Recently, an article from Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, caught our eye: During Banned Books Week earlier this year, the local public library used a grant from the Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund to run a three-day comic book workshop for teens.…
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Please Include CBLDF in Your Year-End Charitable Giving
CBLDF is able to perform our important work thanks to the direct contributions of supporters like you. December is the Fund’s most important fundraising month because we receive more than a quarter of our annual budget in year-end gifts from…
Board Votes Unanimously to Keep The House of the Spirits After Appeal
Recently, CBLDF joined a coalition led by CBLDF-sponsored Kids’ Right to Read Project in defense of Isabel Allende’s The House of Spirits, which was challenged in North Carolina. A second review committee convened and unanimously voted to keep the book…
Webinar Focuses on the Use of Nonfiction Graphic Novels in the Classroom
Dr. Meryl Jaffe, the author of CBLDF’s Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love to Read! pamphlet and our ongoing Using Graphic Novels in Education column, recently led a webinar entitled “Hitting a Home…
Bless Me, Ultima Returned to Idaho Classrooms with Emotional Apology
Last night, the school board for the Teton School District in Driggs, Idaho, met to discuss Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima, which had been removed from classrooms by School District Superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme. During the meeting, Woolstenhulme called for an…
Last Chance to Join the CBLDF in 2013!
With 2014 only weeks away, time is running out to reap the benefits of 2013 membership in the CBLDF. December is the most important fundraising month for CBLDF. We receive more than a quarter of our annual budget in year-end…
CBLDF Signs Letter Defending Bless Me, Ultima
CBLDF has joined a coalition led by CBLDF-sponsored Kids’ Right to Read Project to send a letter to the school board of the Teton School District in Driggs, Idaho, to defend Rudolfo Anaya’s acclaimed coming of age tale, Bless Me,…
The Best Comics Gifts Come From CBLDF!
This holiday season, make a difference by getting gifts for the comics fan in your life from CBLDF! Comics’ greatest creators are contributing signed graphic novels to thank donors for supporting CBLDF’s very important work. Make a contribution today, and…
View CBLDF’s #GivingTuesday Google+ Hangout with Jeff Smith and Gene Yang
#GivingTuesday just posted video for their day-long, first-ever Google+ Hangout-a-thon, which means you can now view (or relive) CBLDF’s #GivingTuesday Mashable / Google+ Hangout with Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL) and Gene Luen Yang (American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints)! Smith…
CBLDF Presents Manga
CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices is in stores today! An authoritative yet accessible handbook designed to help librarians, educators, and parents navigate the vast and popular field of manga, CBLDF Presents Manga provides what you really need…