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UCM Celebrates the 55th Annual Children's Literature Festival

The University of Central Missouri will celebrate the 55th Annual Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) March 3-5, with 24 nationally recognized authors and illustrators in attendance.

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Conservatives call for criminal investigation into El Paso County school districts over 'obscene' materials

Conservatives call for criminal investigation into El Paso County school districts over 'obscene' materials
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Conservatives call for criminal investigation into El Paso County school districts

Conservatives call for criminal investigation into El Paso County school districts
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Anti-Bias Task Force divided as it votes a second time to approve donation of DEI-enhancement books to school libraries

Anti-Bias Task Force divided as it votes a second time to approve donation of DEI-enhancement books to school libraries
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St. Paul libraries, home of the brave readers

There, a community gathers to read about things that can be hard to talk about — like mental health.

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A book list for teens who refuse to be told what they can't read

Are there books that contain ideas so crucial to understanding the world that it's actually dangerous not to read them? KCUR reached out to Kansas City's biggest book-readers and change-makers to find out what titles they'd put on such a list. Here's what they said.

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A book list for teens who refuse to be told what they can't read

Are there books that contain ideas so crucial to understanding the world that it's actually dangerous not to read them? We reached out to Kansas City's biggest book-readers and change-makers to find out what titles they'd put on such a list. Here's what they said.

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A Kansas City YA author worries what kids lose when books — like his own — get banned

In his novels, Kansas City author Adib Khorram shows aspects of his life that were "erased" from his own high school curricula. His main characters are Iranian, or gay, or both; they sing in boy bands and play soccer. Except now his work is being targeted by book-banning campaigns.

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2021 Youth Media Award Winners | American Libraries Magazine

Top books, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults revealed at ALA Midwinter Virtual
January 25, 2021
On January 25, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults—including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards—at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits taking place virtually from Chicago.
A list of all the 2021 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
When You Trap a Tiger, written by Tae Keller, is the 2021 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.

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