Sweeping book challenges and bans across the country resulted in thousands of titles being removed from library and classroom shelves during the 2021-22 school year, according to the nonprofit ...

Back-to-school time is here, so why not get your kids in the mood with some LGBTQ-inclusive picture books set in schools? There are now many such books, but here are a few of my favorites, across a ...

Among the thousands of titles removed from school and library shelves last school year were more than 300 picture books meant for young readers, according to a nonprofit organization that tracks ...

Nonprofit organization PEN America released a list of the most banned titles on Jan. 27 Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital ...

In doing so, they remind us of an essential life lesson: The most important part of school is discovering who you are, one grade at a time. Picture Books Woodson perfectly captures that feeling of ...

One picture book tells the story of a boy who gets teased at school for wanting to wear jewelry and nail polish, but finds acceptance from his family. Another is about a crayon labeled as red that ...

Unlike Gov. DeSantis and the state Board of Education, who consider a book banned only if the state specifically blocks it, PEN America defines a school book ban as "any action taken against a ...

The collection included picture books about civil rights icon ... as a way to allow the company to continue to operate its school book fairs in dozens of states restricting ideas or topics in ...