by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Adding Gender Queer: A Memoir to Your Library or Classroom Collection
Released in 2019, Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe details eir journey to identify as nonbinary and asexual and how e learned to navigate family and society. It won both the Alex Award and the Stonewall Book Award in 2020 and…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Gender Queer Tops Most Challenged Book List of 2021
This morning, as part of National Library Week, American Library Association released their Top Ten Challenged Books of 2021. Each year, ALA compiles the report and list from information gathered from library staff across the country year-round. Schools, universities, and…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Bill Watch — Update on HB 666
New information came to light recently regarding Idaho’s House Bill 666, supporting the fact that two graphic novels, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel and Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe, were targeted by the legislation. HB…
by Jordan Smith • • Comments Off on Recognizing the Work: Rhode Island, Michigan, and Virginia
This month we have seen an aggressive push across the country to censor a specific set of books in libraries and schools. It seems like we can’t go a day without hearing about a new book challenge or a disrupted…