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The article offers advice to various problems related to censorship in libraries. Topics include the expression of no confidence by the school board in librarians and teachers to make book selection decisions, the intention of a school librarian's husband to challenge a public library which restricted all LGBTQIA+books for those under 18, and the request by the Parents and Teachers' Association president in an elementary school to look for offensive words in the dictionary in their library.

The article offers pieces of advice on various issues and concerns related to book censorship. These include the insistence of a volunteer with the Friends of the Library book sale to put all LGBTQIA+ books on a shelf labeled "controversial," how to respond to an elementary school reading teacher who worries about her students selecting a book their parents may find unacceptable and avoids the library, and the decision by a principal to shut down the celebration of Banned Books Week.

The article presents questions and answers related to book censorship including how to stay hopeful despite seeing a lot of censorship, how to deal with an elementary school principal who has issued many warnings about books used in the classroom that teachers feel threatened and no longer want to read aloud, and how to respond to a fourth grade boy who says his grandmother does not want him reading "Captain Underpants" books.

The article presents pieces of advice on issues related to censorship in libraries. Topics discussed include the move by the principal to ask a group of parents to periodically observe teachers and librarians without talking this over with staff, the complaint of a parent that her son feels judged on what he is reading after his youth minister gave him a list of evil books he should not read, and how to respond to a mother who scrutinizes what book her son selects at the library.

The article presents various banned books which includes, Nasreen's Secret School by Jeanette Winter, The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can by Tereai Trent and The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis.

The article presents pieces of advice on problems related to library censorship. Topics discussed include how to respond to a mother who requested for a copy of a book that was removed by the director of the public library, concern on the decision of the school principal not to allow a book fair during Children's Book Week, and reason that a collection development policy that includes procedures for dealing with book challenges is so important if it is easy to ignore the procedures.

The article presents pieces of advice on issues related to book censorship. Topics include the concern of a youth services librarian in a public library for not being allowed to have a June Pride display in the children's areas, how an elementary school librarian should answer the questions of a parent who is concerned about some books her daughter brings home, and how to deal with a teacher who refused to accept a book report because it is a novel she brought from home.

The article offers advice on problems related to book censorship in libraries in the U.S. Topics include how a library media specialist at a K-8 private school should deal with a student whose parent does not want her son to borrow any books that contain violence, a complaint from the parent of a third grader who borrowed Raina Telgemeier's "Drama," and the pressure being made by the board of trustees for librarians to eliminate the summer reading program.

The article presents advice to various problems related to library censorship. Topics include the demand by a school principal to a librarian not to recommend books to students, a complaint by a mother against a children's librarian about the titles in the children's room, and a high school debate about gun violence which uses the library to do research for practice debates and competitions.

The article presents pieces of advice on problems related to censorship. Topics include whether the idea of informing parents of books their students borrow is a common practice, the demand by a principal to a librarian to send him a list of LGBTQIA+ books that the high school library circulates, and how to handle a situation involving a first grader who seems to enjoy the books the teacher reads aloud but stays seated when his classmates search for books to borrow.

The article presents questions and answers related to how librarians should prepare for censorship and support students who oppose restricted access to books.

The article offers advice to librarians on promoting Banned Books Week. Children may be allowed to take home the books they want, then their parents can decide whether to approve their book selections or not. Given the censorship concerns of librarians, they may invite a teen council to brainstorm ways of celebrating Banned Books Week.

An interview with author Elana K. Arnold is presented. Topics of the interview include her inspiration for the books "Far From Fair" and "The Question of Miracles" featuring handling of life's biggest struggles, the personification in the book "The Question of Miracles," citing the protagonist journey about acceptance of a sudden and unexpected death and Arnold's insights about her writing for young adult fiction stories.

The article describes activity programs for students of Grade 6-12 to implement Common Core State Standards and encourage students towards inquiry and close reading of books and reviews the book "Somewhere in the Darkness" written by Walter Dean Myers.

