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'Who knew Dr. Seuss was banned?': Local stores create outdoor scavenger hunt to spotlight Banned...
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlarmed at recent record-breaking efforts to censor certain books and diverse voices, local...
As Banned Book Week approaches, Middletown librarians discuss challenged works in 2022
The Newport Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMIDDLETOWN — People may not think of the local librarian as safeguarding their civil liberties and...
How banning books can actually increase their sales
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance More books are being targeted and banned in classrooms and libraries across the country. When certain books are banned, many receive...
Expert sounds alarm as Texas book bans grow: These efforts are “well-organized and well-funded”
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoStack of books on table at library Getty images/Kenishirotie Local book bans in Texas are gaining...
Mom to Mom: Here's some ridiculous reasons books have been banned.
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe media has been in an uproar lately over the banning of books – especially children’s books –...
Alamogordo Public Library celebrates the freedom to read during Banned Books Week
Alamogordo Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlamogordo Public Library Youth Services Librarian Ami Jones keeps a spreadsheet of banned or...
When schools are scared of Dr. Seuss, we've gone too far on race
Yahoo News via AOL· 1 year agoWe’re all accustomed to “woke” vs. “anti-woke” bickering. In schools, the ferocity of the debate is...
Olentangy Schools: Official 'made a personal judgment' to halt Dr. Seuss reading on NPR
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOlentangy Local School District has seven copies of “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss in six elementary...
Shelf Life: York Public Library celebrates the freedom to read
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEach year, the American Library Association (ALA), along with other organizations devoted to...
Library celebrates Banned Books Week
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 22—Daviess County Public Library is celebrating Banned Books Week, which runs through Saturday. Banned Books Week is the annual celebration of the freedom to read, according to bannedbooksweek.org ...