@cdendy76.bsky.socialOne more! The Librarian of Basra tells the story of Alia Muhammad Baker, who struggled to save her community's books from the devastation of war in Basra, Iraq, an act of courage we should all celebrate. #challengedbooks #bannedbooks #BannedBooksWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZRG...
@cdendy76.bsky.socialLast challenged #picturebook today: Strega Nona by the remarkable Tomie dePaola. It falls under the category of #challengedbooks #bannedbooks that apparently promote witchcraft and the occult ... Enjoy!
@cdendy76.bsky.socialJabari Jumps is a lovely exploration of the excitement-fear felt when trying something new but scary ... It was swept up in a district's mass pulling and restricting of books that fell under the dreaded DEI label. #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #BannedBooksWeek
@cdendy76.bsky.socialAndrea Beaty and David Roberts' #picturebooks are wonderful. Sofia Valdez, Future Prez was challenged nominally because some of the background characters project LGBTQ+ themes. #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #BannedBooksWeek
@cdendy76.bsky.socialNext in challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek: Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman and Eda Kaban! Two of my three kids loved this one when they were little! (The first was already 13 when it came out.) #bannedbooks #challengedbooks
@cdendy76.bsky.socialRunning behind on these but here's another fabulous challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek: Imani's Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood and Hazel Mitchell! #bannedbooks #challengedbooks
@cdendy76.bsky.socialNext challenged picture book? The nonfiction Separate Is Never Equal ... #BannedBooksWeek #bannedbooks #challengedbooks
@cdendy76.bsky.socialNext up in #bannedbooks #challengedbooks #challengedpicturebooks for #BannedBooksWeek? No, David! by David Shannon.
Why challenged? Because it features an illustrated bare bottom and supposedly encourages bad behavior.
@cdendy76.bsky.socialFor today's #challengedpicturebooks #bannedbooks #challengedbooks posts to honor #BannedBooksWeek, we start with Water Protectors, published in 2020 in the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests that began in 2014 and escalated in 2016.
@cdendy76.bsky.socialBonus challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek today! Hair Love, a sweet, funny, wonderful story with great illustrations. Every picture makes me smile.
@cdendy76.bsky.socialThe next challenged #picturebook for #BannedBooksWeek is my favorite Dr. Seuss: The Butter Battle Book!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbj0...
Growing up in West Germany with the Wall encircling West Berlin, it meant something. It still does.
@cdendy76.bsky.socialNext up in challenged#picturebooks to celebrate #BannedBooksWeek: Carmela Full of Wishes!
@cdendy76.bsky.socialAnother fun but challenged picture book to celebrate #bannedbooksweek!
@cdendy76.bsky.socialContinuing with celebrating #bannedbooksweek, here's a read-aloud of another challenged #picturebook:
@cdendy76.bsky.socialAnd because I'm a day late in celebrating #bannedbooksweek with read-alouds of #bannedbooks #challengedbooks, you get a bonus one today ...
@cdendy76.bsky.socialTo celebrate #bannedbooksweek, I'm posting read alouds of children's books and other books that have been challenged ... #bannedbooks #challengedbooks