Book banned in Florida focus of SCOTUS case

Book banned in Florida focus of SCOTUS case

A prince lassos a dragon, saving a knight in shining armor from certain death. But the prince slips and as he falls, the knight and his steed race to return the favor. Then the two men fall in love. That story, “Prince and Knight,” is one of five children’s books featuring LGBTQ characters and aimed at kindergarten through the fifth grade that have roiled a diverse suburban Maryland school district and led to a Supreme Court case that the justic…

Florida Book Ban Laws Could F*ck Us All Big Time

This latest book ban bill sets the stage for Florida to again become a testing and breeding ground for the continued stripping of our rights.

Drama drama in Florida – and more – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Another week, another challenge to Raina Telgemeier’s Drama, as a public library in Florida, following an official state book removal list, is reclassifying the book as “Adult,” not for minors. Reclassifying might sound better than an outright ban, but it’s part of a broader legislative effort in Florida – and other states nationwide – to classify any books as legally harmful to minors if they include any sexually themed material, including depi…

These Students Fought Book Bans...and Won

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Kids Are All Right Elizabeth Foster is one of the three student activists featured in the new documentary Banned Together, which captures the aftermath of a 2022 book ban in Beaufort, SC and the greater context of book banning efforts nationwide. In a terrific new piece for Teen Vogue, Foster recounts how she fought…