In celebration of Children’s Book Week this year, Humble Bundle and the Children’s Book Council have combined forces to get kids excited about reading. The result is the Humble Kids Comics Bundle Supporting Children’s Book Week…
In Stores Now: Latest Edition of CBLDF’s Raising a Reader! How Comics & Graphic Novels Can Help Your Kids Love To Read!
Texas ACLU Uncovers Multiple Challenges to Comics in 2013-2014
While recently looking into the cases that landed three comics on the Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books for 2014, we came across a veritable treasure trove of challenges that had flown under our radar: the Texas ACLU’s Annual…
Australia Presents Cartoonist’s Work in Solidarity with Charlie Hebdo
CBLDF Joins Protest of Waterloo Ban on Absolutely True Diary
In advance of a school board meeting in Waterloo, Iowa this evening, CBLDF has joined with five other organizational members of the National Coalition Against Censorship to send a letter urging that the board follow district…
Children’s Book Week: Comic Book Shops Participate Around the Country!
On May 2, comic book stores will kick off Children’s Book Week (May 4-10, 2015), the annual celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading, by giving away over two million comics to younger…
Book Trailer Banned From Facebook for Biblical Nudity
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…
Fear for Reputation Leads Queen’s University to Cancel Charlie Hebdo Conference
North Carolina Woman Challenges Absolutely True Diary for Second Time
The Brunswick County, North Carolina woman who last year waged a fruitless months-long battle to have Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian banned from a local middle school has resurfaced this week to challenge the same…
Indian Supreme Court Strikes Down Internet Censorship Law
Turkey’s Censorship Leads to More Outspoken Cartoonists
Last Gasp Adds More Titles to HUMBLE UNDERGROUND BOOK BUNDLE, Benefitting CBLDF!
Two long-time CBLDF supporters, Last Gasp Publishing and Humble Bundle, have partnered for the ultimate digital collection of underground comix artists and anthologies — the Humble Underground Book Bundle! Now they’ve added…
Banned Books Week Celebrates Young Adult Books in 2015
Young Adult books will be the focus of Banned Books Week in 2015, the event’s national planning committee announced today. Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read, will run from September 27…