| I was curious about how many of the top 100 most challenged books I’ve read. Here’s the list in its entirety. The titles I’ve read are in bold. Feel free to play along if you have a... | |
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| From the ALA site
Stay informed. If you read or hear about a challenge at your school or public library, support your librarian and free and open access to library materials. The ALA Office for... | |
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| Five links for the weekend
1. The Book Stacks lists some reasons why books have been banned or challenged.
My favorite? Where’s Waldo? was removed from the Springs Public School library in East... | |
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| The internet’s first literary awards are back.
Like all revolutions, this one started small, with a single post on a blog devoted to children’s literature. The Newbery Awards seemed too... | |
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| Last night I tuned in to my first of the Readergirlz 31 Flavorites forum discussions in real time. To be honest, it was an accident. I wanted to check out what Nikki Grimes and Chris Crutcher had to... | |
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| Doppelganger at 50 Books has compiled a list of books for preschools that feature female characters. Thank you, Doppelganger! * Stellaluna by Janell Cannon * The Miss Spider series by... | |
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| Celebrate Teen Read Week along with YALSA. This year’s theme is “LOL@ your Library,” encouraging teens to laugh out loud. Here are some quotes from some favorite teen authors from the Teen Read Week... | |
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| I saw this at Zoot’s and it looked like fun. Any other book bloggers interested? Bold those you’ve read. Italicize books you have started but couldn’t finish. Add an asterisk* to... | |
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| Unless you’ve been media deprived the past few days you’ve probably heard that J.K. Rowling outed everyone’s favorite wizard, Albus Dumbledore. Frankly, I’m a bit underwhelmed... | |
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| There’s an email forward that’s been going around the internet for weeks now, telling people to boycott the film version of The Golden Compass as well as the books. The gist of the emails... | |
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