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Parents, Don’t Opt Out

September 1, 2021September 6, 2021 Sharyn Vane 3 Comments book banning, Facebook, Jandy Nelson, Jason Reynolds, Laurie Halse Anderson

Why would you restrict what your children read in school?

Banned Book List

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The ALA’s Annual Banned Book List: A Sobering Snapshot of American Censorship

April 6, 2021April 9, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Alex Gino, All American Boys, American Library Association, Banned Book List, Brendan Kiely, George, Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds, John Steinbeck, Laurie Halse Anderson, Of Mice and Men, Something Happened In Our Town, Speak, Stamped, To Kill A Mockingbird

Parents and school boards still want to pull titles from shelves

Juneteenth

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Juneteenth Book Fest Celebrates Black Authors

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Juneteenth, Juneteenth Book Fest, Kayla Ancrum, LL McKinney, Tochi Onyebuchi

Organizers put new festival together in three weeks

All American Boys

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“Now Is The Time”

June 1, 2020June 3, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All American Boys, Black Lives Matter, Brendan Kiely, Jason Reynolds

In online conversation, authors of ‘All American Boys’ plead for white families to join the conversation on race