Posted on January 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice! 

  • About 2 percent of all book bans in the 2023-2024 school year were of picture books; it released a list of the titles that were most commonly targeted, with perennial ban target And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell, Justin Richardson, and Henry Cole on top (PEN America).

  • An advocacy group explained the harm to libraries and other institutions that would have been caused by the now-rescinded freeze on federal grants (EveryLibrary).

  • Netflix has ordered a new Little House on the Prairie series; Trip Friendly, whose father held rights to Laura Ingalls Wilder's novels and executive-produced the original TV series, will be involved in this project (The Hollywood Reporter).

  • The sale of late novelist Jackie Collins's Beverly Hills mansion — currently owned by a real estate investor and his wife — could set a record for its neighborhood, if its $66 million asking price is met (Mansion Global).

Categories: Today in Books

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