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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Begging Jeff’s forbearance on me posting this here, but this is the age group that is likely to be running PTO/PTA and organizing the book fairs that are so often fundraisers for elementary schools.

Even if you are not political, you may have heard that several states have taken to banning books. 99% of them aren’t even subversive, they’re just books about Black kids and Black politicians, gay families, trans kids being happy and functional, books about Black history, etc. Basically several states have banned books that aren’t about White, cisgendered, heterosexual people and culture.

Scholastic Book Fair has gone ahead and made it even easier for these schools so that no child is possibly exposed to terrifying books about multiculturalism by shunting all such books into one collection with the Orwellian name of “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” that schools can opt out of selling altogether.

“The list includes some commonly challenged books about civil rights activists, such as I Am Ruby Bridges and Because of You, John Lewis, and She Dared: Malala Yousafzai. Books about Black families and same-sex families are also included in the collection.” https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/scholastic-says-schools-can-exclude-diverse-titles-from-book-fairs/2023/10?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=eu&M=8043891&UUID=b0ea7e3f30811eaf60411751cbcc40c0&T=10694231

Here’s the complete list:
“ The ABCs of Black History by Rio Cortez
All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
Alma’s Way: Junior’s Lost Tooth by Gabrielle Reyes
Battle Dragons: City of Speed by Alex London
Battle Dragons: City of Thieves by Alex London
Because of You, John Lewis by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Big Nate: Payback Time! by Lincoln Peirce
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
Booked (Graphic Novel) by Kwame Alexander
Change Sings by Amanda Gorman
City of Dragons: Rise of the Shadowfire by Jaimal Yogis
Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #2: Bloodmoon Huntress by Nicole Andelfinger
Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #3: Puzzle House by Peter Wartman
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Federico and the Wolf by Rebecca J. Gomez
Freestyle by Gale Galligan
The Girl in the Lake by India Hill Brown
The Girl With Big, Big Questions by Britney Winn Lee
Her Own Two Feet by Meredith Davis
Our World in Pictures, the History Book
Home for Meow: Kitten Around by Reese Eschmann
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams by Tanisia Moore
I Am Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges
I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick
Into the Heartlands: A Black Panther Graphic Novel by Roseanne A. Brown
JoJo’s Sweet Adventures: The Great Candy Caper by JoJo Siwa
Justice Ketanji by Denise Lewis Patrick
Karma’s World: Daddy and Me and the Rhyme to Be by Halcyon Person
Karma’s World: The Great Shine-a-Thon Showcase! by Halcyon Person
The Loud House: No Bus, No Fuss by Shannon Penney
The Loud House: Old Friends, New Friends by Daniel Mauleon
Mabuhay! by Zachary Sterling
Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo
Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
More Than Peach (Bellen Woodard Original Picture Book) by Bellen Woodard
Nuestra América by Sabrina Vourvoulias
Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang
Pedro and the Shark by Fran Manushkin
Pets Rule: My Kingdom of Darkness by Susan Tan
Pets Rule: The Rise of the Goldfish by Susan Tan
Picture Day by Sarah Sax
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Reina Ramos Works It Out by Emma Otheguy
Remarkably Ruby by Terri Libenson
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
She Dared: Malala Yousafzai by Jenni L. Walsh
Speak Up! by Rebecca Burgess
Sports Heroes Lebron James
The Storyteller by Brandon Hobson
That Girl Lay Lay: It’s Time to #Slay by That Girl Lay Lay with Kwyn Bader
That Girl Lay Lay: Positive Vibes Only by Andrea Loney
Thunderous by M. L. Smoker
The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat
We Shall Overcome by Bryan Collier
When Clouds Touch Us by Thanhha Lai
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez
Who Was the Greatest? by Gabriel Soria
You Are Enough by Margaret O’Hair
You Are Loved by Margaret O’Hair”

So if you’re the one tasked with organizing the book fair next year, try one of the other book fair options instead. [/quote]

This is a superficial and ridiculous concern.[/quote]

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