The article presents an interview with the middle-grade children's author Angela Cerrito, discussing her novel on the Jewish Holocaust "The Safest Lie." Questions address topics such as the author's research in Warsaw, Poland for the story, how the real-life figure of the Holocaust survivor Irena Sendler inspired the story, and reviews of several other related books on the topic.

An interview with middle-grade author Tracey Hecht is presented. Topics of the interview include the start of Hecht interest in nocturnal animals, the way she uses a combination of research and creative license to define the specific personality of each animal, and the difficulty in maintaining consistency in the behavior of the animals in her series "The Nocturnals."

The article presents an interview with author Alan Gratz who tells about her inspiration to write the book Ban This Book, his anticipation of the book being challenged by nervous school personnel and some of the books that have been challenged. He focuses on the significance to encourage children to become activists.

The article presents advice to issues and concerns related to librarians and censorship. These include a concern on a principal who demanded students to stop discussing about the book "All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson, steps that librarians should do as school district administrators want to put reading levels on library books, and concern of a children's librarian on a pressure from a group of citizens pushing the director to issue a restricted library card for children.

The article presents questions and answers on the appropriate response by librarians when adults demand book removal from libraries.

An interview is presented with the author Graham Salisbury, discussing his historical fiction series "Prisoners of the Empire" and other works. Questions address topics such as description of Salisbury's childhood in Hawaii, how he approached researching his novels set in World War II, and the differences in his writing for children and young adults.

An interview is presented with author Rita Williams-Garcia in which she discusses the creation of her recurring characters, the Gaither sisters, and the challenges of setting novels in the United States during the late 1960s. She comments on topics such as her childhood, the inspirations for the character Cecile in the novel "One Crazy Summer," and how the Gaither sisters develop in her novel "P.S. Be Eleven."

An interview is presented with author Susan Goldman Rubin. She discusses her book "Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi," commenting on her interest in the civil rights movement as well as her research prior to writing the book. Other topics covered include the photographs presented in the book, Rubin's time spent in Mississippi, and how the book's subject matter relates to children. INSETS: Freedom Summer Book Connections;Common Core Connections: Freedom Summer.

The article presents advice related to book censorship in the U.S. Topics include the problem of a librarian whose library school course he took dealing with intellectual freedom was taught by a nonlibrarian with textbook knowledge who never discussed actual cases, the concern of a librarian whose principal asked to remove a list books, and how to deal with a principal who does not want to allow students to write the governor and express their views on his push to remove books from libraries.

The article presents an interview with youth author Steve Sheinkin, particularly commenting on his work on the book "Bomb: The Race to Build -- And Steal -- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon." He addresses ways to engage youth through narrative nonfiction, Sheinkin's research process for ensuring the book was historically accurate, and his previous experience as a textbook author.

The article presents questions and answers related to censorship including updated guidance on why Common Sense Media (CSM) is problematic for librarians and educators to use, the intention of the school board on one's district to examine how high school teachers select books they teach, and how to respond to a question by a new principal on why librarians did not use Accelerated Reader (AR).

The article presents questions and answers related to library censorship including the concern of a librarian about including books at the biography section of a library on people who have engaged in questionable behaviors, the use of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC's) Notable Children's Books List as a purchasing guide, and whether it is appropriate to warn foster children who may grab a book about main characters in foster care.

The essay discusses censorship of children's literature. It notes that banned books stay in print longer than other similar books. It gives examples of quality children's books that have been banned, including "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak, the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey, and various books by Judy Blume that deal with issues of adolescence. It notes that social issues in general create anxiety in adults and lead to censorship.

The article presents issues concerning library censorship. Topics include concern on a waiting list for books like the "Junie B. Jones," "Captain Underpants" and "Bad Kitty" series, how to deal with a principal who is known for siding with students and their parents, and how to handle first grade teachers who insist that students only borrow books they can read.

The article presents questions and answers related to library censorship including how to deal with a library that does not have a policy that guides the staff in deselecting materials, the books that are on the top ten most challenged books list published by the American Library Association, and how to handle the complaint of a parent that her son accessed an offensive article.

Interviews book editor Richard Jackson. Writers published by Jackson, such as Judy Blume and Paula Fox; Consideration of censorship in selecting books to publish; Role of books in a child's life; Views on children's book illustration.

