Scholastic's plan for 'diverse' books: Separating them at book fairs Scholastic will find an 'alternate way' to get diverse books to kids. When news of the controversial collection surfaced, the ...

Scholastic faced backlash for putting books dealing with race, gender and sexuality in their own optional category for middle school book fairs. It's now apologizing and working to reverse course.

Scholastic offered a separate, optional collection containing titles about LGBTQ identities and race for book fairs this fall, stating it wanted to protect educators amid book bans.

The Scholastic Book Fair, the still-trucking darling of the nostalgic internet, is in trouble. For weeks, librarians have been reporting an odd experience: When they went to order books for this ...

Scholastic’s decision to make “diverse books” optional in book fairs has been deemed “insidious” by some authors and librarians.

So @Scholastic Book Fair has created a separate diversity book case, “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice,” which permits schools to opt-in or opt-out to having these books accessible at ...

Elementary schools can choose to exclude certain books with content related to racism and LGBTQ identities when hosting this year’s Scholastic book fairs, the children’s book publisher said.

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — During the Scholastic Book Fair, students at schools across the country have the opportunity to explore various book titles and purchase books. For many, the arrival of ...

Another on the Scholastic list is "Alma and How She Got Her Name" by Juana Martinez-Neal. It's a picture book that has won a Caldecott Medal. "The little girl, Alma, as well as all of her family ...

We will revisit the use of Scholastic Book Fairs when they share their new plan." Superintendent of Okemos Public Schools John Hood did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Key Background. Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, has held book fairs at schools throughout the United States since 1981, which reach 35 million ...

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