‘Books are empathy machines’ | Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney stresses the importance of books in the digital era
1 year ago

‘Books are empathy machines’ | Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney stresses the importance of books in the digital era

The Hindu  

December 14, 2023 04:27 pm | Updated 04:44 pm IST Since Wimpy Kid first appeared on the scene, its creator and author of the wildly popular children’s series, Jeff Kinney, has remained a passionate advocate of reading and children’s literature. Edited excerpts: Interview with author Jeff Kinney of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series From your first book in 2007 to now, how have reading habits, and the way children interact with books, changed? So I think it’s great when schools assign books that are challenging for children, that are about people from different parts of the world who live outside of the mainstream. I think book banning is sort of a recent phenomenon in the U.S. and it’s because books have fallen in the crosshairs of a very divided society.

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10 Banned Books Your Kids Should Be Reading
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10 Banned Books Your Kids Should Be Reading

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Author Samira Ahmed’s latest young-adult novel, “This Book Won’t Burn,” is nothing if not timely. Three years ago, Ahmed had a conversation with an English teacher about her own frequently banned book, “Internment.” “She taught in a small, rural, mostly white school district and wanted to bring ‘Internment’ into her lit circles in her high school classroom,” …

Book bans: Will the culture wars come for Britain’s books?
1 year ago

Book bans: Will the culture wars come for Britain’s books?

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Why adults should read children's books
1 year, 5 months ago

Why adults should read children's books

BBC  

Why adults should read children's books Getty Images The best children's fiction "helps us refind things we may not even know we have lost", writes the author Katherine Rundell, with many books proving subversive, emboldening – and awe-inspiring. Children's fiction does something else too: it offers to help us refind things we may not even know we have lost Children's …

Why is the US banning children's books?
1 year, 6 months ago

Why is the US banning children's books?

BBC  

Why is the US banning children's books? Philip Pullman's widely acclaimed fantasy novel Northern Lights has been voted sixth in the BBC Culture 100 greatest children's books of all time poll, and Pullman is the number one living author on the list. "Ultimately, attempts to ban books are attempts to silence authors who have summoned immense courage in telling their …

These authors’ books are some of the most challenged in the US. They’re speaking out
1 year, 7 months ago

These authors’ books are some of the most challenged in the US. They’re speaking out

The Independent  

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Biden lambasts book ban attempts in remarks to teachers: ‘Empty shelves don’t help kids learn very much’
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden lambasts book ban attempts in remarks to teachers: ‘Empty shelves don’t help kids learn very much’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And I’ve never met a parent who wants a politician dictating what their kid …

As book bans mount, literary stars are championing libraries and literacy
2 years, 3 months ago

As book bans mount, literary stars are championing libraries and literacy

CNN  

CNN — Readers and educators across America are observing Banned Books Week by exploring restricted books and supporting their authors – whether they are newly added to the ever-growing list of challenged works, or classics that have drawn controversy for decades. Greg Doherty/The Recording Academy/Getty Images Literacy groups are using the words of iconic “Reading Rainbow” host and children’s author …

Library study finds ‘challenged’ books soared in 2021
2 years, 8 months ago

Library study finds ‘challenged’ books soared in 2021

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy. The two most challenged books on the ALA’s top 10 list have been in the news often: Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir about sexual identity, “Gender Queer,” and Jonathan Evison’s “Lawn Boy,” a coming-of-age novel narrated by a young gay man. …

Youth-Led Group To Give Out Hundreds Of Copies Of ‘Beloved,’ ‘Maus’ Amid Book Bans
2 years, 10 months ago

Youth-Led Group To Give Out Hundreds Of Copies Of ‘Beloved,’ ‘Maus’ Amid Book Bans

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LOADING ERROR LOADING A youth group is distributing hundreds of copies of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” and Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” in response to Republican-led attacks on those and other books about racism in schools nationwide. In a news release Wednesday, the group said it was “fighting back against the far-right’s attempts to eliminate essential pieces of history and literature from our …

Conservatives Are Banning Books From Schools While Whining About 'Cancel Culture'
2 years, 10 months ago

Conservatives Are Banning Books From Schools While Whining About 'Cancel Culture'

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LOADING ERROR LOADING When a publisher stops printing an old Dr. Seuss book nobody read because it contained harmful racial stereotypes, Fox News and the entire Republican party lose their minds over “cancel culture.” But when conservatives across the country start banning and censoring dozens of books at a time from school libraries, they’re just trying to protect the kids. …

Op-Ed: Book banning in the 21st century? Why my book has been removed from school shelves
3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: Book banning in the 21st century? Why my book has been removed from school shelves

LA Times  

Amid the Virginia governor’s race, in which conservatives are furiously campaigning to activate their base, a proposed book ban in Virginia Beach schools is playing out a familiar piece of political theater: whipping up moral panic over public education while stoking racial fears. Backers of the ban describe the books as “abhorrent” and “pornographic,” with one parent claiming at a …

Books by Steinbeck, Alexie among most objected to in 2020
3 years, 8 months ago

Books by Steinbeck, Alexie among most objected to in 2020

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The closing of physical libraries because of the pandemic has slowed but not stopped patrons and others from calling for books to be banned or restricted. On Monday, the American Library Association reported more than 270 challenges to books in 2020, from Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” to Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” compared to 377 …

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