West Bend, WI Library Board Members Dismissed for Doing Their Job |
Publisher's Weekly reported recently that "four members of a library board in West Bend, Wis., were dismissed last week for refusing to remove controversial books from the librarys young adult sectio...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 20:59:00 GMT |
Protecting Students from "Those People" |
By John CoyRecently, I had a disheartening and eye-opening experience. I appeared at a suburban Minneapolis bookstore for the last half of a discussion of my young adult novel BOX OUT. The teachers an...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:32:00 GMT |
Does Sarah Palin believe in the First Amendment? |
From The New York Times:"Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:53:00 GMT |
Why can’t kids get the books they need the MOST? |
I just got an email from a blogger and YA novelist named Lee Wind, which illustrates a lot of the challenges we face in the intellectual-freedom fight. In response to the tragic shooting murder of an ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:02:00 GMT |
Scary Stuff in Indiana |
Posted by Jordan Sonnenblick
A new Indiana law meant to target "adult" stores has booksellers up in arms -- and rightly so. The law, according to Indystar.com, "requires businesses that sell sexually ...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:34:00 GMT |
Teacher Suspended Over Book |
Posted by Lisa YeePerry Township, IN teacher Connie Heermann was suspended for allowing her high school students to read FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY. The book is a collection of essays from high school stud...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:51:00 GMT |
A Game No One Wins |
A Guest Blog by Jo WhittemoreA complaint by a Vancouver resident has led to the discontinuation of the Scholastic book club program in Vancouver schools. Yet, the complaint wasn't with the program its...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:41:00 GMT |
SANDPIPER Redux |
posted by Jordan SonnenblickWay back on September 12 on this blog, there was an entry about a challenge to Ellen Wittlinger's excellent novel, SANDPIPER in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Well, the res...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:56:00 GMT |
Oh, those Crazy Canucks: banning Pullman/Susan Juby |
Gee, I thought everything was happening south of the Canadian border, eh? But no it's happening up here, too. Whatever you Americans do, we can do better. : ) First up, the banning/pulling from shelv...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:19:00 GMT |
Medford Parent wants book banned! |
I thought that the book bannings were over for the season, that Christmas was about to raise its red capped head and people would all be happy and joyous and, well, Christmassy. One big BAH HUMBUG was...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:17:00 GMT |
