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You can't say that! writers for young people talk about censorship, free expression, and the stories they have to tell

Sharing candid interviews with 13 top children's and young adult authors who discuss why their books have faced censorship, an historian and critic puts First Amendment challenges into historical context and examines the support network that protects anddefends young people's rights.

Main Author: Marcus, Leonard S., 1950- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Somerville : Candlewick Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Freedom of expression > Young adult nonfiction.
Censorship > Young adult nonfiction.
Political correctness > Young adult nonfiction.
Authors, American > Interviews > Young adult nonfiction.
Summary: Sharing candid interviews with 13 top children's and young adult authors who discuss why their books have faced censorship, an historian and critic puts First Amendment challenges into historical context and examines the support network that protects anddefends young people's rights.
Physical Description: 240 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780763690366
0763690368
Author Notes: Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world's leading writers about children's books and the people who create them. He is the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books, including Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter ; Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom ; The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy ; Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy ; and Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box . His essays, interviews, and reviews appear in the New York Times Book Review and Horn Book magazine. A founding trustee of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, he teaches at New York University and the School of Visual Arts and lectures about his work across the world. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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