Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries
The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or ...
For Tina Louise, Escape, Finally, From ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Ms. Louise would prefer to not to talk about Ginger, her breathy sitcom character from the 1960s. Luckily, to the children ...
Common Sense Media2d
Back-to-School Books
Whether your kids are heading off to school for the very first time or are old pros at navigating lockers and homework assignments, the books on this list are bound to entertain (and maybe even ...
Nickel Boys could be the most radical literary adaptation ever made – but how does it compare to the book?
The Nickel Boys dramatises the real-life history of a segregated reform school in the segregated Jim Crow South: a front for ...
Fanshawe art students mix splashes of colour with everyday images in new paint exhibit
A group of Fine Arts students at Fanshawe College's School of Design are the faces behind a new painting exhibition in downtown London this month. The exhibit called "The Beholder" at the TAP Centre ...
West Virginia authors who had their books turned into movies
Despite its size, West Virginia has its fair share of bestselling authors, but only a small handful of them have been lucky enough to see their books adapted to the big screen.
A Cambridge elementary school spends a morning with an acclaimed author and illustrator
Newbery medalist Matt de la Peña and New York Times best-selling illustrator Loren Long visited Cambridgeport Elementary, ...
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ characters: Graphics explain the data
More than a third of books banned last year featured fictional characters or real person of color, a new analysis from PEN America shows.
A Black educator was hired to reform a school that held a mock slave auction. It was a racist nightmare, she says
Exclusive: Treda Collier Dickenman “is both resilient and extraordinary in her courageousness,” attorney Rebecca Brazzano ...
Bleeding Cool9d
Puffin Graphic Novel Competition 2025 For Under-Represented Creators
Puffin Graphic Novel Competition for under-represented creators launches for 2025, the winner will get a publishing contract ...
New state-of-the-art children's library opens at Cleethorpes school
The library has been a year in the making but has now officially opened, much to the delight of excited pupils ...