The Horn Book | Caldecott at Eighty-Five: A Decade in Review
From the July/August 2023 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.
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From the July/August 2023 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.
Picture books that center LGBTQ, gay and queer characters have been targeted the most.
In a new report, The Washington Post discovered that adults seeking to ban certain children’s picture books in schools were mostly targeting titles that focus on LGBTQ characters and stories. In fact, they accounted for 75 percent of the complaints. The top reason adults were seeking to ban picture books is to stop children from reading about gay, bisexual, transexual and queer people.
This series examines who and what drive objections to K-12 texts amid a culture war over what children should read.
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