Posted on March 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The American Library Association released a report today with alarming yet unsurprising news: Book ban attempts are up drastically. Specifically,...
Posted on March 23, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Efforts to make banned and challenged books available to readers who can't access them in public schools or public libraries...
Posted on March 15, 2023 at 1:54 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Bestselling authors James Patterson and Laurie Halse Anderson are both spreading the word about book challenges targeting their books. In...
Posted on March 13, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Books are great — and having friends to share them with is even better. So here are two articles about...
Posted on March 10, 2023 at 12:50 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
A southeastern Florida county has banned twenty of author Jodi Picoult's novels from its schools. Martin County's ban of The...
Posted on February 15, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
PEN America is pushing back against a proposal to digitize all mail at the prison on Rikers Island. The New...
Posted on January 26, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Teachers in Manatee County, Florida, are closing their classroom libraries in response to state legislation that took effect this year....
Posted on January 13, 2023 at 2:59 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
NPR is looking to highlight authors whose work has been challenged or banned around the US. Today, that writer is...
Posted on January 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
A Florida school district canceled a production of a play at a high school this week, calling it "inappropriate." The...
Posted on January 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
NPR's Planet Money podcast embarked on an experiment recently, in a third-grade classroom. And the results were ... somewhat unexpected....
