by kmerikallio | Apr 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the wake of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a trend toward increased book banning in America, parental rights versus the harm of censorship is once again on the minds of school librarians. Taking a central role in this latest round of the debate is Follet School...
by kmerikallio | Feb 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Book banning has become a hot button issue recently. The latest high-profile case of book banning in America happened in Tennessee, where the McMinn County Board of Education voted to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus from their eighth-grade...
by Allison Bucknell | Sep 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight. ~Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower The act of banning books is not a new thing. There’s always been...
