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The Texas Tribune reports:
In Katy, a growing Houston suburb, school officials recently bought $93,000 worth of new library books and promptly put them in storage so an internal committee could review them. The district then banned 14 titles (bringing its total since 2021 to 30), including popular books by Dr. Seuss and Judy Blume, as well as “No, David!” an award-winning children’s book featuring a mischievous cartoon character who at one point jumps out of a bathtub, exposing a cartoon backside.
And just south of Houston, the private Friendswood Christian School announced it was canceling its Scholastic Book Fair, barring the nation’s largest children’s book publisher, which has put on book fairs at schools around the country for decades. The school made clear the decision was aimed at books featuring LGBTQ+ themes and characters. “The book fair is one of our biggest fundraisers, but unfortunately, we have seen more and more books that promote and support LBGTQ+ views,” the school wrote.
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New: As Texas enters its third straight school year of coordinated book banning activity, a growing number of districts are targeting library books. Caught in the dragnet: books featuring a “naked” crayon and one with a cartoon butt. https://t.co/ZeVZEJ1xSr
— ProPublica (@propublica) October 11, 2023
“It is so sad that today, 80 years after this was written — 80 years — there are people in the U.S. who are not allowing this to be seen or read by children,” says filmmaker and artist Ari Folman. https://t.co/SqRLq0aVoZ
— Freedom Forum (@1stForAll) October 4, 2023
ProPublica: “Book Bans in #Texas Spread as New State Law Takes Effect” https://t.co/NNIMlivrOh #bookbans #libraries pic.twitter.com/vRXru5uSmO
— Library Journal (@LibraryJournal) October 11, 2023