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Storytime just got more interesting: Ms. Rachel's books are here!
“The book uses the same techniques as the show to encourage speech and 20 milestones, all through a playful story!”
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What is Banned Books Week?
Banned Books Week started in 1982 and draws attention to censorship.
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Banned Books Week begins with reports showing challenges both up and down
Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide.
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Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement
A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents. The agreement reached Thursday settles a lawsuit that argued that the district unlawfully decided to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQ+ content. Under the agreement the School Board of Nassau County must restore access to...
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Dolly Parton is sending free books to children across 21 states — and around the world
The 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission to improve literacy through her Imagination Library book giveaway program. And in recent months, it has expanded statewide in places like Missouri and Kentucky.
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Judge to decide if Florida school board is protected from testifying about gay penguin book removal
A federal judge next week will consider a renewed attempt to shield Escambia County School Board members from testifying about a decision to remove the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” from school libraries.
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Edna O'Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dies at 93
Edna O’Brien has died at age 93. She was one of the world’s most admired and controversial writers who scandalized her native Ireland with her debut novel, “The Country Girls,” which was censored and even burned.
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This biographer exchanged emails with Bernie Madoff from prison for a decade. Here's what he learned
Richard Behar’s new biography, “Madoff: The Final Word,” takes readers into the fraudster’s final years in prison, and all that came before.
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Here's where kids and teens can get freebies for completing their summer reading
Schools out but that doesn’t mean the pages have to stop turning. Here are some incentives to get your young ones to keep reading this summer.
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Barnes and Noble launches free summer book program
Barnes and Nobles announced Tuesday that any child in grades 1 through 6 who reads at least eight books over the summer can receive a free book from a participating store.
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Malcolm Gladwell takes fresh look at societal trends in ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point'
Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revenge Of the Tipping Point” will be published Oct. 1
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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors, has died at age 92.
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Paul Auster, prolific and experimental man of letters and filmmaker, dies at 77
Author Paul Auster has died at age 77. Auster was a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1.” Auster’s death was confirmed Wednesday by his literary representatives. Auster completed more than 30 books, translated into dozens of languages. He never achieved major commercial...
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Book ban attempts reached historic high last year, library association says
The association says that 4,240 individual book titles were targeted for removal from schools and public libraries — a sharp increase from the previous high of 2,571 in 2022.
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Local libraries struggle with soaring costs of e-books — and they only lease them
Libraries across the U.S. are struggling to cover the cost of e-books, which have grown in popularity.
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Congratulations, today is your day: A free book giveaway to honor Dr. Seuss' birthday
Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how to have fun — The Cat in the Hat.
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Steamy Lit bookstore embraces sexuality and celebrating self-love
Romance novel enthusiasts, this is for you! We introduce you to the woman behind the steamy lit romance bookstore in Deerfield beach, Melissa Saavedra.
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A scholar discovers stories and poems possibly written by Louisa May Alcott under a pseudonym
The author of “Little Women” may have been even more productive than previously thought. A Northeastern University postdoctoral teaching associate believes he found work that Louisa May Alcott wrote under several pseudonyms for local newspapers in Massachusetts. Some of the 20 or so stories and poems found were also written under Alcott’s own name. One story written under the pseudonym...
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Illustrated edition of first ‘Hunger Games' novel to come out Oct. 1
A new edition of “The Hunger Games,” the first novel in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian series set in the North American land of Panem, will include words and pictures.