The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian details Arnold’s life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision to go to an all-white high school in another town for a chance at a better education. This is the story of a boy struggling with a decision to leave...
I had reported back in a March edition of my weekly Banned Books Awareness series that Charlotte’s Web was banned in a United Kingdom school, along with Winnie the Pooh and The Three Little Pigs, because the books might offend Muslim students and their parents. The Muslim Council of...
Anyone who grew up in the 1990’s knows the meaning behind the question “Where’s Waldo?” The answer, though, might surprise you. That’s because you won’t find him in some public or school libraries in the United States. Where’s Wally? (published in the United States and Canada as Where’s Waldo?)...
Well, I’ve been doing the banned books awareness articles every week since January 3, 2011, and the response from readers all over the world has been amazing and interesting, to say the least. I was invited by the World Education Network to begin doing the series as part of...
The Banned Book Awareness and Reading for Knowledge project has gone global and has partnered with the World Education Network. All articles will soon be posted to that news website as a feature of their Social Change section. World.edu is headquartered in Queensland, Australia, and primarily deals with education articles...