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Category: Education
Virginia Lawmaker Wants Librarians Fired for Summer Reading Lists
A debate over summer reading books in Virginia’s Chesterfield County Public Schools intensified last week when a state senator characterized the books as “trash” and said the school librarians who recommended them should be fired. The titles that have raised…
How Smile Transformed the Comics Industry
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Seemingly overnight, semi-autobiographical graphic novels for children have become a hit genre, dominating New York Times bestseller lists, winning industry awards, and garnering significant praise and accolades. Leading the way is Raina Telgemeier, whose fun, incredibly relatable, and heartfelt graphic novels…
Independence Day Around the World
As we celebrate Independence Day, we also celebrate the independent spirit of our country’s founders, men and women who fought against an oppressive regime and eventually gave us the law that CBLDF works to protect: the First Amendment. Freedom of expression…
VA Parent Leads Summer Reading Censorship Campaign
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Vermont Book Ban Leads to Discussion About Dangers of Censorship in Schools
Author Urges Students to Challenge Book Bans
1990s Attempts to Censor Rap Echo 1950s Attacks on Comics
With every new generation, there is a new form of media that becomes both actively embraced by American youth, as well as socially stigmatized and branded as “low class,” “obscene,” and “dangerous” by the morality police (aka grown ups). It…
Using Graphic Novels in Education: Teaching the Holocaust with Comics
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 those that…