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Students Engaged in Advancing Texas and the ACLU of Texas will challenge the constitutionality of a law that bars all programs and activities that mention race, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation in K-12 public schools, including charters.
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In case you missed:
2025 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced
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A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contracts and standing up to book and author challenges.
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Hillsborough Cty (FL) schools super Van Ayres pledged to remove more books from district shelves during a heated state BOE meeting, as board members suggested firing all county media specialists or exploring criminal charges as possible alternatives
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Beloved YA author Tiffany D. Jackson, winner of this year’s Margaret A. Edwards Award, speaks to SLJ about the award, her expansive work, and how real life influences her stories.
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May is Zombie Awareness Month. Sharing this list of picture books, early readers, middle grade, and YA titles just might save their lives.
Find your Zombie reads over on Bluesky.
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Educators and activists held a rally to protest book bannings in New Hanover County (NC) schools. The banned book in question is Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, based on the work of Ibram X. Kendi.
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The Beachwood (OH) Police Department reported a man checked out 100 books from the Cuyahoga County Public Library Beachwood Branch and posted a video of him burning the books on social media. (19 News)
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Betsy Bird has updated her list of children's literary statues in the United States. Take a deep dive into characters old and new.
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A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contracts and standing up to book and author challenges.
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From the archives: Clip of the Week
Three-time Grammy winner Lizzo, played a 200-year-old crystal flute gifted to President James Madison. “Thank you to the Library of Congress for preserving our history and making history freaking cool!," she exclaimed.
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