Scholastic has reversed course regarding their separate, optional case of “diverse books” available for elementary school book fairs. The Share Every Story/Celebrate Every Voice book collection, which featured predominantly BIPOC and LGBTQIA creators and stories, was created in response to pending and enacted book ban legislation around the country. The case did not ship automatically with Book Fair orders, but was available as an add on. After librarians shared news of the case online and Scholastic wrote an explanation, the program drew widespread criticism from authors including Amanda Gorman, Celeste Ng, and Jacqueline Woodson. In a letter to authors and […]
