal to young adult readers, as well as posting their top 10 titles of the year. The winning audiobooks are: Apple: Skin to
by Lizzy Rockwell ; illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 2014 This simplest of informational picture books offers a sensible, sunny celebration of the plants—specifically the parts of plants—that we eat. The opening scene shows a boy seated at table surrounded by a rich harvest. He’s holding a watermelon rind that mirrors
Celebrated children’s illustrator and author Ashley Bryan passed away on February 4th in the home of his niece, according to an update to the author’s website. He had just turned 98 this past July, and his family shared that he “continued to recite poetry from his vast repertoire – especially Shakespeare’s sonnets – up to
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by Daniel Kahneman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 1, 2011 A psychologist and Nobel Prize winner summarizes and synthesizes the recent decades of research on intuition and systematic thinking. The author of several scholarly texts, Kahneman (Emeritus Psychology and Public Affairs/Princeton Univ.) now offers general readers not just the findings of psychological research but also a
This list of new children’s books with dance themes was originally published in our kid lit newsletter, The Kids Are Al Right. Sign up for it here to receive news and recommendations from the world of kid lit and middle grade books. Hi Kid Lit Friends! I hope 2022 is off to a great start for
Under a moonlit sky, 12-year-old Homer and his little sister, Ada, run away from Southerland Plantation, frantically scrambling to stay ahead of the dogs unleashed by their enslaver to track them. Tragically, Mama is left behind, but they follow her final instructions: “Get to the river.” Together, Homer and Ada make their way through the
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by Drew Daywalt ; illustrated by Oliver Jeffers ‧ RELEASE DATE: Dec. 24, 2019 Daywalt and Jeffers’ wandering crayons explore love. Each double-page spread offers readers a vision of one of the anthropomorphic crayons on the left along with the statement “Love is [color].” The word love is represented by a small heart in the
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