Texas-born Tomás Rivera’s coming-of-age story of a Mexican boy’s life in a migrant family in the 1940s and 1950s, with its themes of family life and tensions, is apparently too much for the parents of a Clarke Count… Learn more.
Most of us aren’t surprised by “Fifty Shades of Grey” being the fourth most-challenged book of 2012, but would you expect a children’s book to make number one? Dav Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants” has been … Learn more.
Literature marks the times. Whether an epic historical fiction or a dime store yarn, a novel reflects the time in which it is published as much as it does the period it is set in. The intricacy and subject matter of t… Learn more.
Stephen King is one of the most recognizable names in literature. His horror-filled library of tales like Carrie and The Shining are classics on bookshelves and on the silver screen. His intense dramas exploring the huma… Learn more.
A little over one week from now will be the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, the bibliophile’s annual celebration of the freedom to read, which this year takes place from September 30-October 6, 2012. Sometime… Learn more.
Did anyone hear on any of the many news stations, programs, or newspapers about an American man who was imprisoned for translating a banned book? No? Me, neither. Nonetheless, Joe Gordon, sentenced to two and a half y… Learn more.
Did anyone hear on any of the many news stations, programs, or newspapers about an American man who was imprisoned for translating a banned book? No? Me, neither. Nonetheless, Joe Gordon, sentenced to two and a half y… Learn more.
Literature dealing with hot-button topics such as AIDS and child abuse are okay for classroom use- so long as those works have happy endings, at least according to the administrative board of the Fremont Unified School D… Learn more.
Todd Parr has written over 30 children’s books, and he is the winner of two National Parenting Publication Awards, as well as three Oppenheim Gold Awards; but his The Family Book (preschool-grade 2; 2004) has stirred … Learn more.
The Tennessee legislature recently passed a bill stating that teachers cannot encourage “gateway sexual activity,” as part of the state's abstinence-based sexual education movement. Seizing the opportunity implied… Learn more.
