Tag Archives: book bans

Book Bans Spread As New Texas Law Takes Effect

The Texas Tribune reports:  In Katy, a growing Houston suburb, school officials recently bought $93,000 worth of new library books and promptly put them in storage so an internal committee could review them. The district then banned 14 titles (bringing its total since 2021 to 30), including popular books by Dr. Seuss and Judy Blume, as well as “No, David!” …

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Charlotte School District Bans “Banned Book Week”

Charlotte’s NPR affiliate reports: The American Library Association celebrates Banned Book Week next week — but it’s been banned in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and could face challenges across North Carolina. The library association uses the week to celebrate freedom to read and to talk about attempts to censor books. But at a time when parents’ rights groups across the country are …

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Cultists Check Out All Of Library’s Pride Exhibit Books

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: Two protesters offended by a Pride exhibit at the Rancho Peñasquitos Library have checked out nearly all the books in the display and vowed to keep them until the library eliminates what they call “inappropriate content” for children. The anti-gay protest is the latest example of a growing national backlash against Pride exhibits, which experts …

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Bible Returns To Utah School District After Backlash

The Associated Press reports: Officials from the Davis School District, which educates 72,000 students north of Salt Lake City, said at a board meeting Tuesday that the district had determined the sacred text was age-appropriate for all district libraries. In allowing the Bible to be accessible to students regardless of their grade level, the board sided with 70 people who …

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Illinois Gov Signs Bill Outlawing Book Bans By Libraries

Chicago’s ABC affiliate reports: Governor JB Pritzker signed historic legislation Monday that would ban libraries from banning books. The law is the first of its kind in the nation, and would cut off funding to any libraries that remove books currently on the shelf. The law was pushed by Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who is also the state’s librarian, …

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Publisher, Parents, Authors Sue Over Florida Book Bans

NBC News reports: Penguin Random House, authors, parents and a free speech group filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Florida school district for removing 10 books related to race and the LGBTQ community after a high school teacher complained. In addition to the publishing house, PEN America, a nonprofit group that advocates for free expression in literature, five authors whose …

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TX Book Ban Advocate Loses Bid For District Attorney

The post below about Tarrant County reminded me to check on Texas state Rep. Matt Krause, who gave up running for reelection to run for Tarrant County district attorney. Fort Worth’s NBC News affiliate reports: Phil Sorrells, a longtime elected judge in Tarrant County courts and a former assistant district attorney, is the Republican party nominee for Tarrant County District …

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NYC Libraries Launch “Banned Books Challenge”

Via press release from the New York Public Library: The New York Public Library is building on its efforts to combat recent trends in nationwide book bans and challenges—with a new challenge of our own. Together with Brooklyn Public Library and Queens Public Library, we call upon New Yorkers to stand with us against book banning by reading about the …

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