The article presents questions and answers related to censorship including whether refusing to buy a certain book for her collection is practicing a form of censorship, how to deal with a parent who complained that his son came home in tears when one of the "Captain Underpants" series was taken away from him by a student teacher, and a social media post by an elementary teacher that advocate using markers to alter the illustrations in problematic picture books.

The article presents advice to issues and problems related to library censorship. These include the concern of a librarian that the solutions he has considered on the loss of a large number of materials each year would violate principles of intellectual freedom, whether it is right to reprimand a library worker for making a comment to a high school student about books she was borrowing, and whether not allowing kindergartners to borrow books violate the principles of intellectual freedom.

The article presents list of book which celebrates the achievements of women in government, especially the work of women of color; and also highlights books about Shirley Chisholm and Kamala Harris.

The article presents questions and answers related to book censorship including how to deal with challenges in virtual story times, how librarians can tell parents that they cannot remove certain books from the library, and the future of classic books that have harmful and damaging stereotypes for children.

The article presents questions and answers related to censorship including how to deal with a parent who didn't feel the program at a small public library for preschool and school-age children was age appropriate for her son, the most pressing issues related to intellectual freedom in school libraries, and a trouble with a paraprofessional employee looking over the shoulder of students as they conduct searches on the internet.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the books focusing on Malala Yousafzai, Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, being shot by the Taliban in her native Pakistan because she desired an education.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including Celebrating Banned Books Week by reading Nasreen's Secret School and pairing it with these related fiction and nonfiction titles about other girls who have fought for their right to learn.

The article provides advice to problems and concerns related to library censorship. Topics include how economically challenged students can afford to buy books, how to help faculty and students to have access to library services should there be a delay in opening school, and how to deal with concerned neighbors who have complained that little libraries in their neighborhood are mixing children's books with adult and young adult (YA) titles.

The article presents questions and answers related to library censorship, including what to do with teachers who are struggling to get the assignment out to students and parents in a summer reading program and fear that some titles will be challenged, the 2019 top ten most challenged books list which include most of the books that deal with LGBTQIA topics, and an alternative for the book "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book" by Nat Hentoff.

The article presents questions and answers related to book censorship including other topics that should be included in a state library conference aside from book censorship, how to deal with a mother who complained about the books in the last school her son attended, and how public librarians should respond to complaints that some materials students need to complete assignments do not seem age-appropriate.

This section presents pieces of advice on issues and problems related to library censorship. These include local churches that are urging members to challenge materials in schools on the occult and witchcraft, an eighth grade teacher who wants to develop a different approach to teaching the First Amendment to her students, and reason that few graphic novels were brought for the children's collection at a large public library system and was told that most graphic novels are not appropriate.

The article offers advice from a principal on various issues. Topics discussed include advice for a teacher whose student recommended a novel to her that is far too mature for the student, advice about student participation in the annual Women's March and advice for a teacher about using a novel suggested by a parent that has controversial topics.

The article offers advice on censorship issues faced by teachers and librarians. Topics include a librarian's opposition to the stand of library branch managers that their jobs would be easier if they created a separate tween section and limited these patrons to this collection, how a high school librarian should deal with the science teacher of her daughter who said that climate change is a political hoax, and the concern of a teacher who was asked to stop teaching "Mississippi Trial, 1955."

The article presents pieces of advice to various issues and problems related to library censorship. These include a verbal warning from a librarian about the content of a book, how to handle a first grade teacher who humiliates a student by stating that such students cannot read the book he would borrow, and the policy of not issuing library cards to students owing fines for lost library materials in the previous year.

Interviews book illustrator Eric Rohmann. Process of the creation of the story of his book "My Friend Rabbit"; Reason for selecting relief prints in creating the outlines of the story's characters; Character in the story which resembles him.

Presents an interview with author, screenwriter and playwright Paul Zindel. Zindel as the recipient of the 2001 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime contributions to young people's literature; Biographical information; Popularity of his first novel, 'The Pigman'; Other works, including 'Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeballs.'