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.
Busy, working parents cannot be blamed for getting blindsided by the bizarre direction children’s literature is taking in public libraries.
The superintendent says the move is an attempt to protect students, parents, and teachers.