Government
White House honors author Mark Twainâs birthday, historical classics, American patriotismSunday marked the 190th birthday of the famous penman Mark Twain, who championed American values of work, courage and integrity through his various short stories and classic novels. âMy books… Read More
Culture
Watch: Kansas resident skewers library for highlighting sexualized books in child and youth areaA young man criticized the Hays, Kansas, public library for displaying books with graphic, sexual content in a space frequented by children and teens. The âBanned Booksâ display, located by… Read More
Courts
LBGT children’s books have âno First Amendment rightâ to school libraries, Florida judge rulesA federal judge has affirmed a Florida schoolâs right to remove LGBT books from its library. U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor recently ruled against the authors of an LGBT childrenâs… Read More
Public Education
Mom tells The Lion: Teacher labeled son future dictatorA Florida mom confronted a school board after her childâs teacher allegedly nominated her son as âMost Likely to Become a Dictator,â a so-called honor likely tied to the family’s… Read More
Culture
At nation’s library, faith, patriotism, storytelling take center stageChildren waved flags, cheered at a talking puppet, and laughed at knock-knock jokes, but a story hour inside the Library of Congress on Saturday carried a deeper message. Hosted by… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court sides with parents in Maryland dispute over LGBT pride storybooks in schoolThe Supreme Court on Friday sided with parents in a dispute about whether Marylandâs largest school district could force children to study LGBT storybooks without parental… Read More
Courts
Judge blocks school board from removing explicit books(The Daily Signal) â A school board in Colorado cannot remove sexually explicit, profane, and âtransgenderâ books from school libraries because the school board is conservative, according to a federal judge touted… Read More
Courts
Maryland parents âoptimisticâ as Supreme Court weighs whether they can opt their children out of LGBT storybooks in schoolâQueer farmers,â âdrag queen,â and âpride puppyâ are just a few of the controversial LGBT themes in childrenâs books at the center of a case before the Supreme Court. The… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina bill would give parents greater say over public-school librariesThe North Carolina Senate is poised to vote on a bill establishing new guidelines to monitor media in public-school libraries â which includes giving parents more leeway in adding and… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court to consider if religious parents can opt kids out of sexually explicit storybook readings(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday Maryland parentsâ challenge to a ban on opting their young children out of storybook readings about pride parades,… Read More
Public Education
Mom tries to get pornographic content out of daughters’ high school curriculum(The Daily Signal) â A New Mexico mom is speaking out against pornographic content in her two daughtersâ high school curriculum. One of Monika Bialostockaâs twin daughters brought home a book… Read More
Public Education
Books banned in prison but allowed in schools? Texas mom wants them out(The Daily Signal) â A Texas mother is looking to pass several bills through the state legislature this session after discovering what she calls âvulgar,â âprofane,â and âindecentâ… Read More
Culture
Kansas City-area public library hosting âcelebration of trans storiesâ for childrenAlthough the tide has turned decidedly against sex changes for minors nationally, a library in suburban Kansas City is hosting âA Celebration of Trans Storiesâ for kids later this month. Read More
Public Education
South Carolina removes 4 more books from school classrooms for content violationsSouth Carolina K-12 classrooms will no longer feature four books after a review committee decided they violated regulations prohibiting sexual content, the stateâs education board ruled Tuesday. âWe are not… Read More
Public Education
NYC public school teacher reads trans book to preschoolers outraging parents Should children read books about transgenderism? A Manhattan preschool recently had a transgender-identifying substitute teacher do just that in a classroom of 3- and 4-year-olds. âMost of the parents were… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma school board keeps explicit book, ignores parents and state superintendentAn Oklahoma school district has voted to keep a sexually explicit book in its library despite parentsâ objections. Edmond Public Schoolsâ (EPS) board voted unanimously Monday to keep… Read More
Culture
Pro-abortion children’s book offered at many public libraries seeks to ânormalizeâ abortionPublic libraries in cities across the country are carrying a book written by two liberals to promote abortion to children. Authors Carly Manes and Mar Erazo wrote the pro-abortion book… Read More
Courts
Obama judge blocks Arkansas law that protects kids from lewd booksA federal judge has blocked an Arkansas law that allows for prosecution of librarians and booksellers who provide pornographic materials to minors. Top Republicans in the state said they would… Read More
Government
New Jersey enacts law making it harder to remove sexually explicit childrenâs books from public libraries and schoolsThe Garden State just eliminated protections intended to keep inappropriate content away from children. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Freedom to Read Act into… Read More
Public Education
Texas State Board of Education wants to streamline book approvals for districtsTexasâ top education board is asking the Legislature to give the board authority to help school districts vet library books in compliance with state law. GOP members, who control 10… Read More