Book Vetting

Authors of the bestselling picture book ‘And Tango Makes Three’ argue that the book’s removal from school library shelves is rooted in unconstitutional, anti-LGBTQ “viewpoint discrimination.”

A few months after a vague new rule allowed the state to remove books with descriptions of sexual conduct from its public schools regardless of grade level, the South Carolina Board of Education has banned its first seven.

The Meeker Public Library Board held its monthly meeting last Wednesday in the library’s community room. All five board members attended the meeting. The public comment period drew community members concerned about book banning and a draft collections policy up for review.

In an October victory for freedom-to-read activists, the Matanuska-Susinta Borough School District in Alaska has agreed to pay $89,000 for indiscriminately removing 56 books from library shelves.

It is important for boys to have the kind of children’s art that shows them the things that engage them in becoming good men.

Public schools in a Northern Virginia county have quietly removed a pro-LGBTQ book after parents criticized it for sexually explicit images.

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An ongoing lawsuit by book publishers against the State of Florida is shaping up to be one of the most significant cases in the fight for the freedom to read.

District removes books including ‘The Bluest Eye,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Dr. Seuss’ ‘Wacky Wednesday’ to comply with state law

Due to a new state law, more than 400 books have been pulled from Wilson County school libraries, including a children’s book by Dr. Seuss called “Wacky Wednesday.”

Passing 4-2, the policy expands who can object to books in Osseo Public School libraries. Opponents say it’s a slippery slope toward book bans.

Maryland: With November’s school board elections approaching, the issue of book bans will once again appear on the ballot in the form of some races between conservative candidates and their opponents.

Colt Black, a school board candidate in Frederick County, says: “Books which contain extreme violence or are sexually explicit, which glorify these things with no academic value, should be removed."

A federal judge has shielded Escambia County School Board members from having to testify in a legal battle about the removal of children’s books from school libraries.

When Tillamook High School’s 10th grade honors English class reconvenes this fall, there will be one notable change to the reading list.

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