“When we finished the film, there were 2,000 banned books, and now there are 6,000,” says Trish Adlesic, one of three directors of the Oscar-nominated short The ABCs of Book Banning.The documentary, which is the directorial debut of veteran doc executive Sheila Nevins and is also dir...
In late April during the American National Library Week (April 23 to 29), ALA expects to report its new list of the 10 most-challenged books in the United States. We can also expect an update next month,Publishing Perspectivesunderstands, of PEN America’s major book-ban tracking work and ...
The ABCs of Book Banning: Regia di Sheila Nevins, Trish Adlesic, Nazenet Habtezghi. Con Adler, Ruth Anne, Arianna, Avalee. Reveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profoun
Between 2020 and 2022, book titles banned in libraries and schools (including books on race, slavery, sex and gender identity) rose more than 1,100%. "Sunday Morning" talks with advocates for removing books from shelves, and those fighting to p
Penguin Random House, PEN America File Lawsuit Against Florida School Board Over Book Ban Authors and parents also join federal lawsuit against Escambia County School District's "unconstitutional" restricting and removal of books about LGBTQ+ and race ...
Between July 2021 and June 2022, the report—Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Censor Books in Schools—found 2,532 instances of individual bans, which covered 1,648 unique books. PEN America tracks the bans in apublic spreadsheet, which indicates that the most-banned book isMaia ...
Free Essay: Books are a part of our society that entertain us through literature by showing us new experiences and characters that we may relate to or easily...
.7/17/17 –Once again, Banning lives up to its reputation of being a cesspool of filth and corruption. This time, America’s leading “stolen valor” website, “Thisainthell.us” , has exposed School Board Trustee Jan Spann as a phony VietNam Vet.- click here for the article_...
“All of the books in our classroom library must be cataloged with title and author. We have to put them all into an Excel spreadsheet and let parents have access to them through our digital platform. I teach high school and have taught for about a decade, so I probably have about 500...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut board of education has voted two keep two books on its town's high school shelves after weeks of acrimonious debate over book-banning that culminated in the resignation of two Republican board members.