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CDT posted a blog entry
Customs Rejects Overseas Scholar’s Appeal For Held Books
From China Daily:An appeal by an overseas Chinese professor attempting to recover his books confiscated by customs upon his...
From China Daily:An appeal by an overseas Chinese professor attempting to recover his books confiscated by customs upon his...
Sharon posted a blog entry
New Biog of Mahathir Isn't Reaching Shops
800 copies of an authoritative new biography of our former PM entitled Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times...
800 copies of an authoritative new biography of our former PM entitled Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times...
Mombian posted a blog entry
More Gay Penguin Dads!
Gay penguin dads Guido and Molly of the East London Aquarium in South Africa have been caring for their unnamed chick since it...
Gay penguin dads Guido and Molly of the East London Aquarium in South Africa have been caring for their unnamed chick since it...
19 days ago
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., Parenting, ala, american library...
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., Parenting, ala, american library...LHWilkinson posted a blog entry
The worst of the best…
“Mary and Holly” (Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner) are librarians at “a medium-sized public library in...
“Mary and Holly” (Mary Kelly and Holly Hibner) are librarians at “a medium-sized public library in...
Sharon posted a blog entry
Banned Book Probably Wasn't Even Read By Banner!
How can a book be banned - when the Home Minister apparently did not apparently even bother to read it first?This was the...
How can a book be banned - when the Home Minister apparently did not apparently even bother to read it first?This was the...
Woman Tribune posted a blog entry
What You Didn’t See During Oprah’s Interview with Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin appeared on Oprah on Monday. She talked about her marriage and life in Wasilla, Alaska, about being...
Sarah Palin appeared on Oprah on Monday. She talked about her marriage and life in Wasilla, Alaska, about being...
Nikita posted a blog entry
Noddy – BBC and SA
This news article caught my eye immediately. As a qualified library teacher (too), part of my job was to make sure only quality...
This news article caught my eye immediately. As a qualified library teacher (too), part of my job was to make sure only quality...
Nikita posted a blog entry
Noddy agreement
This news article caught my eye immediately. As a qualified library teacher (too), part of my job was to make sure only quality...
This news article caught my eye immediately. As a qualified library teacher (too), part of my job was to make sure only quality...
Reader posted a blog entry
Banned, Censored, Challenged: The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine was one of the most influential men of his time. For many, he is the quintessential figure of the Enlightenment. ...
Thomas Paine was one of the most influential men of his time. For many, he is the quintessential figure of the Enlightenment. ...
Sharon posted a blog entry
The Allah Controversy and the Confiscated Bibles
Malaysia once more hits the world news for all the wrong reasons :Malaysian authorities have confiscated more than 15,000...
Malaysia once more hits the world news for all the wrong reasons :Malaysian authorities have confiscated more than 15,000...
Anne C posted a blog entry
Book world gearing up for Sarah Palin’s memoir
Harper Collins has announced that Sarah Palin’s memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life (ghost-written with Lynn Vincent)...
Harper Collins has announced that Sarah Palin’s memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life (ghost-written with Lynn Vincent)...
Mombian posted a blog entry
Bunches of Updates
This seems a good point to take a look at some of the further coverage of the Scholastic saga and their request that author...
This seems a good point to take a look at some of the further coverage of the Scholastic saga and their request that author...
57 days ago
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., abrams, banned books, book fairs
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., abrams, banned books, book fairsMombian posted a blog entry
Yet Another Scholastic Update – with Conan O’Brien
There’s always more to do. Reader Jersey Mom astutely pointed out in a comment (as did a reader over at Change.org) that...
There’s always more to do. Reader Jersey Mom astutely pointed out in a comment (as did a reader over at Change.org) that...
63 days ago
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., banned books, book fairs, lauren...
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., banned books, book fairs, lauren...Mombian posted a blog entry
Scholastic Reverses Decision: Will Include LGBT-Inclusive Book in Book Fairs
Many of you have been following the story of Scholastic and their request that author Lauren Myracle change the lesbian moms of...
Many of you have been following the story of Scholastic and their request that author Lauren Myracle change the lesbian moms of...
63 days ago
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., banned books, censorship, lauren...
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., banned books, censorship, lauren...Reader posted a blog entry
Banned, Censored, Challenged: Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a fable by novelist George Orwell. It was challenged in 1982 in Dekalb County, Georgia. In 1963, in Wisconsin,...
Animal Farm is a fable by novelist George Orwell. It was challenged in 1982 in Dekalb County, Georgia. In 1963, in Wisconsin,...
mosylu posted a blog entry
Book Banners and Unspoken Messages
See, I told you this kind of stuff was year-round.In April, The Boy Book was challenged in Texas, and when she found out last...
See, I told you this kind of stuff was year-round.In April, The Boy Book was challenged in Texas, and when she found out last...
Reader posted a blog entry
Banned, Censored, Challenged: Les Miserables
Les Miserables(1862) is the 19th century work of French author Victor Hugo. Every one of Victor Hugo's books were banned in...
Les Miserables(1862) is the 19th century work of French author Victor Hugo. Every one of Victor Hugo's books were banned in...
Mombian posted a blog entry
Update on Scholastic and Luv Ya Bunches
Wow. As I write this, over 1900 people have signed the online petition asking Scholastic to include Lauren Myracle’s new book...
Wow. As I write this, over 1900 people have signed the online petition asking Scholastic to include Lauren Myracle’s new book...
65 days ago
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., banned books, lauren..., luv ya...
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., banned books, lauren..., luv ya...
Nat C posted a blog entry
Should The Handmaid’s Tale be banned?
I know that some of you didn’t enjoy the novel but should it be banned from schools?Margaret Atwood wrote The...
I know that some of you didn’t enjoy the novel but should it be banned from schools?Margaret Atwood wrote The...
Mombian posted a blog entry
More on the Book Scholastic Banned
I posted Friday about Scholastic’s refusal to include Lauren Myracle’s new book Luv Ya Bunches in their school Book...
I posted Friday about Scholastic’s refusal to include Lauren Myracle’s new book Luv Ya Bunches in their school Book...
66 days ago
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., arthur a...., banned books, harry potter
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., arthur a...., banned books, harry potterSharon posted a blog entry
Banning Bad for Book Business
The banned books issue is (hurray) the cover story in Starmag today, and there is a writeup about the Right to Read event,...
The banned books issue is (hurray) the cover story in Starmag today, and there is a writeup about the Right to Read event,...
Mombian posted a blog entry
Scholastic Bans Book with Lesbian Moms from Book Fairs
Most of us with young children in public school know about Scholastic Book Fairs. Many of us remember them from our own...
Most of us with young children in public school know about Scholastic Book Fairs. Many of us remember them from our own...
68 days ago
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., ala, american library..., banned books
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms
| Topics: Books for..., ala, american library..., banned booksReader posted a blog entry
Banned, Censored, Challenged: Looking For Alaska
Looking for Alaska by John Green is a 2005 Young Adult novel about a 16 year old named Miles Halter who goes through a series...
Looking for Alaska by John Green is a 2005 Young Adult novel about a 16 year old named Miles Halter who goes through a series...
