Give the rate at which schools are banning books this week, you wouldn’t think Banned Books Week is just around the corner. However, it’s happened again, this time in Randolph County, North Carolina. On Monday night, the Randolph County Board…
Category: Education
Arizona High School Pulls Acclaimed Book Over Sexual Content
The Sierra Vista, Arizona, school district pulled copies of Dreaming in Cuban, the National Book Award finalist written by Cristina Garcia, from classrooms after a parent complained about sexual content in the book. The book was removed from classrooms when…
Radical Voices Continue to Call for Censorship in Barefoot Gen Debate
After debate that focused more on procedure than on free expression, a ban placed on anti-war manga Barefoot Gen was lifted recently in Japan, once again allowing the return of the book to school libraries in Matsue City. Unfortunately, controversy…
Ten Years of CIPA: Free Speech and Library Internet Filters
The issue of Internet filtering in school and public libraries has been getting a lot of attention lately, as we mark ten years since the Children’s Internet Protection Act was instituted. Unfortunately, the news is not good: Filtering software remains…
CBLDF Defends A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl After Challenge
The CBLDF-sponsored Kids’ Right to Read Project sent a letter to the Currituck County High School school board after a parent in the district demanded the removal of A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, a critically-acclaimed novel…
Obscenity Case Files: Stanley v. Georgia
In previous editions of Obscenity Case Files we looked at cases involving mailing obscene circulars and stores selling obscene books, but we have yet to explore the private possession of obscene materials in one’s own home. In Stanley v. Georgia…
Get Ready for Banned Books Week!
Banned Books Week is coming! The 2013 celebration of the freedom to read will be held from September 22 – September 28. Keep reading to learn more about how you can be involved! Doing a Banned Books Week event or…
Back to School with Comics: CBLDF Presents Manga
Manga is worldwide phenomenon: One of the most widely read types of literature in its home country of Japan, it has crossed the world to become a very popular category here in the United States. With burgeoning collections in libraries…
Alabama Lawmaker, Board of Ed Members Call for Ban on Bluest Eye
Only a few months after Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye was challenged in an Adams County, Colorado, school district, an Alabama state senator is calling the book “just completely objectionable” and says that it should be removed from classrooms…
Back to School with Comics: Raising a Reader!
Our monthly column Using Graphic Novels in Education provides some great tips for using graphic novels in the classroom, but how can you use comics to get your kids reading from a young age? CBLDF’s publication for parents and teachers…