Scholastic Book Fairs Under Fire for Excluding Diverse Titles
TL;DR
Scholastic, the children's book publisher, has announced that its elementary-school book fairs will now have a separate section for titles that deal with race, gender, and sexuality in response to state laws that restrict discussions on these subjects in schools. The "Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice" catalog includes 64 titles, such as biographies of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and civil rights leader John Lewis. Schools can choose to include or exclude these books, and some schools in all 50 states have already ordered titles from the catalog. Scholastic opposes the state laws but acknowledges the difficulty of navigating the legal environment.
- Scholastic Book Fairs Will Separate Diverse Titles The New York Times
- Scholastic Book Fair grapples with diverse titles amid a rise in book bans NPR
- Scholastic Book Fair controversy: why everyone is so mad at the famed grade-school fair. Slate
- Scholastic Makes It Easy to Ban Black and LGBTQ+ Books The Intercept
- Scholastic book fairs, a staple at U.S. schools, accused of excluding diverse books CBS News
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