Despite a recent challenge due to profanity, Mark Haddon’s critically-acclaimed novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will remain on a high school summer reading list in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. According to the Scranton Times-Tribune, a parent…
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New Paul Pope Print, Jeff Smith & Larry Marder Signings At Comic Arts Brooklyn This Saturday!
Come support CBLDF this Saturday at Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB), where Jeff Smith and Larry Marder will be signing and where the Fund will have an all-new, CBLDF-exclusive signed and numbered print from Paul Pope! CAB is a free public…
Publishers Weekly Spotlights CBLDF
Recently, Publisher Weekly‘s Calvin Reid took a moment to spotlight CBLDF’s work on behalf of the freedom to read. It’s been a busy year for CBLDF as we’ve worked to defend comics and books in libraries and schools and to…
Jimmy Gownley Joins Jeff Smith & Comics All-Stars For CBLDF’s Nov. 10 Benefit Brunch!
Jimmy Gownley, creator of Amelia Rules, will be on hand to sign advance reading copies of his soon-to-be-released comics memoir The Dumbest Idea Ever!, which will be given as a special gift to donors attending CBLDF’s Kids’ Right to Read…
Yertle the Turtle Quote Again Allowed in BC Schools
More than a year after a quote from the Dr. Seuss classic Yertle the Turtle was banned from classrooms in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a settlement has been reached allowing teachers to bring Yertle back to school. The ban arose…
TUSD’s Lift of Book Ban Draws Ire of Arizona Department of Education
After nearly two years of being banned from classrooms, the school board for the Tucson Unified School District voted to allow seven Mexican American Studies books back into classrooms as supplemental materials. The move received an immediate negative response from…