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Librarian survives attempt to fire her for including LGBTQ books in teen romance book display The manager of the North Regional Library branch in Carencro still has her job for now, despite an attempt by Lafayette Parish Library Board of Control President Robert Judge to

Ever wonder how you might address a group?

Ideas via Sara Levine & Mila Jam
Sketchnote via Sylvia Duckworth

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"What's the purpose of school?" a teacher asked her class. This kid's answer makes our day. ❤️

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Best kids book of March - https://amzn.to/3w9UcdQ (aff)

Agreed. Scholastic Bookfairs should be free.

Would you agree?

Sign the petition to fight book banning in the United States.
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Library board declines to remove, sequester books Board stands by book policy

“Recent news stories covering clashes over what books students should read in class and have access to in their school libraries have overlooked a major player in our unfolding scholastic drama….Missing, however, has been the figure of the woke librarian.”

I wonder if this is because most librarians are not diverse.

Opinion | The Battle for the Soul of the Library Librarians should be politically neutral. Too many aren’t.

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Teachers are leaving and few people are choosing the field. Experts are sounding the alarm Lauren Reynolds started crying when she found out her university was shuttering the early childhood and elementary education program she was in. This spring, she will be one of the last three students to graduate.

NEA dedicated to supporting the teaching of full and complete history in schools.

NEA Offers Guidance, Protections to Educators Committed to Honesty in Education | NEA As politicians mischaracterize and stoke fears about what is taught in schools, educators are holding firm in their support for a proven, research-based, and culturally responsive education for all students.

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Art Spiegelman's Maus Back In Bestseller Charts After Classroom Ban Forty-two years after it was first released, Art Spiegelman's Maus is currently the twelfth best-selling graphic novel on Amazon.com for Book One, and

This is no longer a culture war. It is a war on education, freedom of speech, and critical thinking.

This is like saying, if just one parent objected to a child in the school (such as discriminating them according to their race, gender, or family composition), then that child must be removed from the school and if not than the teacher must be fired, or the parents can collect an obscene amount of money that could otherwise be used for the purchase of new quality inclusive educational materials.

Everyone sees the problem here, right?

Which book would YOU ban if you could make $10,000 a day?

Send your state reps an email to end censorship like this. action.everylibrary.org/nationalaccess

Librarians Not Backing Down From Censorship Fight Despite dangers, school and public librarians continue to push back against efforts to censor books.

Representation is everything.

Oklahoma lawmaker files legislation allowing parents to remove books from schools Oklahoma schools are already seeing changes to what students are taught, including a recent law being compared to "critical race theory. " Now another lawmaker is looking to make changes to what students read in schools. Senator Rob Standridge has filed two measures regarding books in public school....

15 Must-Read Books by Latinx Authors Coming Out in 2022 Some of our favorite Latinx authors including Elizabeth Acevedo, Reyna Grande, Sonia Manzano, and Crystal Maldonado are releasing books in 2022.

Books are Being Banned Across the Country. What’s Really at Stake? | Wheelock College of Education & Human Development Books are Being Banned Across the Country. What’s Really at Stake? About UsNews & Events A blog post by Laura M. Jiménez I do not enjoy pumpkin spice lattes. I know this seems off topic, but go with me here for a minute. I don’t understand who hates coffee this much. I cannot overstate how much...

We lost some of the greatest childrens book authors this year: Eric Carle, Beverly Cleary, Jerry Pinkney, Lois Ehlert, Gary Paulsen, just to name a few.😭

2021 In Memoriam: Children's Book Creators Remembered in memoriam, 2021

Push to ban books in Texas schools spreads to public libraries The three-day closure of the library system in Llano County, about 80 miles northwest of Austin, also means a temporary shutdown of its virtual portal through the online book provider Overdrive.

Librarians are resisting censorship of children’s books by LGBTQ+ and Black authors Attempts to keep books out of libraries aren’t new, but there has been an increase in political challenges to literature.

The National Ambassador for Young People's Literature on why children's books are important.

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"There's Nothing Wrong With Us" - Jason Reynolds Says Normalizing Anxiety Is A Way To Beat It New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds makes his first visit to The Late Show for a fascinating discussion of the novels he writes for children, an...

This is one of many instances of the dominant culture censoring q***r poc voices.

Denton ISD pulls memoir by Black q***r author for review Update: As of Thursday, 'All Boys Aren't Blue' is no longer listed on Denton ISD's public library database, which shows users which campus have copies and where they are shelved.

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Anne Rice, Who Spun Gothic Tales of Vampires, Dies at 80 She wrote more than 30 Gothic novels, including the best seller “Interview With the Vampire,” which became a hit movie starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

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Reading Rainbow Is Coming Back in 2022 Did you love Reading Rainbow? Get excited: it's coming back in 2022 as Reading Rainbow Live, with a focus on inclusivity and interaction.

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"There's Nothing Wrong With Us" - Jason Reynolds Says Normalizing Anxiety Is A Way To Beat It New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds makes his first visit to The Late Show for a fascinating discussion of the novels he writes for children, an...

Americans are happier in states that spend more on libraries, parks and highways

eurekalert.org Americans are happier in states where governments spend more on public goods, among them libraries, parks, highways, natural resources and police protection, a Baylor University study has found.

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Helping your child learn to self-regulate is a process with ups and downs. Learn to see the signs!

Sketchnote by based on ideas by Stuart Shanker - Self-Reg

Book Riot

Did they get it right for your state?

Youth Services Interest Group - California Library Association

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Hey, librarians! California has a "lower percentage of parents who read to and sing songs to their babies daily, when compared to most other states."

What creative strategies do you use to encourage parents to read and sing to their kids? Please share ideas!

https://stateofbabies.org/data/ #/California

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Unpack AASL's new resource guide "Defending Intellectual Freedom: LGBTQ+ Materials in School Libraries" with presenters Rachel Altobelli, Juan Rivera, & Julie Stivers during this complimentary webinar archive. http://bit.ly/2A5uES5