pickAfter a little research, I‘m unsurprised but saddened to have my general sense confirmed that most banns and challenges in books for young (especially very young) children concern #LGBTQIA+ content. This is one such contemporary example of that which stuck me as fairly middle of the road, except for truly joyful artwork , that pushed it over to a pick for me. #BBRCPictureBookLetterU @LibrarianRyan
LibrarianRyan for much of the bans from the 90's and up, yes. Older bans not so much, as it wasn't found as much. I find with older books it has more to do with race or in how the kids in the story act. (like too snoby or bratty, or teaching kids to hide, etc). 2y
IndoorDame @LibrarianRyan yes, my initial search for this year was actually for feminist picture books or childrens books or something since that‘s my personal focus right now even though it‘s not the challenge theme, and most of what I found was older stuff in which the girls aren‘t “behaving“ or are especially “clever“. Some of those will end up on my list too 2y
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