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Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, An imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Challenges or questions regarding the content in children's books are very common, but rarely do they result in book banning. No public or school library is immune to those who want to deny children's access to certain books and materials. Scales has compiled a tool to help librarians, teachers, and young readers become aware of the social issues that are most often at the center of the majority of book challenges for children.
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A past-president of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), Scales has long been a champion for children's reading issues. This collection gathers her most popular editorials, feature articles, and author interviews from the pages of Book Links magazine.
A past-president of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and longtime spokesperson for First Amendment issues as they relate to children and young adults, for several...
4) Banned books for kids: reading lists and activities for teaching kids to read censored literature
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In our polarized environment, the censorship and outright banning of children's books that some people deem to be controversial or objectionable remains a major concern for schools, libraries, and communities across the United States. Intellectual freedom champion, the American Library Association, created Teaching Banned Books to Kids, a guide that includes both contemporary books that have been banned and classic literature that continues to be...