Every parent worries about their children sliding in the summer, forgetting the valuable lessons they learned in school the previous year. But no one has the time or energy to spend their summer creating lessons and doing homework with their…
Category: Education
Victory for ACLU and Chokehold in AZ
The Arizona Department of Corrections decided to reverse its previous ban on Paul Butler’s autobiography, Chokehold: Policing Black Men after the ACLU threatened to sue. ACLU announced the decision on Twitter, and Butler also tweeted about the decision, calling it…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: Drama
Welcome to Using Graphic Novels in Education, an ongoing feature from CBLDF that is designed to allay confusion around the content of graphic novels and to help parents and teachers raise readers. In this column, we examine graphic novels, including…
Committee Recommends Against Restoring Books in Florida Middle Schools
Back in February, CBLDF reported on a political group in Florida demanding the removal of 14 books from Marion County School District. Reports have just come in that the committee has finished reading and discussing the works officially challenged, and…
AARGH!: Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia
It started, as too many things do, with a children’s book that some people found offensive and ended with a piece of legislation called Clause 28 that made it illegal to “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the…
Fun Home Victory in NJ Lawsuit!
Monday, June 10, State Superior Court Judge Margaret Goodzeit granted dismissed the lawsuit against Watching Hills New Jersey School District for offering the award-winning graphic memoir Fun Home as a reading choice. Further, the suit dismissal itself reads: “Order denying…
Adding Lumberjanes to Your Library or Classroom Collection
This article offers resources for adding the first volume of Lumberjanes to a classroom, curriculum, or library. It also outlines information important in case the work is challenged. The series is an award-winning series that features great LGBTQ+ characters and a vast selection…
New York Times International Axes Political Cartoons
In April, the New York Times International Edition upset readers all over the world with a political cartoon that outraged many viewing it as anti-semitic. The paper apologized and blamed both the syndicated service they used and the Hong Kong…
Support CBLDF with Wilson, Ghost World, & More GNs Hand-Signed by Daniel Clowes!
Daniel Clowes is an acclaimed graphic novelist and winner of myriad awards for his work in comics and film, and this week you can support CBLDF by making a donation for a signed copy of his books! You can donate today to…
Comics, Manga, Neil Gaiman, and More Banned in KS Prisons
Nonprofit Books to Prisoners (B2P) released a list on Twitter highlighting the vast illogical nightmare that is the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) log of censored books. The list demonstrates that for decades KDOC has been infringing on the First…