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Scholastic says state book bans are causing an 'impossible dilemma' for its iconic book fairs
Scholastic announced it'll make a separate section for books dealing with race and gender at elemen…
Natalie Musumeci
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Not all children are addicted to phones, nine in ten love reading books
Not all children are addicted to mobile phones and screen-based entertainment. A recent survey by t…
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Scholastic has pulled a book by 'Captain Underpants' author Dav Pilkey over its 'passive racism' and racial stereotypes
The book publisher said it would cease publication of "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk." Author Dev …
Kevin Shalvey
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The late CEO of a $1.2 billion publishing firm left control of the company to an exec he'd had a relationship with, rather than his family. His son called it 'salt in an open wound.'
Richard Robinson, the late Scholastic CEO, described Iole Lucchese as his "closest friend." He gave…
Anna Cooban
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When my daughter was going through cancer treatment, I read to her out loud. It helped her connect with her friends once she was healthy enough to go to school.
The author says that reading to her daughter through her cancer treatments helped her daughter conn…
Jessica Phillips Lorenz
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The American Library Association says books with antiracist messages climbed the list of most-challenged or banned titles in 2020
More books about racism and antiracism were the subject of censorship attempts in 2020 than in past…
Kevin Shalvey
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What the new 'Hunger Games' prequel 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' is about and if you should read it
"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" takes place 64 years before the original trilogy, and follows …
Abby Monteil
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From The Hunger Games to Taslima Nasreen— binge-worthy books to sail through Lockdown 4.0
Well books can come to your rescue and what better way to spend the last two weeks in home-shelt…
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Meet the photographer behind the 'I Spy' books that captured millions of readers' imaginations
Narrator: But perhaps what made the books so successful was how realistic they looked. The combinat…
Clancy Morgan
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Two major changes happening in comic books could shape the industry's future - and comic shops will have to adapt to survive
"Retailers were very frightened of us at first," Steinberger said at the conference. "But many of t…
Travis Clark
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Almost 80% of the textbook industry is dominated by 5 publishing companies that make books so expensive most students skip buying them
New editions have reordered chapters or changes in page numbers, making it harder to use older edit…
Gina Echevarria,Jordan Bowman
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The new 'Harry Potter' book comes out in a week - but it isn't finished yet
Scholastic, the company that published all of Rowling's "Harry Potter" books, is publishing th…
Jacob Shamsian
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Here's What Parents Hate About 'Captain Underpants,' The Most Banned Book In America
The chapter comes with the following disclaimer: "WARNING: The following chapter contains graphic s…
Pamela Engel
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The Awesome Cover Artwork Drawn For Harry Potter's 15th Anniversary
The art, which comes from Kazu Kibuishi, takes the focus off of Harry and places it on the memorabl…
Kirsten Acuna
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The New 'Harry Potter' Spinoff Movies Are A Terrible Idea
As it currently stands, and barring some magic by Rowling, there's been nothing in this announcemen…
Kirsten Acuna
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These amazing illustrations offer a sneak peak into new versions of the 'Harry Potter' books
The new "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will be available on October 6. After that, the ill…
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New 'Harry Potter' Cover Is Very Different From The Original
"As an author myself, I tried to answer the question, 'If I were the author of the books -- and the…
Kirsten Acuna
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I grew up on Roald Dahl's books, but he would have hated me because I'm Jewish
I found out that Dahl told The New Statesman that Hitler had his reasons for the Holocaust: "There …
Jacob Shamsian
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Young Scott Disick Was Seriously A Book Cover Model
His co-star model, who has not been named, told BuzzFeed, "Scott was so shy. He always came alone a…
Christina Austin
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America's most boring job is on the brink of extinction
Inside the desperate campaign to get Gen Z to become accountants